Seven
Woods Audio, Inc.
Consulting Services
Christopher
Moore, consultant
Helping
to create excellent products
Seven Woods Audio is committed
to helping manufacturers quickly create digital or analog audio products
that--
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work right the first time
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sound excellent
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are easy to use
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generate a good return on investment
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...and please the end user.
My clients include manufacturers
of professional audio, consumer audio, broadcast, telecommunications, and
computer equipment.
Key
skill areas
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ADC/DAC applications
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DSP hardware design (Motorola
563xx family)
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DSP software design (Motorola
563xx family)
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analog circuit design–low noise
amplifiers, filters
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PCB design supervision
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design reviews
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end user needs determination
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user interface and ergonomic
design
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competitive product analysis
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product concept development
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communications–manuals, brochures,
advertising copy, press releases
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design and test specification
creation
Professional
background
I have been providing consulting
services for the development of audio products for eleven years. Previously,
I worked as a project engineer, manager, and entrepreneur in audio product
definition and design, marketing and sales, and business operations. I
have designed entire products, as well as contributed detailed analog and
digital circuit designs. I have determined customer needs and mapped emerging
technology onto those needs. A Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society
and a member of the IEEE, I hold two US patents in the field of digital
reverberation. I received a BS degree in electrical engineering from Yale
University, with minor concentrations in English and music.
My work experience includes
five years as Executive Vice President of AKG Acoustics, Inc., an international
company noted for professional microphones and other electroacoustic products.
In that capacity, I managed an independent division designing and manufacturing
a sophisticated MIDI-based digital reverberation and effects system and
a RAM based digital audio workstation, the DSE 7000.
Prior to AKG, I founded
Ursa Major, Inc., a pioneering company that designed, manufactured, and
distributed low cost digital reverberation and effects equipment. For eight
years, Ursa Major was a well known supplier of this equipment in all the
major world markets. Ursa Major was purchased by AKG Acoustics.
rev: 6/30/03 Copyright 2003.
All rights reserved.
Seven
Woods Audio Application Notes
(short articles of interest
to audio product developers, in Adobe Acrobat 4.0 format)
AN-1 Personal
Filing System
AN-2
New Product Development--From Idea to Specification
AN-3
New Product Development--The Customer Interview
AN-4
The Owner's Manual as a Product Specification
AN-5
Unlocking the Full Power of Audio Measurements
AN-6
Audio System Level Diagrams
AN-7
Product Usability
AN-8
New Product Development--A Financial Model
AN-9
Digital Reverberation--Beyond the Technology
AN-10
New Product Development--The Fuzzy Front End
AN-11
First Order Digital Filters--An Audio Cookbook
AN-12
Analog Audio Tone Controls and Equalizers
MN-1
How Seven Woods Audio Got Its Name--The Poetry of William Butler Yeats
Copyright
©
2003 Seven Woods Audio, Inc.
Last
modified: 06/17/03