Special merit Grammy award
The Technical Grammy Award is a Special Merit Grammy Award presented to individuals or companies who have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field. The award was first presented in 1994 to Dr. Thomas G. Stockham Jr. Others who have received this award include Ray Dolby , Ikutaro Kakehashi , Rupert Neve , Les Paul , Phil Ramone , Dr. Robert Moog , Geoff Emerick , Tom Dowd , Bill Putnam , George Massenburg , Roger Linn , Leo Fender and Thomas Alva Edison . Companies honored include AKG , Apple Computer , Digidesign , JBL Professional , Lexicon , Shure Incorporated, and Sony /Philips .
Technical Grammy recipients
The following individuals and companies have received Technical Grammys, listed by year.
Year
Recipient(s)
Ref.
1994
Dr. Thomas G. Stockham
1995
Ray Dolby
1997
Rupert Neve
1998
George Massenburg
1998
Sony /Philips
1999
Georg Neumann GmbH
2000
Bill Putnam , AMS Neve
2001
Les Paul , Digidesign
2002
Robert Moog , Apple Computer Inc.
2003
Geoff Emerick , Shure Inc.
2004
Douglas Sax , Solid State Logic
2005
Phil Ramone , JBL Professional
2006
Tom Dowd , Bell Labs /Western Electric
2007
David M. Smith, Yamaha Corporation
2008
John Eargle , Ampex Corporation
2009
Clarence "Leo" Fender , Universal Audio
2010
Thomas Alva Edison , AKG Acoustics GmbH
2011
Roger Linn , Waves Audio
2012
Roger Nichols , Celemony
2013
Ikutaro Kakehashi and Dave Smith , Royer Labs
2014
Emile Berliner , Lexicon
2015
Ray Kurzweil
2016
Harvey Fletcher , EMT
2017
Alan Blumlein
2018
Richard Factor and Anthony Agnello
2019
Saul Walker
2020
George Augspurger
2021
Daniel Weiss
2023
Audio Engineering Society , Dr. Andy Hildebrand
2024
Tom Kobayashi , Tom Scott
2025
Leo Beranek
References
"Technical GRAMMY Award" . Retrieved February 1, 2019.
"Technical Grammy Award: Previous Recipients" . Grammy.org . Recording Academy. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
"Les Paul, Digidesign win Grammys" . cnn.com . CNN. 20 December 2000. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
"Moog Synthesizer and Apple Computer To Receive Technical Grammy" . Mix Online . Future PLC. 1 February 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
"Yamaha Celebrates 30 Years of Digital Mixers" . fohonline.com . Front of House Magazine. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
"Ampex Honored at 50th Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony: Recognized for Outstanding Technical Achievement" . businesswire.com . Business Wire. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
"The Bee Gees, Pierre Boulez, Buddy Guy, George Harrison, Flaco Jimenez, Louvin Brothers and Wayne Shorter honored with the Recording Academy® Lifetime Achievement Award" . grammy.org. December 18, 2014. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
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