Maurizio "OttO" de togni

Maurizio De Togni (OttO) has been a music maker and independent music producer since 1990. As a consultant, among his clients, you'll find Paramount Pictures, James Valentine & Jesse Carmichael (Maroon 5), Mike Posner, John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, as well as various popular and Grammy Award-winner artists/producers/engineers/studios.

His background includes wide experience as a musician, composer, arranger, programmer/Pro Tools operator, and audio technologist for Italian, American, and international artists in the classical, pop, rock, and dance fields as well as international commercials (Heineken©, Subaru©, Campari©).

With more than 80+ certifications, that makes him "the most certified man on the planet":
"Apple Logic Pro Certified Master Pro & Trainer" (since v.7),
"Avid Certified Pro Tools 2023 Instructor" (since v.7)

With +10K students and +1K classes all over the world, he has taught/designed curriculums at the Academy of Entertainment Arts and Professions at Milan’s "Teatro alla Scala", Soho Editors (AATC, London - UK), Espero (AATC, Milan - IT), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA Extension), Musicians Institute (Hollywood, CA), Digital Media Academy at Stanford University, CSCM @ Shepherd University (Los Angeles, CA), "Grammy Museum" of Los Angeles, KeyCode (Burbank, CA), Dynamic School Of Audio Engineering (Chennai, India).

For Macworld@, he wrote almost a hundred articles on music data processing and audio-pro solutions (which includes the "iLife-Pro"© book). He worked as a foreign contributor on many prestigious events (NAMM show©, AES©, MAcWorld WWDC© …).

He’s the recipient of the “2012 Outstanding Instructors” award at the University of California Los Angeles in entertainment studies and performing arts, as well as "Peer-to-Peer/Instructor of the Year 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA

He lives in Orange County (California) and loves to travel with his daughter and he’s a big fan of great food.