4-time GRAMMY-winning Producer/Engineer Jimmy "The Senator" Douglass is a legend in the music game. Working with all of your favorite artists over the last four decades, he's delivered hit records from Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z to Aretha Franklin and Led Zeppelin.
We caught up with Jimmy on his experience using the iLoud Precision studio monitors. Here's The Senator's verdict on the new Precision MTMs:
I am floored by the huge sound, robust and powerful. A big grand-sounding monitor, radiating full spectrum awesomeness.
These are the real deal, transparent, and lightweight, but pack a heavyweight sonic sound.
The option to use various other tuned monitors puts them in a class all their very own.
More about the artist
Jimmy Douglass (also known as The Senator) is an American four-time GRAMMY-winning recording engineer and record producer, whose prolific career has spanned more than four decades. Jimmy is best known for bringing unconventional techniques into the studio and encouraging artists to transcend genre restrictions. He is credited with bringing a raw edge to the sound and specifically bringing a heavy funk bass sound into rock music.
In the early 1970′s at Atlantic Records studios in New York City, he started his studio career as a part-time tape duplicator while still attending high school where he learned how to operate the studio's custom-made 16-channel console and observed, was trained by, as well as worked with industry greats including Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler and Ahmet Ertegun. He went on to work with great Atlantic Recording artists including Aretha Franklin, Hall & Oates, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Foreigner, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC.
During the 1980′s, Douglass engineered and produced established artists including The Rolling Stones, Slave, Odyssey, Roxy Music and Gang of Four. In 1994, he began working with up-and-coming contemporary R&B/Hip Hop Music Producer Timbaland and served as his main engineer for more than a decade. They would eventually collaborate on classic projects from artists such as Aaliyah, Missy Elliot, Ginuwine and Jay-Z .
He continued engineering and mixing more Timbaland-produced projects including Snoop Dogg, Björk and GRAMMY-winning albums for Justin Timberlake. He's also mixed records for Rob Thomas, Sean Paul, Kanye West, Ludacris, Al Green, John Legend and Duran Duran.
Learn more at jimmydouglass.com
Available in a choice of 3 configurations — 2-way 5" or 6.5", and 2 x 5" MTM — iLoud Precisions are handmade works of sonic art that deliver a level of detail that beats speakers three times the price with workflow enhancements that can't be found anywhere else.
Registered owners of iLoud Micro Monitors and iLoud MTM are eligible for special pricing on Precision pairs. Learn more about iLoud Precision HERE.
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