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In addition to being one of the most respected music producers in
recording history, Phil Ramone
has consistently been a technology visionary. As his nine GRAMMY
Awards and an Emmy attest, Ramone's musical acumen and his use of
audio technology are unmatched among his peers. His impeccable list
of credits includes legendary collaborations with: Burt Bacharach,
Tony Bennett, Bono, Ray Charles, Chicago, Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan,
Gloria Estefan, Renee Fleming, Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Elton
John, Quincy Jones, BB King, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Luciano Pavarotti,
Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand,
and James Taylor.
Acknowledged as one of the top creative producers, Ramone is equally
respected as a technology leader. He has played an integral role
in pioneering many of the advances in the art and science of music
and film-sound recording--from popularizing stereo up to 7.1 surround,
from exceptional analog to today's digital, from multi-track tape
to recording on hard drive. As an early advocate of the Compact
Disc, it was a Phil Ramone production, Billy Joel's 52nd Street,
that was the first CD ever pressed. The first pop DVD release, Dave
Grusin Presents West Side Story is also a Ramone production.
His use of an EDNet fiber optics system to record tracks in "real
time" from different locations for Frank Sinatra's multi-platinum
Duets I & II was a groundbreaking achievement. As Co-Broadcast
Audio Supervisor of the GRAMMY telecast, it was Ramone's leadership
that inspired the landmark Emmy-winning 5.1 Surround broadcast of
the 2003 GRAMMYs.
James B. Lansing Sound, Incorporated (JBL
Professional), was formed in 1946, and the company
has been preeminent in high-end loudspeaker technology for all facets
of professional sound to the present time. As broadcast, recording,
and motion pictures entered the stereo era in the early fifties,
JBL was there with the world's first four-inch voice coil cone drivers
and commercially available compression drivers. As the rock movement
gathered momentum during the late sixties, JBL eventually became
the preferred manufacturer for both musical instrument loudspeakers
as well as music reinforcement activities.
In areas of research and development, JBL has pushed the performance
envelope of transducers more than any other company. These improvements
have led to the reduction of distortion at high playback levels
as well as improved reliability. In recent years, JBL's introduction
of VerTec line array systems has been heralded as the leading edge
in array technology and system synthesis, and has been the sound
reinforcement system of choice for the GRAMMY Awards shows. Building
on the earlier successes of the industry standard 4311 and the Bi-Radial®
monitors, the LSR (Linear Spatial Response) series of monitor loudspeakers
today carry on the JBL traditions of transducer component excellence
and system innovation as the recording industry moves into surround
sound.
Three-time GRAMMY winning engineer/producer Geoff Emerick
is perhaps best known as the engineer at Abbey Road Studios who
worked on many of the Beatles' classic recordings, including the
1966 landmark Revolver, GRAMMY Album Of The Year winner Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the "White Album"
and Abbey Road. Being relatively new to the craft at the
time of their first collaboration, Emerick was ideally suited to
work with the groundbreaking quartet. He tapped into the potential
of contemporary technology and expanded the horizons of studio recording.
Emerick's adventurous spirit and experimental attitude, coupled
with the revolutionary musical vision of the Beatles, forever changed
the way in which pop albums are created.
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