This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of The Recording Academy's National Trustees to individuals and/or companies who have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field.
Past Recipients
In order by year
Company Technical Sony/Philips Georg Neumann GmbH AMS Neve plc Digidesign Apple Computer, Inc. Shure Incorporated Solid State Logic, Ltd. JBL Professional Bell Labs/Western Electric Yamaha Corporation Ampex Corporation Universal Audio AKG Acoustics GmbH Waves Audio Celemony Royer Labs | Individual Technical Dr. Thomas G. Stockham Jr. Ray Dolby Rupert Neve George Massenburg Bill Putnam Les Paul Dr. Robert Moog Geoff Emerick Douglas Sax Phil Ramone Tom Dowd David M. Smith John Eargle Clarence "Leo" Fender Thomas Alva Edison Roger Linn Roger Nichols Ikutaro Kakehashi & Dave Smith |