Pioneer in surround sound , noise reduction rate at 80 . Ray Stevens modified audio recordings to make them clearer , louder . In 2004 , Dolby was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in the U.S. and the Royal Academy of Engineers in the UK . He founded Dolby Laboratories in 1964 . He thought of himself as an engineer first .
Pioneer in surround sound , noise reduction rate at 80 . Ray Stevens modified audio recordings to make them clearer , louder . He founded Dolby Laboratories in 1964 . He thought of himself as an engineer first .