Al Schmitt

Al Schmitt

  • Jefferson Airplane
  • Neil Young
  • Ray Charles
  • Diana Krall
  • Paul Mccartney
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Henry Mancini
  • Toto

Bio

During an astonishingly long career, Schmitt has won 23 Grammy Awards, making him the most successful engineer/mixer in Grammy history. During his career, Al has recorded and mixed more than 150 gold and platinum albums and was inducted into the TEC Awards Hall of Fame in 1997. He received the Grammy Trustees Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. Schmitt’s credits range back to the 1950s, when he worked with Leonard Feather, Marty Paich, and Henry Mancini. His credit list at Allmusic contains over 1100 entries, including the likes of Earth, Wind & Fire, Barbra Streisand, Neil Young, Diana Ross, Robbie Williams, Toni Braxton, Michael Bublé, Elvis Costello, Liza Minelli, Brian Wilson, Norah Jones, Bob Dylan, and Paul McCartney to name only a few.

Throughout his spanning career, one of Schmitt’s notable strengths has been his ability to adapt his grounding in the early analogue recording and production techniques of the 1950s and 1960s, and improve these techniques as new studio technologies became available. Schmitt’s roots and engineering genius show in his famous clean, and unadorned sound, which allows the natural qualities of the instruments and the arrangements to speak for themselves.

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Webinars

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Join sound engineers Al Schmitt and Steve Genewick for an exclusive webinar during which they will go over their recording approach and philosophy and answer all questions you may have about their workflow and techniques.

Al Schmitt
Join sound engineer Al Schmitt for an exclusive webinar during which he will go over his recording approach and philosophy and answer all questions you may have about his workflow and techniques.

Al Schmitt
Join 23-time Grammy award winning and multi-platinum selling record producer, engineer and mixer Al Schmitt for an exclusive webinar during which he will go over his production and recording approach and philosophy and answer all questions you may have about his workflow and techniques.

Events

Seminar with Al Schmitt


Seminar with Al Schmitt


Seminar with Al Schmitt


Seminar with Al Schmitt


Seminar with Al Schmitt


Seminar with Al Schmitt


Seminar with Al Schmitt


Seminar with Al Schmitt