Emmy Award Winning Sound Designer to Present 'How To' Guidelines
BEIJING, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- DTS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTSi) announced today that the highly acclaimed sound designer, author and teacher, Dennis Baxter, will present two private seminars in Beijing, China, titled "Surround Sound without the Anxiety." Mr. Baxter will be covering technologies and techniques that span a 400-event career, which includes the last five Olympic Games.
The seminars will take place on Thursday August 27th at the Beijing Radisson Hotel adjacent to the Beijing Conference Center which hosts BIRTV 2009 August 26th through August 29th. Some highlights will include a brief overview of DTS end-to-end broadcast solutions and a "how to' tutorial on producing live sporting events in surround sound that will benefit the audience, producer and broadcaster. Mixing and Microphone techniques as well as surround sound encoding methods will also be covered.
"In my 28 years of experience I have never been more excited for the broadcast community than I am today with the growth of surround sound," says Dennis Baxter, Sports Industry Sound Designer. "There are enormous audiences in TV, Radio and online that can benefit from a wonderful enveloping experience by using some simple techniques and technologies when dealing with a stereo transmission path."
"DTS is very pleased to have Mr. Baxter share his professional experience in sound design from such major events as the 2008 Beijing Olympics," says Roy Law, Managing Director Greater China, DTS. "The region's broadcasters can benefit greatly from DTS technologies by delivering digital television programming to their viewers in surround sound."
Seminars are scheduled for Thursday August 27th from 10:00 am to 12:00 and 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. For a private invitation for one of the two limited seating seminars, please contact Laura Wu at Laura.Wu@dts.com or at 86-20-38251788 for a reservation.
Mr. Baxter has supervised the audio and technical production requirements for more than 400 national and international sporting events including the 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In addition, he has held planning, technical installation and supervisory operational roles for remote broadcasts with NBC, ESPN, MTV, ABC, Turner Sports and CBS. Mr. Baxter is author of 'A Practical Guide to Television Sound Engineering which is published in Chinese by Post and Telecom Press. http://www.ptpress.com.cn. He has been a regular lecturer at The Communications University of China and Beijing University of Technology.
To learn more about DTS surround sound broadcast technology, visit http://www.DTS.com .
About DTS, Inc.
DTS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTSI) is a digital technology company dedicated to delivering the ultimate entertainment experience. DTS decoders are in virtually every major brand of multi-channel surround processor, and there are hundreds of millions of DTS-licensed consumer electronics products available worldwide. A pioneer in multi-channel audio, DTS technology is in home theatre, car audio, PC and game console products, as well as DVD-Video, Blu-ray Disc and Surround Music software. Founded in 1993, DTS' corporate headquarters are located in Agoura Hills, California with its licensing operations headquartered in Limerick, Ireland. DTS has US offices in Kirkland, Washington and Scotts Valley, California. DTS also has offices in Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For further information, please visit http://www.dts.com . DTS is a registered trademark of DTS, Inc.
