R.I.P. Al Schmitt

[pucho812]

Another legend has left us.
We just celebrated his birthday via zoom 5 days ago.
A moment of silence for our fallen comrade.  :'( :'( :'(

 

[gyraf]

...nooooo..! :'(

 

[emrr]

RIP Al!

 

[Winston OBoogie]

Damn! 

 

[pucho812]

I got the call last night.
While I am saddened by the loss he just turned 91 which is a good run.

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3OysQGNSs

 

[pucho812]

Couldn’t even get his name correct.

 

[AusTex64]

< During an astonishingly long career, Schmitt has won 23 Grammy Awards, making him the most successful engineer/mixer in Grammy history.>

I read where he used fader rides while tracking instead of a compressor on vocals. Wow.

 

[fazer]

Yes one of the very best with an incredible career.  RIP Al!

 

[pucho812]

he did a project on recording a big band.
Such an any opener. It was all mic selection to preamp to recorder with the exception of using a compressor on the bass where it barely did anything, like 1dB or less gain reduction. Everything else was just mics, in the room  going to outboard preamps to tape. it sounded so good.

 

[Gold]

The old timers used to brag about what they didn’t do. Now it’s more fashionable to brag about what you did.

 

[gyraf]

91 !!?!  yeah, that's a good run

I'd honestly have estimated him to be the 70'es max when I talked to him at last NAMM..

 

[jensenmann]

What a loss. R.I.P.

 

[jensenmann]

he did a project on recording a big band.
Such an any opener. It was all mic selection to preamp to recorder with the exception of using a compressor on the bass where it barely did anything, like 1dB or less gain reduction. Everything else was just mics, in the room  going to outboard preamps to tape. it sounded so good.

Coincidentally I´m listening to exactly this record while reading this thread. It´s Chris Walden Bigband/Full-On.

 

[warpie]

91 !!?!  yeah, that's a good run

I'd honestly have estimated him to be the 70'es max when I talked to him at last NAMM..

Me too, I was shocked when I found out that he was 91.

 

[jarvis]

Would have never guessed that he was 91 either, that's a good run for sure! 23 Grammys, what an inspiration and a legend, R.I.P.

 

[pucho812]

We had a memorial meeting via zoom and the stories we are all sharing of all are amazing.

R.I.P.

 

[groselicain]

Steve Durr turned me onto a phenomenally truthful bit of wisdom—when an old man dies, a library is burned. Al was a library that we were lucky to have had for as long as we did.

 

[pucho812]

Steve Durr turned me onto a phenomenally truthful bit of wisdom—when an old man dies, a library is burned. Al was a library that we were lucky to have had for as long as we did.

that was amazing... thank you

 

[pucho812]

Found out Al Schmitt did this album. I never knew.
Woa