Immersive Audio Standards Move Forward

Brian Vessa is a dedicated audio professional with more than 35 years of experience in the industry. After attending the University of California Engineering School, he became a recording engineer, producing albums and recording orchestras. His passion was hot-rodding studio gear and discovering novel recording techniques. Vessa transitioned into film post as a music editor and sound editor, became a re-recording mixer at Cannon Films and MGM, then handled audio restoration at NT Audio. He was hired by Sony Pictures in 1998, and today is its executive director of digital audio mastering and representative to Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI). Vessa is a member of the Academy Sound Branch, SMPTE, and AES. He chairs the SMPTE Technical Committee on Cinema Sound Systems, TC-25CSS, as well as D-Cinema and IMF sub-committees, and is a recent chair of the DCI Technical Committee. He has written many audio specifications, including a white paper on near-field mixing for home theater that has been widely adopted.