The Technical Grammy Award is a Special Merit Grammy Award presented to individuals or companies who have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field. The award was first presented in 1994 to Dr. Thomas G. Stockham Jr. Others who have received this award include Ray Dolby, Ikutaro Kakehashi, Rupert Neve, Les Paul, Phil Ramone, Dr. Robert Moog, Geoff Emerick, Tom Dowd, Bill Putnam, George Massenburg, Roger Linn, Leo Fender and Thomas Alva Edison. Companies honored include AKG, Apple Computer, Digidesign, JBL Professional, Lexicon, Shure Incorporated, and Sony/Philips.
Technical Grammy recipients The following individuals and companies have received Technical Grammys, listed by year. YearRecipient(s) Ref.1994Dr. Thomas G. Stockham1995Ray Dolby1997Rupert Neve1998George Massenburg1998Sony/Philips1999Georg Neumann GmbH2000Bill Putnam, AMS Neve2001Les Paul, Digidesign2002Robert Moog, Apple Computer Inc.2003Geoff Emerick, Shure Inc.2004Douglas Sax, Solid State Logic2005Phil Ramone, JBL Professional2006Tom Dowd, Bell Labs/Western Electric2007David M. Smith, Yamaha Corporation2008John Eargle, Ampex Corporation2009Clarence "Leo" Fender, Universal Audio2010Thomas Alva Edison, AKG Acoustics GmbH2011Roger Linn, Waves Audio2012Roger Nichols, Celemony2013Ikutaro Kakehashi and Dave Smith, Royer Labs2014Emile Berliner, Lexicon2015Ray Kurzweil2016Harvey Fletcher, EMT2017Alan Blumlein2018Richard Factor and Anthony Agnello2019Saul Walker2020George Augspurger2021Daniel Weiss2023Audio Engineering Society, Dr. Andy Hildebrand2024Tom Kobayashi, Tom Scott2025Leo Beranek2026John Chowning
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