[rollei_list] Re: Completely OT- Loudspeaker info
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:36:44 -0500
> I certainly agree. Dolby's idea of the split band
> compander was not new, Bell Labs had used such a thing in
> the past, but his method of applying it and ability to make
> a practical system were unique. The Dolby system made
> multiple track recording possible. I had a chance to talk to
> Ray Dolby on a few occasions. He was an interesting guy and
> very concerned with quality. If the company had a fault it
> was a sort of wishful thinking. They just went into denial
> about problems, especially those from the Dolby Stereo
> system for motion pictures. All old news now. Ray's wife,
> Dagmar, who used to help at conventions, was a knock out and
> no fooling.
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Commercial multichannel recordings were certainly made successfully before
Dolby noise reduction, but the practical limit was about 4 to 8 channels
before tape noise got too intrusive. Dolby noise reduction gave us mamoth
multichannel recorders of up to 48 tracks possible, though it is not clear
than that was a good thing on the whole. He also gave traditional two
channel stereo masters and 3 channel M-S recordings much greater dynamic
range.
I had quite a bit of professional contact with Ray Dolby and he was both a
brilliant man and an honorable one. He cared deeply about the integrity and
functionality of his products and quality and support always came first. He
was not a great executive or businessman, but generally his ideas were so
goods it did not matter.
Eric Goldstein
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