Toronto AES Bulletin Meeting Preview Mar 1997

24-bit/96 kHz -- A New Standard for Professional Audio?

In the professional audio community there is growing momentum toward a new standard for digital audio: 24 bit wordlength and a 96 kHz sampling rate. What are the benefits of this new standard, who are the players involved, what products are available or are expected soon? Is this movement for real?!

Steve Lee of Canorus Inc will be on hand to answer our questions. Steve will bring along a number of 24-bit/96 kHz recordings made by various engineers in different venues. We'll also hear three recordings of the same 15 ips Dolby SR master: one done with a 20-bit/44.1 "Brand X" ADC, a second with a dCS at 24-bit/44.1 and a third using the same ADC, but switched to 24-bit/96 kHz, all with carefully matched levels.

Don't miss this chance to listen and learn about what may be the future of high end audio.

Biography

Steve Lee is the president of Canorus Inc. In addition to being the North American distributor for dCS products from Cambridge, England, Canorus is a systems integrator for high-resolution audio recording, mastering and archival systems with such leading brands as Nagra, dCS, Neumann and Stax.

Steve is focused on generating a broader awareness and acceptance for the next step forward in digital audio technology: 24-bit, 96 kHz. His activities, aside from serving a fast-expanding client base, include producing and engineering recording sessions with industry leaders, championing the use of 24/96 technology as a production, mastering and archival medium.

His most recent project was a choral recording at the Queen's College Chapel at Cambridge University in cooperation with Bob Stuart (Meridian) and Peter Craven (Algol Applications) of the first 24-bit, 96 kHz Ambisonics recording in B-format. Upcoming 24/96 sessions include Emmanuel Ax in Boston Symphony Hall, Robert Shaw in Atlanta and Erich Kunzel with the Naples Symphony.

Canorus Inc. is located in Nashville, Tennessee and serves clients across North America.

Date: Tuesday, 25th March 1997

Time: 7:30 pm

Place: CBC Broadcasting Centre

Address: 205 John Street, Toronto

Between Front and Wellington
St. Andrew Subway station

Sign in at the Security desk

Pre-Meeting "Dutch Treat" dinner 5:30 pm at Il Fornello (NW corner of King and Simcoe)

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