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| name = Peter Scheiber
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| birth_date = April 30, 1935
| birth_place = [[Croton-on-Hudson, New York]], U.S.
| death_date = January 18, 2023
| death_place = [[Bloomington, Indiana]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Oberlin Conservatory of Music]]
| occupation = Founder of Scheiber quadraphonic system
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'''Peter Scheiber'''
Scheiber
In matrix [[Quadraphonic sound|quadraphonic]] systems four channels are converted (encoded) down to two channels. These two matrixed channels are recorded onto tape or [[vinyl record]]. Reproduction occurs via a [[two-channel stereo]] transmission medium - in most cases a vinyl record - these are decoded back to four channels and reproduced via four loudspeakers.<ref>{{cite journal
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==Musician==
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>
==Audio career==
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Peter Scheiber would eventually take legal action against [[Dolby Laboratories]] 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
==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
==Further reading==
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==References==
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https://www.halocremations.com/obituary/peter-scheiber/
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