Sound Pioneer Ray Dolby of Dolby Laboratories dies at 80

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Sound pioneer Ray Dolby of Dolby Laboratories dies at 80

Ray Dolby, the inventor and engineer who founded Dolby Laboratories and pioneered noise-reducing and surround-sound technology widely used in the film and recording industries, has died in San Francisco at 80, the company announced Thursday.
Dolby had been living with Alzheimer's disease in recent years and was diagnosed in July with acute leukemia, the company said.
“Today we lost a friend, mentor and true visionary,” Dolby Laboratories President and Chief Executive Kevin Yeaman said in a statement. “Ray Dolby founded the company based on a commitment to creating value through innovation and an impassioned belief that if you invested in people and gave them the tools for success they would create great things. Ray’s ideals will continue to be a source of inspiration and motivation for us all.”

RIP.

 

[BrokenVisage]

RIP Sound pioneer Sound Pionner Ray Dolby

Amar Bose died in July actually, wonder who's gonna be the 3rd

 

[IronWing]

Amar Bose died in July actually, wonder who's gonna be the 3rd

Herman Monster

 

[momeNt]

I'm not going to say that pioneer was misspelled because that would be rude to comment on when the thread is about a great man's passing.

 

[Triumph]

I never liked using Dolby B/C noise reduction back in the tape days. Seemed like all it was doing was rolling off the highs. If it was a good dubbing from CD onto good high bias metal tapes, I never thought it needed it.

Pro Logic was the shiznit though.

 

[who?]

It boosted the highs during recording. When it lowered them during playback it lowered the high pitched noise along with.

 

[bryanl]

Nobody hissed.

 

[sdifox]

RIP