Ray Rayburn | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | August 21, 1948
Died | January 31, 2021 Arlington, Texas, U.S. | (aged 72)
Alma mater | New York Institute of Technology |
Occupation(s) | Audio engineer, author, standards expert |
Employer(s) | Christian Broadcasting Network, A & R Recording, RCA, Broadway Video, Cirrus Logic |
Ray Arthur Rayburn (August 21, 1948 โ January 31, 2021) was an American audio engineer, author and standards analyst who co-developed nine audio standards with the Audio Engineering Society (AES), including CobraNet for digital audio. Rayburn was noted for sound system installations in churches, but he was also well known for radio and television studio engineering, upgrading Saturday Night Live to stereophonic sound in 1984. During 1992โ94, Rayburn redesigned the sound system in the United States Senate chamber, implementing the world's first fully digital audio system based on digital signal processing. Rayburn contributed chapters for Glen Ballou's audio engineering textbook, and for John M. Eargle's The Microphone Book (2001).[1]
In 2009, the AES honored Rayburn with the Fellowship Award.[1][2] He was an emeritus member of the Acoustical Society of America.