Gerhard Steinke

Who is Gerhard Steinke?

Gerhard Steinke is a sound engineer.

He studied acoustics in Dresden, Germany. He began his career at Radio Dresden as a sound engineer in 1947. In 1953 he joined the Berlin's Radio and Television Research Centre, where he established a laboratory for acoustical-musical boundary problems in broadcasting. In 1956, he set up the first subjective listening test group to assess sound recordings, studios and impairments in the broadcasting chain. This concept and the associated findings are included in various international standards and documents on listening tests and test rooms.

Gerhard Steinke lectured sound technology and electronic music at Berlin's University of Music in the Tonmeister discipline for 27 years. For his work in the field of standards he received the Honorary Golden Medal of the OIRT and was awarded the Bèkesy Medal for his contributions to audio by the Hungarian Acoustical Society. He is a life Fellow and Gold medal recipient of the Audio Engineering Society.