Thomas G. Stockham Jr

A professor of electrical engineering at the University of Utah, Stockham became interested in recording audio using digital means in 1949, when Bell Labs first digitized speech. "It became apparent," he said later, "that if speech could be digitized, so could music," and started researching the concept in earnest in 1962. In 1975, he founded Soundstream, the first digital recording company, and demonstrated his digital recording techniques by remastering early Enrico Caruso recordings and a live performance of the Santa Fe Opera. He says he was told that "when you get it in the field, it will fail." But Stockham's techniques led directly to compact discs and other digital recording systems. And the CD led to more: "It was just a very logical step to go from sounds to pictures," says Larry DeVries, a colleague at the University of Utah. "So nowadays we not only have CDs, we also have DVDs. It's the same basic concept." Stockham has long been known as the "father of digital recording" and was awarded Grammy, Emmy and Academy awards for his accomplishments. He died January 6 of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 70. From This is True for 4 January 2004 Suggestions for further reading: Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 9 and Logic Express 9 by David Nahmani Amazon Price: $34.64 Customer Review: This book is great. I'm new to Logic and it broke everything down for me - clear, concise, lots of pictures (which are helpful). The exercises included are great and make for a hands-on learning experience. The list of keyboard shortcuts in the ba...   Mixing Audio: Concepts, Practices and Tools by Roey Izhaki Amazon Price: $28.35 Customer Review: If you're like me, an experienced creative instrumentalist who's been there and done that playing with bands and want to focus on your own music, this book is for you -- you need no other(s)! I have so much more respect for the mixing/pr...   The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide: A Down & Dirty DV Production by Anthony Q. Artis Amazon Price: $19.51 Customer Review: Well written reference book with some very good examples and even better things-to-watch-out-for. The disk that comes with it is full of useful pdf's, too. Plenty of graphics, pictures, and interviews with professionals, as well. I would suspect t...   Pro Tools 101 Official Courseware, Version 8 (Artistpro) by Digidesign Amazon Price: $31.49 Customer Review: This is a total waste of money. I would use stronger language but it wouldn't make a difference. It provides no useful istructional video only video extras of special features. I wanted a video tutorial I got a book of the help system subjects . Do...   Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 9 Advanced Music Production by David Dvorin, Robert Brock Amazon Price: $46.79   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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