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Moog,
Apple Computer To Receive Tech GRAMMYs
Innovators honored for contributions to recording field
GRAMMY.com
Robert Moog and Apple Computer have been named as recipients
of the 2002 Technical GRAMMY Award, which honors individuals
and companies who have made contributions of outstanding
technical significance to the recording field.
The awards will be presented on Feb. 26 at a ceremony
a day before the 44th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Recipients
of the Technical GRAMMY Award are determined by the vote
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members
of the Recording Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing, a
group of 5,000 pro-audio professionals dedicated to developing
new technologies, recording and mastering standards, as well
as other critical issues affecting their craft.
"The
technical and creative innovations of Robert Moog, and the inventiveness
and versatility of Apple Computer are the towering achievements
of true visionaries," said Recording Academy President/CEO
Michael Greene. "The products of their inspiration introduced
electronic technology into the public consciousness, put the
power of creation in the hands of the individual, and revolutionized
the recording industry."
Robert Moog's early development of analog electronic instruments
made his name synonymous with the synthesizer and ultimately
helped spawn the electronic music revolution of the '80s and
'90s. His creation - the Moog synthesizer, which was unveiled
in 1965 - introduced a vast array of new sounds and fostered
an entirely new creative process of sound design.
In 1968, composer Walter (now Wendy) Carlos released the landmark
album Switched-On Bach - played on the Moog Synthesizer - to
enormous popular and critical acclaim. The album garnered three
GRAMMY Awards and remained on Billboard's classical charts for
nearly five years. From that point, Moog's instruments made
the leap from the electronic avant garde into jazz and commercial
popular music. The term "Moog Synthesizer" became
a household word. Even today, some 30 years later, Moog's creation
(a smaller version of the original synthesizer called the "Minimoog")
is still considered by many to be of the holy grail of synthesizers.
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Apple
Computer is considered the leading architect in bringing
computer technology into the studio and revolutionizing
the way music is written, produced, mixed, recorded
and creatively imagined. The introduction of the Macintosh
in the mid-1980s helped launch a number of important
software breakthroughs, linking technology to the creative
process, and literally changing the face of the recording
studio.
Almost immediately, developers began creating revolutionary
tools for playing, recording and editing music, all
solidly grounded in the Mac's user-friendly interface.
This made the Macintosh virtually synonymous with the
computer-
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driven
production techniques of the last decade. Over time, with a
Mac and the right tools, a single person could compose, perform,
record, edit and mix the instrumental portion of a song or entire
album. Thus, the Macintosh became the touchstone of a new model
for producing recorded music.
The
creation of the Macintosh sparked a flurry of creativity that
continues today. With the Mac's powerful new processors and
new, Apple-driven applications - such as DVD Studio Pro -
Apple continues to build on its historic role in moving studio
technology forward.
The first Technical GRAMMY was awarded in 1994. Past winners
include Les Paul, Digidesign's Pro Tools, Dr. Thomas Stockham
Jr., Ray Dolby, Rupert Neve, George Massenburg, Sony/Philips,
Georg Neumann GmbH, Bill Putnam, and AMS Neve, plc.
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