Ronald Royer
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Ronald Royer is an award-winning audio engineer residing in Nashville, Tennessee. Royer grew up in the Detroit suburb of Hazel Park, Michigan. After attending college at Wayne State University as a Music Industry Management Major and graduating from The Recording Institute of Detroit, he was soon employeed by Tapetronics, Inc., a Motown Records (acquired by MCA) company in 1986. Royer served as chief engineer for 5 years until his departure in 1991. Now residing in Nashville, Tennessee, He is employeed by National Tape and Disc Corporation in the Director of Quality/Chief Engineer position. Among thousands of commercial music releases he has mastered and edited, Royer is credited for his editing and mastering work on two 2002 Grammy nominated albums - "Life Goes On" by Black Eagle and "Pow-Wow Celebration" which included drum songs from Walking Buffalo, Tha Tribe, Wild Horse, Bear Creek, Blackstone, Thunderhorse, Sage Point, Mystic River, Mandaree Singers, Kautanoh Jrs., and Red Bull. Both projects were produced by the New Mexico based label, Sound of America Records (SOAR). Royer is a member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the Society of Motion Picture and Television engineers (SMPTE).
In recent years, Royer is best known for audio software development, having designed sound system testing products for the professional audio industry, the most popular being the Lasertrak CD2000 Audio Test CD and Audio Quicktest selling worldwide in more than 50 countries.
