Bill Putnam
Record Producer
1920 – 1989
Who was Bill Putnam?
Milton Tasker "Bill" Putnam was a renowned American audio engineer, songwriter, producer, studio designer and businessman who has been described as "the father of modern recording". He was the inventor of the modern recording console and is recognised as a key figure in the development of the postwar commercial recording industry.
Former colleague Bruce Swedien described Putnam's achievements thus:
"Bill Putnam was the father of recording as we know it today. The processes and designs which we take for granted — the design of modern recording desks, the way components are laid out and the way they function, console design, cue sends, multitrack switching — they all originated in Bill's imagination."
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- Born
- Feb 20, 1920
Danville - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 13, 1989
Riverside
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on July 23, 2013
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