Dave,
just wanted you to know that your class has really opened my eyes to a new field in the music industry. Psycoacoustics is something i could really see myself getting into. i was wondering if you might have some suggestions on books that would be good for me to read on this subject. thanks abunch i hope to stay in touch with you.
-chris

Dave,
I met you at the Parsons audio Expo Today 11-10-05, I was the guy from saratoga NY with the word clock problem.
Thanks for your help, I am going to sign up for your course January 12,2005.
Thanks Kevin

I have enjoyed your excellent articles in TV Technology, with the latest being "The Center Channel." I do think you may want to revisit your discussion re: assignment of the dialogue to the center speaker as a practice used in the days of CinemaScope and Todd-AO production, to keep it "on screen." As an attendee of many of those original productions in lavish theatres in New York City, (e.g. Around the World in 80 Days (1956 version)), I would disagree with your analysis. Dialogue was "panned" to match the position of the actor on the screen. Since there were three channels of sound reproduced by three speakers behind the large, wide screen, the movement of the dialogue matching that of the actor made for a far more dynamic presentation of the sound, compared to assigning all dialogue to the center speaker. This latter arrangement is satisfactory for small screen TV, although I believe the reecent DVD release of Todd's great travelogue, and a few other "spectaculars" of that era, retains the dialogue panning technique. With a matched set of speakers for a home theatre system, at least for nostalgia buffs like me, I vastly prefer panned dialogue to constraining it to one center channel. Thanks for listening (to me).

hey dave cool sight this stuff is awsome!! see ya in class

"First you lick the salt. The salt is to prevent dehydration. Then you drink the Tequilla. The Tequilla is to make you feeeeeeel good. Then you eat the lemon. The lemon is to prevent scurrrrrrvy!" thanks for all you taught! -- SRT 1987 Fredonia, NY

Very informative site. As a software engineer developing audio software, this site has been extremely helpful in my work, providing me with basic data to start with. Thanks a million for all the content.

hi! i'm using golden ear training and i think it's great. there's this song "signs of live" in one example, that i like very much but i couldn't find it, neither in the internet nor in record stores. maybe anyone writing in this guestbook knows where i can find informations about the band?

As a manufacturer of both audio and video equipment for broadcasting it is always interesting to read articles by those that have been on the front lines. We always like to learn

I discovered your site about a month ago. Fantastic articles! Keep up the great work! I'll probably get around to updating my surround sound site soon and I'll be sure to include a link to yours.

Just found your site. Did my first 5.1 mix (NBA game) a few months ago. Back channels were a little hot. I don't think I sent out (Dolby E) anything on the LFE (thump, thump, thump). I'll be exploring your site as time allows. Rock on!

Toodles.

I'd be embarrassed to give you my website. My hobby is writing music, but I'm not a good singer.

My interest in your work came about by reading your surround series in TV Tech. I had the good fortune to be at 20th Century Fox when they bought rights for a film transfer of Empire Strikes Back in early '83. I was tasked with getting two film transfer suites setup with this new "surround; decoding gear" and supervise the transfer. My gosh, if I'd only known how big this was going to be. I had a prototype Dolby unit that no one at Dolby Labs knew anything about (so no setup documentation) and a Shure HTS100 that did have a book. I used that book to learn how to setup a decode system, and about 4 months later, got in on an early surround mix session. Wow!

Anyway, thankyou for your articles. Seems the basic transmission concepts really haven't changed in 25 years from what AES and others decided were going to be the standard.

What an interesting site, very informative.

Dave:

Hi there. It's been awhile but I wanted to compliment you on your studio profiled here. I myself am currently building a (very) small project studio to record ideas and store my 12 guitars, after a 9 year hiatus from music in general. I also thought you'd be interested to know that I am now a doctoral candidate audiologist at Columbia University Medical Center in NYC, where I also run the hearing aid dispensary. The new hearing aids are an awful lot like little recording studios for your ears! Everyday, I am thankful for my background. I am researching various new implantable hearing devices, and am currently researching and developing a test to evaluate music perception for patients with cochlear implants.

I am a very happily married for 10 years now, with two gorgeous daughters.

Otherwise, just thought I'd say hello. Nice to see you're doing so well. Thansk again for everything from way back when (the 80s!).

I remember Dave coming to school (The Hartt School in West Hartford, CT) to show us the new B&O BeoLab 5s. I remember that day like it was my own birth I remember a specific example he played for us that happened to have a rediculous amount of 33 Hz (Thanks Mr. Ludwig), only problem is I cant remember for the life of me who the artist was. I should have been taking notes (Dont tell my prof Scott Metcalfe

It would be great if ever he (Dave) read this to write me back and tell me what recording it was? PJ Harvey maybe? Someday I will own 5 BeoLab 5s, and It'll be all Dave's fault.

Thanks!
P.S. DSD till the word clocks come home!"

Great Site. Looks like an awesome room. I shall have to use it sometime.

I was a first-year grad of the Audio Recording Institute at Dondisound Sudios in Red Hook. Remember a long-haired wild-eyed guitarist with a penchant for electronics who hogged all the after-hours studio time (while you tried to sleep)? That was/is me (and I swear that wasn't my roach on the console!). I often fondly remember those days, especially late into the night in my own DAW studio. Yes, I'm still holding on to my (original) Runstein. Congrats on your impressive career and much continued success! Thanks for a great start into a life-long pursuit of audio creativity.

When I saw the article in the Times on 2/19 I intended to reply immediately, but.... Anyhow, I was reminded fondly of the days of my electronics course at Bard, and Dondisound, and your leaving for the Tonmeister program at Buffalo(?). It's wonderful to come upon you so successful, thirty years later.

This is to Dave and Mark...
I knew you in Red Hook, NY in the late 70's (seems so long ago). Once upon a time we recorded a little diddy for the NYC Public Library with Mark, and a few other of our friends from high school. It was a day in the studio I will never forget. Then you took my friend and moved him to New Mexico. Meanie. I only saw Mark once or twice after that and now, for some reason, he is on my mind again. The internet is an amazing tool to enable me to find you folks in only 30 minutes of searching. Please send me a reply to let me know everyone is well.
Sincerely,

HEY DAVE!
Thanks for some great pointers on AD Mastering
your articles rock, keep up the good werk

Love reading about recording and mastering,almost as much as listening to a well mastered recording!!!