Gerzon, Michael
(1945–1996)
Gerzon, Michael (1945–6 May 1996) A notable researcher in the fields of acoustics, surround sound, digital reverberation techniques, and signal processing, and father of the ambisonic recording technique that was built on the pioneering discoveries of Alan Blumlein, Gerzon spent his childhood in Birmingham, England, and graduated from Oxford, with a degree in mathematics, in 1967. After a spell at Oxford’s Mathematical Institute, he worked for 20 years as a consultant on digital audio, video…