METalliance Team

METalliance

Established in 2005, The METalliance (Music Engineering and Technology Alliance) is composed of top award-winning audio engineers/producers Chuck Ainlay, Niko Bolas, Jimmy Douglass, Frank Filipetti, George Massenburg, Sylvia Massy, and Elliot Scheiner. The METalliance works with producers, engineers, educators and manufacturers to further the best practices and technology developed in modern recording and to ensure those skills and techniques are carried forward.

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RECORDING & MIXING DRUMS
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Recording and Mixing Drums

Recording and Mixing Drums

An in-depth look at ‘Recording and Mixing Drums’ from the METalliance team of top professional engineers and producers. Available now.

Recording & Mixing Drums is the Holy Grail of a century’s worth of drum recording knowledge, gleaned from seven of the all-time greatest engineer/producers.

Don Was

METalliance
EVENTS 2025

 

METalliance Event Schedule 2025

Events for 2025 will be announced at a later date - stay tuned

METalliance Team Storytellers at Ridgefield Feb24

METalliance Events

METalliance 2025 Event Schedule TBA

We love working closely with a diverse group of students, pros, educators and recording beginners

Chuck Ainlay

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METalliance PRO PARTNERS

The METalliance Pro Partnership is a group of companies that share the founders’ belief that a call for quality is important. Pro Partner membership is limited to companies that have shown the initiative to manufacture and distribute products that meet the METalliance organization’s professional audio standards.

Our Pro Partners are working with the METalliance to recognize the call for quality in the recording arts.

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METalliance Announces WSDG as Newest Pro Partner

 

WSDG (Walters-Storyk Design Group) has become the newest Pro Partner of METalliance and the first recording studio designer partner.

 

METalliance with John Storyk of WSDG New Pro Partner