Christer Grewin

Christer Grewin (* 1941 ; † August 21, 1999 ) was a Swedish sound engineer and composer.

Grewin worked from 1962 as a sound engineer at the Swedish radio . He participated in reports from the Olympic Games and made numerous recordings of musical works using the new technique of artificial head stereophony . In the mid-1970s he modernized the radio station in Dar es Salaam on behalf of the Swedish International Development Agency and trained engineers there for modern radio production technology. From 1977 he was a trainer for sound engineers at the Swedish radio and television.

In 1981 he became production manager and in 1984 head of the technical development department of Swedish Radio. Here he worked on a hearing test system that was later used to test the sound coding algorithms of MPEG standards. In 1990 he worked with Kjell Engström to develop specifications for the Digital Sound Quality Transmission System (DSQ) for the transmission of radio programs that have become international standards. From 1993 to 1996 he worked with Neil Gilchrist for the Audio Engineering Society (AES) on the Collected Papers on Digital Audio Bit-rate Reduction . From 1996 he was technical director of the digital broadcasts of the Swedish Radio. In 1999 he was honored as a Fellow of the AES for his services to digital radio and international standards.

In the course of his work for the Swedish Radio, Grewin supported many composers in the technical implementation of their electroacoustic works, in overcoming technological barriers and practical problems. He also created electroacoustic works himself, such as the Dialogi , in which he worked with the spoken word and which were recorded in the Experimental Studio of the Polish Radio .

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SURNAME	Grewin, Christer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish sound engineer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	1941
DATE OF DEATH	August 21, 1999