Dolby Laboratories to Lead Seminars, Panels, and Presentations at the 121st Audio Engineering Society Convention in San Francisco

Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB): WHAT: Dolby Laboratories invites all visitors to the 121st Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention, October 5-8, 2006, to seminars, panels, and presentations the company will be hosting in the San Francisco area. In an effort to educate and train the audio engineering community, Dolby will provide a learning environment for visitors to talk with Dolby staff about their audio requirements for entertainment media.   WHO: Dolby is committed to bringing products and services to market that enable audio professionals to create and deliver high-quality audio. As such, Dolby provides tools that continue to raise the bar in performance for many segments of the industry, including broadcast, packaged media, and live sound. During the AES convention, Dolby executives will be available to discuss some of the latest innovations in the industry today.   WHEN: The following schedule includes Dolby seminars, panels, and presentations at the trade show:   --  Daily In-Booth Theatre Presentations Dolby is offering daily informative presentations in its booth (602) that cover the following topics: --  Dolby Media Producer: Presented by Steve Venezia or Gary Epstein, the demonstration of Dolby(R) Media Producer will provide an overview of the three separate software programs that make up the suite: Dolby Media Encoder, Dolby Media Decoder, and Dolby Media Tools. The presentation will focus on new postproduction-facility work flow models utilizing a file-based environment for mastering and encoding audio files for DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, HD DVD, and Blu-ray Disc media. --  Dolby Lake Processor: Dolby will present a daily seminar on the Dolby Lake(R) Processor's front-panel interface that will provide an overview of the digital signal processing system for advanced loudspeaker management and its exclusive, patent-pending front-panel Portal interface. A second daily seminar will focus on the Dolby Lake Processor LimiterMaxTM protection system that introduces a new approach to limiting sound. --  Introduction to the Dolby DP600 Program Optimizer: Jeffrey Riedmiller will introduce for the first time at AES the Dolby DP600 Program Optimizer, which is the world's first intelligent file-based audio loudness analysis and correction system. --  Introduction to Dolby TrueHD: Roger Dressler will examine how lossless audio coding fits within the context of the overall consumer playback chain and how the realities of decoding products open opportunities for the Dolby TrueHD tool kit to bring added value to content makers and consumers alike. --  Metadata Made Simple: Jim Hilson will present daily presentations on the Dolby Digital and Dolby E metadata authoring process.   --  AES Seminars --  Friday, October 6, 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: Ioan Allen will lead the AES historical event "70 Years of Stereo Optical Film Soundtracks" at the AMC Leows Metreon 15 theatre, 101 Fourth Street (a short walk from the convention center). Note: Attendees must show their AES badges for entry. --  Saturday, October 7, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Michael Reeves will participate in the live-sound seminar "Digital Audio in Touring and Concert Sound Reinforcement" that will address the implications of migrating to digital audio with live sound. --  Sunday, October 8, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: John Griffin will chair the AES session "Challenges of Interactive Mixing," which will discuss practical ideas and solutions for interactive game mixing.   --  AES Broadcast Events --  Thursday, October 5, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Kent Terry will participate in the session "Audio for HDTV: The Lip-Sync Issue" that will address major problems in audio for HDTV. --  Thursday, October 5, 4:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Jeff Riedmiller will take part in the session "Loudness Workshop," which will explore the current state of measurement and control of loudness levels and look ahead to the next generation of techniques for audio broadcasters. --  Friday, October 6, 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Steve Lyman will participate in the session "Surround Sound for Digital Radio" that will address various technologies and solutions for implementing surround sound on digital radio services. --  Sunday, October 8, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.: Rocky Graham will join the "Audio for HDTV: How to Use Metadata" session that will address the audio metadata used in digital television services.   --  AES Papers --  Friday, October 6, 10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Miguel T. Hadelich to present on "Linear Phase Crossover Filter Advantages in Concert Sound Reinforcement Systems: A Practical Approach." --  Friday, October 6, 4:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.: Steve Lyman to present on "A Comparison of Various Multichannel Loudness Measurement Techniques." --  Sunday, October 8, 9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.: Eric Benjamin to present on "An Experimental Verification of Localization in Two-Channel Stereo." --  Sunday, October 8, 11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Eric Benjamin to present on "Localization in Horizontal-Only Ambisonic Systems."   --  Sponsorships --  Dolby is a proud gold-level sponsor of the 22nd Annual TEC Awards.   HOW: To learn more about Dolby's AES activities, products, technologies, and sponsored convention events, please visit www.dolby.com/events/AES2006. About Dolby Laboratories: Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) develops and delivers products and technologies that make the entertainment experience more realistic and immersive. For four decades Dolby has been at the forefront of defining high-quality audio and surround sound in cinema, broadcast, home audio systems, cars, DVDs, headphones, games, televisions, and personal computers. Based in San Francisco with European headquarters in England, the company has entertainment industry liaison offices in New York and Los Angeles, and licensing liaison offices in London, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. For more information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, please visit www.dolby.com. Dolby, Lake, and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. LimiterMax is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories. S06/17596