# Sad to hear of the passing of engineering legend Al Schmitt today

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**Category:** Music\
**Created:** [April 28, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/sad-to-hear-of-the-passing-of-engineering-legend-al-schmitt-today/23351 "2021-04-28T06:05:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![padreken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@padreken](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/padreken)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/sad-to-hear-of-the-passing-of-engineering-legend-al-schmitt-today/23351/1 "2021-04-28T06:05:18Z")

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As I look through my collection, there are literally hundreds of records on the shelf that he recorded-Diana Krall, George Benson, Steely Dan, Ray Charles, Dan hicks and his Hot Licks-truly the GOAT, the wise wizard of microphone placement.

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**Author:** ![Serhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/serhan/32/192329_2.png) [@Serhan](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Serhan)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/sad-to-hear-of-the-passing-of-engineering-legend-al-schmitt-today/23351/2 "2021-04-28T07:24:21Z")

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[Al Schmitt - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schmitt)  
RIP

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**Author:** ![RonP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/ronp/32/213555_2.png) [@RonP](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/RonP)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/sad-to-hear-of-the-passing-of-engineering-legend-al-schmitt-today/23351/3 "2021-04-28T11:25:19Z")

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Please correct the spelling of Al’s name.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Elk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/elk/32/1240_2.png) [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/sad-to-hear-of-the-passing-of-engineering-legend-al-schmitt-today/23351/4 "2021-04-28T13:15:38Z")

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Done

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**Author:** ![RonP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/ronp/32/213555_2.png) [@RonP](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/RonP)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/sad-to-hear-of-the-passing-of-engineering-legend-al-schmitt-today/23351/5 "2021-04-28T13:18:51Z")

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Thanks

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**Author:** ![padreken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@padreken](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/padreken)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/sad-to-hear-of-the-passing-of-engineering-legend-al-schmitt-today/23351/6 "2021-04-28T15:37:22Z")

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Argh-thank you! This ought to tell me late night posting is a bad idea.

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**Author:** ![1cdfoley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/1cdfoley/32/101112_2.png) [@1cdfoley](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/1cdfoley)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/sad-to-hear-of-the-passing-of-engineering-legend-al-schmitt-today/23351/7 "2021-04-28T17:25:41Z")

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An amazing man, I expect he will be working in Heaven.