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Dan Dugan

First sound designer; inventor of the automixer · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1943 · age 83

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.

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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.

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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1943 · age 83