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: Pro Tools 101 Official Courseware, Version 8 (Artistpro) by Digidesign Amazon Price: $21.00 Customer Review: I had six audio classes, this should of been the first book we used! I got more from this book than I did taking the classes. If you are new to Pro tools 8, this is a good beginners book! It has two tutorials that walk you through projects that will ...   A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Amazon Price: Customer Review: A guy friend from facebook praised this book.The plot is a refreshing one. A very witty look at the The rise and fall of the music business. How the good performers are dying out, And the record company are pressured to find pretty people who will se...   Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 9 and Logic Express 9 by David Nahmani Amazon Price: $34.64 Customer Review: I am an experienced musician, but not so experienced at engineering. I purchased Logic Studio 9 months ago and it sat on my computer unused because I didn't have the time nor the knowledge base to simply teach myself to navigate such a complex progr...   The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide: A Down & Dirty DV Production by Anthony Q. Artis Amazon Price: $23.07 Customer Review: I found this book to be well written and FULL of great tips and information about the business of film making, specifically documentary. I recommend this to anyone who doesn't think they know it all. Good reading!   Mixing Audio: Concepts, Practices and Tools by Roey Izhaki Amazon Price: $27.71 Customer Review: For novices this book is an essential buying,it contains fundamental information about mixing wich could also be worth for intermediates ,definelly is a wonderful way to get a long with the basics of compressos,eqs,delays,reverbs and so on,handful te...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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