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Eric Persing is an American sound designer, professional synthesist, keyboardist, recording artist and music producer based in Los Angeles, California.[1] He is best known as the Founder and Creative Director of the music software and virtual instrument company Spectrasonics®. Recognized as one of the world’s most preeminent synth sound designers,[2] Persing has created over a million sounds that inspire music makers around the world.[3] He has been the producer and primary contributor to all of Spectrasonics' products, including the award-winning Omnisphere®,[4] Keyscape®,[5] Trilian®, and Stylus RMX.[6] Earlier work includes other notable Spectrasonics products like Atmosphere, Trilogy, and Distorted Reality.
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Eric Persing | |
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Eric Persing in the studio | |
| Born | Eric Armand Persing 21 July 1963 |
| Nationality |  American |
| Known for | Spectrasonics, Sound design, Synthesizer Development, Music Production, Roland, LA Session Musician, Sound Libraries |
| Notable work | Omnisphere, Keyscape, Roland D50, Roland JD800, Michael Jackson "Bad" album, Distorted Reality |
| Spouse | Lorey Persing |
| Children | Jazmine Persing, Soren Persing, Sage Persing |
| Website | https://www.spectrasonics.net |
Persing started working for the Roland Corporation as Chief Sound Designer[7] from 1984 to 2004,[8][9] where he worked on many influential synthesizers and music-related products such as the Roland D-50,[10] the JD-800,[11] the Roland JX, JV, JP, XP series synthesizers and many others. Even today, his sounds can be heard in many productions and Eric has worked with numerous artists such as Luther Vandross, Quincy Jones, Danny Elfman, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, James Newton‑Howard, Eddie Jobson, Michel Colombier, Diana Ross, Arif Mardin, Chaka Khan, Larry Carlton, Hans Zimmer, Leonard Cohen, Michael Jackson, Randy Newman and Celine Dion.[12] At the 2011 NAMM Show, as part of a joint promotion with the Bob Moog Foundation, Persing exhibited the OMG-1 synthesizer, a unique synthesizer of his own design that integrated a Moog Little Phatty with an Apple Mac Mini and two iPads running virtual instruments, all housed in a custom curly maple cabinet.[13]
Important influences for Persing are Vangelis, Kraftwerk, Jan Hammer, Yes, Genesis and Thomas Dolby.[14]
In 2011, Persing and his team accepted the TEC Award for "Best Musical Instrument Software" for Omnisphere version 1.5.[15][16]
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