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| birth_date = April 30, 1935
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| death_date = January 18, 2023
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| death_place = [[Bloomington, Indiana]], U.S.
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| alma_mater = [[Oberlin Conservatory of Music]]
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| occupation = Founder of Scheiber quadraphonic system ▼
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'''Peter Scheiber''' iswas a classically trained [[musician]] and [[audio engineer]]. He was considered to be the originator of themultichannel ''matrix'' formataudio formats, a basic mathematical formulaeformula used to matrixconvert four audio channels into two whichand isback what most matrix four channel systems are based onagain. He is also a musician.
 
Scheiber was also the inventor of the 360-degree spatial decoder.<ref>''[[Indianapolis Monthly]]'', May 2007 - Page 103 - [https://books.google.com/books?id=Nh0DAAAAMBAJ&dq=Peter+scheiber+Musician&pg=PA102 Sound Effects by Amy Wimmer Schwarb] (See caption "Got them surrounded")</ref> Like [[Lou Dorren]], Scheiber was an early pioneer of multi-channel sound.<ref>''[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]'', May 13, 1972 - [https://books.google.com/books?id=fkUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Peter+scheiber+LOu+Dorren&pg=PA72 Page 72 AES-Quadrasonic Dog Fight * ''Continued from page 1'']</ref> It has been written that Scheiber pioneered the surround sound technology that is used in theaters today and referred to as [[Dolby Surround]].<ref>''The Herald Times'', 12 Oct 2003 - [https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/2003/10/12/sounding-off/48619997/ Sounding off by Brian Werth]</ref><ref>Justia US Law - [https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/293/1014/521975/ Peter Scheiber, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Dolby Laboratories, Inc., and Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp., Defendants-appellees, 293 F.3d 1014 (7th Cir. 2002)]</ref><ref>''Tampa Bay Times'', Nov. 2, 2003 - [https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2003/11/02/sound-recognition/ SOUND RECOGNITION By DAVE SCHEIBER]</ref>
Matrix [[Quadraphonic sound|quadraphonic]] systems are where four channels are converted (encoded) down to two channels. These two matrixed channels are recorded on to tape or vinyl record. Reproduction occurs Via a two-channel transmission medium in most cases a vinyl record, these are decoded back to four channels and reproduced via four loud speakers.<ref>{{cite journal▼
 
▲MatrixIn matrix [[Quadraphonic sound|quadraphonic]] systems are where four channels are converted (encoded) down to two channels. These two matrixed channels are recorded on toonto tape or [[vinyl record]]. Reproduction occurs Viavia a [[two-channel stereo]] transmission medium - in most cases a vinyl record, - these are decoded back to four channels and reproduced via four loud speakersloudspeakers.<ref>{{cite journal
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==Musician==
He is also the inventor of the 360-degree Spatial decoder.<ref>Indianapolis Monthly May 2007 Page 103 [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Nh0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=Peter+scheiber+Musician&source=bl&ots=jNTcEDeE3G&sig=-k8VuCcsRrrs09OyybxzMUOuAY4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CjLhUPOcJ4_FmQW4rYAI&ved=0CF4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Peter%20scheiber%20Musician&f=false Sound Effects by Amy Wimmer Schwarb] (See caption "Got them surrrounded")</ref>
Scheiber, an [[Oberlin College]] music graduate, obtained a full scholarship to study with the first-chair players of the [[Boston Symphony]] at Tanglewood. He was 22 years of age when he got to study with [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra|Chicago Symphony's]] first bassoonist. He also played first-chair in the Chicago Chamber Orchestra. During his professional career, he played with the [[Ottawa Philharmonic]] and [[Dallas Symphony]] orchestras.<ref>Audio Engineering Society, Chicago Section - [http://www.aes.org/sections/chicago/oct06review.html Meeting Review, October 17, 2006]</ref> Around 1977 his bassoon was stolen from the trunk of his car and according to the May 2007 article in ''[[Indianapolis Monthly]]'' and he never replaced it. Also later being called on to play there would be reasons not to play such as a missing reed or music.<ref>''Indianapolis Monthly'', May 2007 - [https://books.google.com/books?id=Nh0DAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Peter+Scheiber%22Instrument+stolen&pg=PA249 Page 249 Sound Effects by Amy Wimmer Schwarb]</ref>
 
==HistoryAudio career==
Peter Scheiber was born in [[Croton-on-Hudson]] in [[New York (state)|New York]] in 1935. He grew up in Peeskill[[Peekskill]]. From an early age, passionate about music and technology, he had a workbench in his bedroom for experimenting with his gadgets. He later earned a scholarship at [[Tanglewood Music Center]] and played with the Civic[[Chicago Orchestra ofSymphony Orchestra|Chicago Symphony]]. Later, as a professional, he was a member of orchestras in Ottawa and Texas.<ref>''Indianapolis Monthly'', May 2007 - Page 102, 103 [httphttps://books.google.com.au/books?id=Nh0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=Peter+scheiber+Musician&sourcepg=bl&ots=jNTcEDeE3G&sig=-k8VuCcsRrrs09OyybxzMUOuAY4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CjLhUPOcJ4_FmQW4rYAI&ved=0CF4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Peter%20scheiber%20Musician&f=falsePA102 Sound Effects by Amy Wimmer Schwarb]</ref>
 
In 1967, Scheiber, then a 32-year-old bassoonist[[bassoon]]ist, came up with anthe idea of encoding four channels of sound down toin two channels and decoding itthem back to four. He sold a [[patent licencelicense]] to CBS.<ref>Business Highbeam [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20160309021432/https://business.highbeam.com/392705/article-1G1-9151572/quad-sound-reincarnated Quad sound, reincarnated. (American inventors making money from Japanese televisions and stereos)]</ref>
 
Peter Scheiber would eventually take legal action against [[Dolby Laboratories, Inc.,]] and Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp for infringement of his patents.<ref>law.justia.com [http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/293/1014/521975/ 293 F.3d 1014: Peter Scheiber, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Dolby Laboratories, Inc., and Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp., Defendants-appellees]</ref>
 
During his career he worked with [[Jim Fosgate]] of Fosgate Electronics and [[Tate surround|Tate]] surround technology.<ref>''The Routledge Guide to Music Technology'', By Thom Holmes - [https://books.google.com/books?id=qvCNAQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Peter+Scheiber%22Fostage&pg=PT139 Fosgate, James, December 5, 1937-]</ref>
==Legal battle==
As of October 2003, the 68-year-old Sheiber had more or less become a recluse for eight years due to his legal battle with Dolby Laboratories. This was over Dolby's development of a surround sound system for motion picture industry which was based on his invention. After some difficulties, he was able to secure some royalty payments from Dolby and Harman International which lasted from 1983 to late 1994. He received over a million dollars. The companies eventually stopped paying Scheiber as they claimed that the patents had expired and he wasn't due any more money. In June 2002, Seventh Circuit Appeals Judge Richard Posner ruled against him, which was his biggest defeat.
 
Scheiber was upset that Dolby and others were making millions from the technology he pioneered.<ref>''The Herald Times'', 12 Oct 2003 - [https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/2003/10/12/sounding-off/48619997/ Sounding off by Brian Werth]</ref>
 
==Further reading==
* ''The Herald Times'', 12 Oct 2003 - [https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/2003/10/12/sounding-off/48619997/ Sounding off by Brian Werth]
* ''Tampa Bay Times'', Nov. 2, 2003 - [https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2003/11/02/sound-recognition/ SOUND RECOGNITION By DAVE SCHEIBER]
* Justia US Law - [https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/293/1014/521975/ Peter Scheiber, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Dolby Laboratories, Inc., and Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp., Defendants-appellees, 293 F.3d 1014 (7th Cir. 2002)]
* Indiana Audio Engineering Society, December 12, 2016 - [https://indianaaes.org/2016/12/12/meeting-surround-sound-invented-in-indiana/ ''An Evening with Peter Scheiber'']
* PS Audio, September, 2018 - [https://www.psaudio.com/blogs/pauls-posts/quadraphonic-sound Quadraphonic sound By Paul McGowan]
==References==
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