{{Short description|Dutch audio engineer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Ronald Prent | birth_date = | birth_place = | birth_name = Ronald Prent | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Mix engineer|recording engineer|record producer}} | known_for = '''Working with''':<br />{{hlist|Rammstein|Simple Minds|Def Leppard|the Scorpions|Tina Turner|Mink DeVille|Freddie Mercury|Herbert Grönemeyer}} | spouse = Darcy Proper | children = | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | genre = <!--Genres are sourced in the body--> {{flatlist| * Hard rock * {{nowrap|heavy metal}} * {{nowrap|pop rock}} * punk rock}} | years_active = | label = }} }}
'''Ronald Prent''' is a Dutch mix engineer best known for pioneering in surround sound mixing and immersive audio. In 2019, Prent received a Grammy nomination in the category of “Best Immersive Audio Album” for the Engine-EarZ Experiment album ''Symbol''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ronald Prent|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/ronald-prent/243479 |access-date=21 February 2025 |website=grammy.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=7 December 2018 |title=2019 Grammys: The full list of winners and nominees |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/grammy-2019-winners-nominations |access-date=21 March 2025 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Joe |date=7 December 2018 |title=Grammys 2019 Nominees: The Complete List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2019-grammy-nominees-full-list-8489045/ |access-date=21 March 2025 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=7 December 2018 |title=Grammy Awards Nominations: The Complete List |url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/grammy-nominations-2019-complete-list-1203082934/ |access-date=21 March 2025 |website=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=T. H. R. Staff |date=10 February 2019 |title=2019 Grammy Winners: Complete List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/grammys-2019-winners-live-updating-list-1178567/ |access-date=21 March 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=29 July 2016 |title=Win Simple Minds New Gold Dream |url=https://www.proquest.com/barcode?accountid=6749&groupid=115764 |url-status=usurped |access-date=21 February 2025 |newspaper=Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Win a six-disc Simple Minds box set |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1807461067|access-date=21 February 2025|newspaper=Daily Express; London|date=29 July 2016|id={{ProQuest|1807461067}} }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Toulson |first=Rob |title=The Dreaded Mix Sign-Off: Handing Over to Mastering |publisher=Routledge |year=2016 |isbn=9781315646602 |edition=1st}}</ref><!-- I can't access these two sources, so I can't speak to their quality. --> He has also worked with Rammstein,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Now there's an alternative to the world's ultimate analogue music console... |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Audio/Mix/IDX/90s/Mix-1999-10-IDX-109.pdf#search=%22ronald%20prent%22 |access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref> The Scorpions, Mink DeVille, Udo Lindenberg, Tina Turner, Def Leppard, Freddie Mercury, Queensryche, Celine Dion, Dire Straits, the Police, Thomas Anders and Herbert Grönemeyer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cornell |first=Jonathan |date=1 November 2021 |title=Q&A with immersive trailblazer Ronald Prent |url=https://immersiveaudioalbum.com/qa-with-immersive-trailblazer-ronald-prent-grammy-nominated-producer-engineer/ |access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref>
==Career== Prent worked out of Galaxy Studios in Belgium, where he met mastering engineer Darcy Proper in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kenny |first=Tom |date=1 October 2012 |title=Wisseloord Studios |url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/wisseloord-studios-367548 |access-date=21 March 2025 |website=Mixonline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Within Temptation: Producing Black Symphony |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/within-temptation-producing-black-symphony |access-date=21 March 2025 |website=www.soundonsound.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Foster |first=Richard S. |title=Off to meet the Wizards...Proof that pros really do care |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Hi-Fi/Hi-Fi-045.pdf |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=hi fi+ |pages=126}}</ref> Five years later, Prent and Proper moved to Holland where they rebuilt the Wisseloord Studios in the Netherlands.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Keyes |first=Karrie |date=6 November 2017 |title=When music and science collide - Darcy Proper |url=https://soundgirls.org/when-music-and-science-collide-darcy-proper/ |access-date=21 February 2025 |website=SoundGirls.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2015, Prent formed Proper Prent Sound with his wife, mastering engineer Darcy Proper.
In 2019, Prent and Proper moved to U.S. and are based in Auburn, NY, where he continues to offer mixing and consultation services.
Ronald Prent has a particular passion for immersive audio and has made many presentations on the subject for professional sound panels including AES,<ref>{{Cite web |title=AES 2023 Immersive Audio Academy 7th Edition |url=https://aes2.org/events-calendar/aes-2023-immersive-audio-academy-7th-edition/ |access-date=21 February 2025 |website=AES}}</ref>{{Independent source inline|date=March 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immersive Audio Academy 2 |url=https://aes2.org/events-calendar/immersive-audio-academy-2/ |access-date=21 February 2025 |website=AES}}</ref>{{Independent source inline|date=March 2025}} Inside Blackbird Studio Mixing series, and many educational programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mixing |url=https://insideblackbird.com/channel/studio/engineering/engineering-mixing |access-date=21 February 2025 |website=insideblackbird.com}}</ref>{{Independent source inline|date=March 2025}}
==Personal life== Prent is married to Darcy Proper.<ref name=":1" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|properprentsound.com}} * {{AllMusic|id=mn0001017137}} * {{Discogs artist|151882}} * {{IMDb name|nm5299420}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prent, Ronald}} Category:Living people Category:Dutch audio engineers Category:Dutch record producers Category:Sound recording Category:Mixing engineers Category:Audio mixing Category:Surround sound Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Grammy Award winners