Nod to The Legend · The engineers · 1930–2021
Al Schmitt
Capitol Studios engineer
Schmitt won more than 20 Grammys recording everyone from Sinatra to Steely Dan. He was known for getting it right at the mic with very little EQ or compression.
Still heard: Get it right at the source, still the best advice in the room.
Related legends
- Georg Neumann and the U47: Microphone maker
- The Capitol Studios Echo Chambers: Hollywood, designed with Les Paul
- Bartolomeo Cristofori: Inventor of the piano, Florence
- Alan Blumlein: EMI engineer, inventor of stereo
- Bob Ludwig: Mastering engineer
- Columbia 30th Street Studio: New York, a former church