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Many of the articles on these pages originally appeared in magazines such as Recording and TV Technology. Out of deference to the publishers involved, works written in the last two years will generally not be shown.
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24 Bits: Can You Hear ‘Em? 96 kHz.: Can You Hear It?
How Do You Know? What Does It All Mean?
• Hearing • Measurement • TVTech Magazine
October 1999
Ah Never Met A Data Ah Didn’t Like, Will Said
A discussion of Dolby's metadata schemes.
• Producing • Recording Industry • TVTech Magazine
June 2002
Baby, It’s A Brave Brave New New World Out There
Editorial piece on the emergence of cheap digital consoles and surround sound.
• Equipment • Recording Industry • TVTech Magazine
November 1997
Bad Audio and Some Unintended Consequences
Dave Gardiner brings up the issues surrounding legacy noise reduction (Dolby) in TV audio.
• Recording Industry • TVTech Magazine
May 2002
Is Bits Really Bits
What Really Happens When You Listen To A (you pick the number)-Bit Signal?
• Digital Audio • Hearing • TVTech Magazine
March 2000
The Brave New World: About The Rooms In Which Loudspeakers Work
Conceptualizing the room as part of the loudspeaker itself.
• Loudspeakers • TVTech Magazine
June 2001
The Brave New World: Bad Audio
Dave discusses audio in TV world.
• Mixing • TVTech Magazine
October 2001
The Brave New World: Bad Audio Fixed?
Dave discusses trends in television audio and techniques for improving it.
• Recording Industry • TVTech Magazine
December 2001
The Brave New World: Control Room Design
The needs and design of control rooms.
• Studio Design • TVTech Magazine
July 2001
The Brave New World: How Microphones Have Changed
How microphones are evolving.
• Microphones • TVTech Magazine
February 2001
The Brave New World: Loudspeakers
Those black boxes with sound coming out we take for granted.
• Loudspeakers • TVTech Magazine
May 2001
The Brave New World: Loudspeakers! Can’t Live With ‘Em, Can’t Live Without ‘Em!
Thinking about speakers as musical instruments.
• Loudspeakers • TVTech Magazine
August 2001
The Brave New World: Loudspeakers to the Left of Us! Loudspeakers to the Right of Us!
I Think We're Surrounded, Magneto!
• Loudspeakers • TVTech Magazine
September 2001
The Brave New World: Raising the Standards of Quality
Audio standards worth striving for.
• Digital Audio • Recording Industry • TVTech Magazine
April 2001
The Brave New World: What REALLY Matters In Audio?
Taking a look at transducers, the cornerstones of audio reproduction.
• Equipment • Microphones • TVTech Magazine
January 2001
A Couch Potato Rants About Video Quality
What happens when an audio geek starts looking at his TV more carefully.
• Recording Industry • TVTech Magazine
March 2002
The Difference Between What You Hear and What You “Hear!”
An overview of those human biological signal processors otherwise known as ears, and how they impact the question of audibility.
• Hearing • Measurement • TVTech Magazine
February 2000
Dolby C: How Dolby Sees It
A summary and interesting look back at the history of Dolby's noise-reduction scheme.
• Recording Industry • TVTech Magazine
July 2002
The Growing Gulf Between High Resolution and Low Res
Two diverging trends in audio standards; which fork do you take?
• Digital Audio • Recording Industry • TVTech Magazine
April 2003
A Happy Accident: A Better Way to Play Back Stereo?
Examine a different surround sound configuration.
• Mixing • TVTech Magazine
November 2003
High Resolution Audio and Standards
Uh-oh! Some Production Professionals Have Their Say
• Digital Audio • TVTech Magazine
March 2001
Hi-Rez Redux
Dave gets dragged into the 21st century with high-resolution audio.
• Digital Audio • davemoulton.com • TVTech Magazine
January 2002
How High Do We Really Need To Hear
What Really Happens To Them Ultrasonic Signals, Anyway?
• Digital Audio • Hearing • TVTech Magazine
April 2000
The Intellectual Property Bargain
More Thoughts About Copyright
• Copyright • TVTech Magazine
October 2002
Loudness: Why Can’t We Just Set the Level Once and For All?
Understand why levels all over the place in broadcast audio, and take a look at the P2Level Pilot.
• Equipment • Recording Industry • TVTech Magazine
March 2003
A Loudspeaker That Raises the Bar! Finally!!
How the BeoLab 5 was born.
• Loudspeakers • TVTech Magazine
July 2003
More About CODECs
They're everywhere: data compression strategies for digital audio.
• Digital Audio • TVTech Magazine
December 2002
The Pitfalls and Promises of the Center Channel
How to use the center channel in stereo as well as surround.
• Mixing • TVTech Magazine
October 2003
A Reader Asks About the “Aesthetics” of Audio Compression in Broadcasting
How to use black boxes when making compression decisions for broadcast.
• Mixing • TVTech Magazine
March 2003
Some Reminiscing About My Experiences With Subjective Testing
How Dave began his journey down the rabbit hole of audio perception measurement.
• Measurement • TVTech Magazine
September 2001

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