These sessions will run in parallel with paper sessions. The seminars involve talks on practical aspects of surround sound with accompanying sound demonstrations (typically lasting 80 minutes) in most cases. The seminar room will be acoustically treated and will accommodate medium-sized groups (e.g., 50-100 persons). A number of sound demonstrations from the seminars will be repeated in the conference listening room, along with additional contributions.

Thursday 21st June

• Premises for the Utilization of a Variable, Discrete 5.1 Main Microphone
  Paul Lentzen, SPL electronics GmbH, Niederkruechten, Germany

• Advanced Mixing Techniques for Multichannel Sound
  Ulrich Horbach and Renato S. Pellegrini, Studer Professional Audio AG, Regensdorf, Switzerland

• Distance, Depth, and Hall Impression in 5.1 Surround Mixing
  David Griesinger, Lexicon, Boston, MA, USA

Friday 22nd June

• A Challenge to the Multichannel Sound
  Akira Fukada, Japan Broadcast Corporation, Nagareyama, Chiba, Japan

• Multichannel Sound Recording of Music: Practical and Technical Aspects
  Kimio Hamasaki, NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratory, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

• Studies on Main and Room Microphone Optimization
  Helmut Wittek, Institut f�r Rundfunktechnik GmbH, Munich, Germany; Oliver Neumann and Markus Sch�ffler, Universit�t f�r Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Stuttgart, Germany; and C�line Millet, Conservatoire National Sup�rieur de Musique de Paris, Paris, France

• Practical Experience Five-Channel Recording Techniques for Classical Music
  Everett Porter and Jean-Marie Geijsen, Polyhymnia International, Baarn, The Netherlands

• Production and Postproduction of Multichannel Recordings for SACD
  Everett Porter and Jean-Marie Geijsen, Polyhymnia International, Baarn, The Netherlands

Saturday 23nd June

• Practical Surround Sound Production, Part 1: Radio Drama
  Mick Sawaguchi, NHK, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan; and Florian Camerer, Ostereichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Vienna, Austria

• Practical Surround Sound Production, Part 2: TV Documentary
  Florian Camerer, Ostereichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Vienna, Austria; and Mick Sawaguchi, NHK, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

• Mixing Techniques for Surround
  George Massenburg, GML, North Hollywood, CA, USA; and Michael Bishop, Telarc International Corporation, Cleveland, OH, USA

• Second Thoughts on Multichannel (3/2) Stereophony
  Cornelis H. van der Gragt, Music Recording Dept., Royal Conservatory of Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

Please note: All information is believed to be accurate, but is subject to change without notice.