References - or: Where to find more information?

For around 10 years, perceptual audio coding is a permanent topic at various scientific conferences; e.g., the AES (Audio Engineering Society) organizes two conventions per year. You may find the following papers helpful:

1. Brandenburg, Stoll, et al.: "The ISO/MPEG-Audio Codec: A Generic Standard for Coding of High Quality Digital Audio", 92nd AES, Vienna Mar. 92, pp. 3336; revised version ("ISO-MPEG-1 Audio: A Generic Standard...") published in the Journal of AES, Vol.42, No. 10, Oct. 94
2. Eberlein, Popp, et al.: "Layer-3, a Flexible Coding Standard", 94th AES, Berlin Mar. 93, pp. 3493 3) Church, Grill, et al.: "ISDN and ISO/MPEG Layer-3 Audio Coding: Powerful New tools for Broadcast and Audio Production", 95th AES, New York Oct. 93, pp. 3743
3. Grill, Herre, et al.: "Improved MPEG-2 Audio Multi-Channel Encoding", 96th AES, Amsterdam Feb. 94, pp. 3865
4. Witte, Dietz, et al.: "Single Chip Implementation of an ISO/MPEG Layer-3 Decoder", 96th AES, Amsterdam Feb. 94, pp. 3805
5. Herre, Brandenburg, et al.: "Second Generation ISO/MPEG Audio Layer-3 Coding", 98th AES, Paris Feb. 95
6. Dietz, Popp, et al.: "Audio Compression for Network Transmission", 99th AES, New York Oct. 95, pp. 4129
7. Brandenburg, Bosi: "Overview of MPEG-Audio: Current and Future Standards for Low Bit-Rate Audio Coding, 99th AES, New York Oct. 95, pp. 4130
8. Buchta, Meltzer, et al.: "The WorldStar Sound Format", 101st AES, Los Angeles Nov. 96, pp. 4385
9. Bosi, Brandenburg, et al: "ISO/IEC MPEG-2 Advanced Audio Coding", 101st AES, Los Angeles Nov. 96, pp. 4382

Please note that these papers are not available electronically. You have to order the preprints ("pp. xxxx") directly from the AES.

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