Made at SAE: Audio Engineer & Grammy Award Winner Hans Martin Buff

This episode of ‘Made at SAE’ features Grammy Award winner Hans-Martin Buff. He is one of the most exciting sound artists of our time and an SAE alumnus. 

From 2018 to 2020, he studied for a Master of Professional Practice at the SAE Institute in Cologne and obtained a Master of Arts in Immersive Music Production. It was in this field that he won his Grammy Award in 2024 for the Dolby Atmos in-side mixes of Peter Gabriel's album i/o. 

He has been nominated again for the next Grammy Awards. 

In this episode of Made at SAE, Hans-Martin talks about his career, his approach to immersive music, his work with global stars and his journey from a SAE master’s program to internationally sought-after audio visionary. 

Who is Hans-Martin Buff? 

Hans-Martin began his career in the USA at the legendary Pachyderm Studio and shortly afterwards became Prince's personal engineer at Paisley Park Studios. For four years, he was responsible for recording the exceptional artist as well as collaborations with No Doubt, Chaka Khan and Larry Graham, among others. After returning to Germany, he worked with Mousse T., Joss Stone, Zucchero, Eric Burdon, Roachford, Maxi Priest, Die Fantastischen Vier and the Scorpions, among others, and became one of the leading experts in 3D audio and Dolby Atmos. 

Today, he is a partner at msm-studios (Munich/Berlin) and regularly works at Real World Studio in England.

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