# Dan Dugan

> Dan Dugan is an American audio engineer, inventor, and nature sounds recordist. He was the first person in regional theatre to be called a sound designer, and he developed the first effective automatic microphone mixer: the automixer. Dugan's sound design work was acknowledged in 2003 with a Distinguished Career Award by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, and in 2020 with an Emmy Award for technology relevant to remote working. In 2021 he was awarded Fellowship in the Audio Engineering Society.

*First sound designer; inventor of the automixer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1943
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Dan Dugan is an American audio engineer, inventor, and nature sounds recordist. He was the first person in regional theatre to be called a sound designer, and he developed the first effective automatic microphone mixer: the automixer. Dugan's sound design work was acknowledged in 2003 with a Distinguished Career Award by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, and in 2020 with an Emmy Award for technology relevant to remote working. In 2021 he was awarded Fellowship in the Audio Engineering Society.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 38.5
- **Momentum:** 1.1

## Sources
- [Dan Dugan (audio engineer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Dugan_(audio_engineer))
- [دان دوغان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [دان دوجان (مصمم صوتى من امريكا)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%85_%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7))
- [Dan Dugan](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Dugan)
- [ڈین ڈوگن (آڈیو انجینئر)](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%88%D9%88%DA%AF%D9%86_(%D8%A2%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A6%D8%B1))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5213418)

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