Biography

Dave Fisher was Director of the Tonmeister Programme from 1984 until 2011. Before that he worked for the BBC, both at Television Centre in London, and later at the Engineering Training Department where he specialised in Television Sound. He has previously been a Director of the Association of Professional Recording Services and has chaired the IEE's "New Broadcast Systems and Standards" organising committee. 

He is particularly interested in digital audio systems, recording techniques and microphone placement, new broadcast systems, and analogue recording, and has published chapters in Sound Recording Practice (OUP).

Publications

Book Chapters

• 1987: 'Radio Broadcasting' in John Borwick, ed., Sound Recording Practice. Third Edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
• 1987: 'Television Broadcasting' in John Borwick, ed., Sound Recording Practice. Third Edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
• 1993: 'Noise Reduction' in Ian Sinclair, ed., Audio and Hi-Fi Handbook (Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann)
• 1994: 'Radio Broadcasting' in John Borwick, ed., Sound Recording Practice. Fourth Edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
• 1994: 'Television Broadcasting' in John Borwick, ed., Sound Recording Practice. Fourth Edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press)

Separate Publications

• 1993: APRS Technical Monograph Number 1, The Decibel. (Reading: APRS)
• 1994: APRS Technical Monograph Number 2, Electrical Fundamentals 1. (Reading: APRS)
• 1994: APRS Technical Monograph Number 4, Pre- and De-Emphasis. (Reading: APRS)
• 1995: APRS Technical Monograph Number 3, Electrical Fundamentals 2. (Reading: APRS)
• 1995: APRS Technical Monograph Number 5, Timecode Systems. (Reading: APRS)
• 1995: APRS Technical Monograph Number 6, Input and Output Impedance. (Reading: APRS)
• 1997: APRS Technical Monograph Number 7, Electrical Safety. (Reading: APRS)
• Pending: APRS Technical Monograph Number 8, Electrical Safety Code of Practice. (Reading: APRS)

Conference Papers

• 1990: 'Time Code Systems', APRS International Studio Engineer's Conference, University of Surrey, UK.
• 1990: 'Audio Training in the British Educational System', APRS Training Seminar.
• 1995: 'Audio Fundamentals', New Broadcast Systems and Standards, University of Durham, (London: IEE).
• 1996: 'Microphone Techniques for Stereo Recording', Institute of Acoustics Reproduced Sound, Windermere.
• 1997: 'Audio Fundamentals', New Broadcast Systems and Standards, University of Surrey, (London: IEE).
• 1999: 'Sound Education in Great Britain', Le Forum de Formations au Metiere du Son, Bordeaux.