Orban Personnel to Speak at 2010 AES Convention
Scottsdale, Arizona November 1, 2010 — Orban's top technical personnel will be well represented at events during the upcoming Audio Engineering Society Convention in San Francisco on November 4-7, 2010.
VP of New Product Development Greg Ogonowski will be a panelist in the "Audio Processing for Streaming" session starting at 5:45PM on November 5. As the leader of Orban's PC Product Division and product manager of Orban's Optimod-PC 1101 audio processor and Opticodec-PC software, Ogonowski brings his deep experience to both Internet audio processing and the codec technology that delivers audio streams to listeners through both wired and mobile devices. The session will feature a discussion of the evolving relationship of audio and IT and how to improve not just the technical interfaces but also the mutual understanding of the needs of IT people and traditional media people from broadcast and recording. Ogonowski served as Chief Engineer of several U.S. radio stations and his company, Gregg Laboratories, produced a series of highly regarded transmission audio processors in the 1980s before he joined forces with Orban to help design Orban's Optimod-FM 8200, the first commercially successful DSP-based transmission audio processor.
Greg Ogonowski
Bob Orban
Bob Orban, Orban's Vice President, Chief Engineer and Director, will speak at the "Audio Processing for Radio" panel starting at 11 AM on November 6. Panelists are expected to discuss why radio stations are "over-processed"-a term that is true or not depending on a listener's point of view. There will be a brief discussion of transmission audio processing history, up to and including the advantages of using digital processors, and the panelists will offer expert advice on processing for both analog and digital radio services. As lead designer of Orban's new flagship FM audio processor, Optimod-FM 8600, Orban will touch upon the technological innovations incorporated in this processor that improve its high frequency power handling capability, control of audible distortion, and preservation of the transient punch of the input program material. A widely published author, Orban holds 26 U.S. patents and is an AES Fellow and past winner of the NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award and Radio Magazine Innovator Award. In 1993, he shared with two other engineers a Scientific and Technical Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
For more information contact David Rusch at phone +1 (480) 403-8300, fax +1 (480) 403-8301 or e-mail David Rusch. Information is also available at www.orban.com and www.orban-europe.com.