Dr. Helmut Wittek, Dipl.Ing.

  Managing Director (Engineering) of
  Schoeps Mikrofone, Germany

  76227 Karlsruhe
  Tel: +49/(0)721-94320-28

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  Web: www.hauptmikrofon.de

  List of Publications

•  born in 1973

•  Member of the "Tölzer Knabenchor" (Toelz Boys Choir Munich) as a soloist and teacher 1980 - 1996, participation in countless concerts, CD recordings and opera performings

•  Studies in "Musikwissenschaften" (musicology), Munich 1994-1995

•  Studies in "Ton- und Bildtechnik" (sound and video engineering), Düsseldorf 1996-2000, degree "Dipl-Ing." (engineer), Diplomarbeit (Master's thesis) at the Institut für Rundfunktechnik, Munich 2000

•  since 1998 freelance Tonmeister

•  2001-2005: Research Engineer at the Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT), Munich. Fields of Action: Wave Field Synthesis (CARROUSO), Psychoacoustics and Stereophonic techniques - Supervision of various Master's theses

•  2002-2007: Dissertation at the Institute of Sound Recording at the University of Surrey (Dr Rumsey, Dr Theile), PhD degree awarded in 2008 (thesis on WFS and Stereo)

•  April 2005: Sales and Development Engineer at SCHOEPS Mikrofone GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany

•  March 2007: Head of Engineering and Technical Support at SCHOEPS Mikrofone

•  2008-2009: Seminars "Microphone basics" and "Stereo and Surround" in Germany, Finland, UK, Switzerland, Portugal, Japan, France, Chile, ...

•  2008: Associate professor at Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart

•  March 2009: Managing Director (Engineering) at Schoeps Mikrofone

Prosa:

Dr. Helmut Wittek was born in 1973. At the age of 6 he joined the renowned Tölz Boys Choir, becoming a soprano soloist and later a singing teacher. After studies in musicology in Munich, he studied sound and video engineering at the Fachhochschule and the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule in Düsseldorf, receiving the Dipl.-Ing. degree in 1999. He joined the Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT) in Munich in 2000 as a research engineer and worked with Günther Theile on Wave Field Synthesis, Stereo and Surround recording techniques and binaural audio. Aside his official job he started a PhD at the University of Surrey (Dr Rumsey, Dr Theile) in 2002. In 2008 he was awarded a Ph.D. at the University of Surrey. Since 2005 he has been with SCHOEPS Mikrofone GmbH, Germany, as a Sales and Development engineer. In 2007 he was appointed Head of Engineering and technical support. In 2009 he became Managing Director (Engineering) of SCHOEPS Mikrofone GmbH. Wittek is member of the VDT and the AES, and has written a number of papers for their international conventions. He frequently is giving lectures and practical seminars and he works as an associate professor for the Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart. Furthermore, he is the host of the Web site www.hauptmikrofon.de, a forum for stereo and surround recording.