Louis Dorren
American sound engineer, music producer and inventor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Louis Dorren (1948 – October 26, 2014), commonly referred to as Lou Dorren, was an American sound engineer, music producer and inventor. He was also the owner of Bay Sound Records.
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Louis Dorren | |
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Born | 1948 |
Died | October 26, 2014 |
Occupation(s) | Audio engineer, record label executive and producer |
Known for | Quadraphonic broadcasting |
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In 1969 Dorren invented the Quadraplex system[1] of single station, discrete, compatible four-channel FM broadcasting. He founded Quadracast Systems, Inc. (QSI) of Palo Alto, California, United States to license his patents to RCA and others.
Dorren was awarded more than a dozen patents in the radio communications field, many of which are still in use today.