New York City, NY, May 2025 – Award-winning audio engineer, educator and studio designer Paul Special is currently serving as the Broadcast Music Mixer for ABC/Disney’s Good Morning America (GMA), the #1 rated morning news program in television. At GMA, he has mixed over 1000 live-to-air music performances for Taylor Swift, Green Day, Coldplay, John Legend, Lady Gaga, and others.
“Telefunken mics have become a ‘go to’ choice for me, especially in live broadcasting,” says Special, who has TELEFUNKEN Dynamic Series microphones on hand for use on GMA and other shows he mixes. “The tight super-cardioid pattern of the M80 and M81 is invaluable when trying to minimize leakage on the smaller stages found in many TV studios. These mics are outstanding sonically and the build quality is second to none.”
Currently, Special is setting up the new studios in the Disney Headquarters’ building in NYC at Hudson Square. “I’ve been getting the new studios ready for Good Morning America, as well as other shows such as The View, World News Tonight, Live with Kelly & Mark and ABC News Live. We have 13 LAWO consoles installed in the new studios on multiple floors.”
Paul Special’s engineering includes music projects for record release, doing live broadcast music or production mixing for national TV shows, recording and mixing audio for concert streaming and recording and mixing national television and radio spots for ABC, CBS, NBC, Disney, HBO, Fox, CMT, MTV, Nike and Volkswagen.
Special has worked with many top music acts, including Billy Joel, Aerosmith, Paul Simon, Carrie Underwood, and his record work has earned multiple RIAA Platinum and Gold Record awards.
Special is also an adjunct professor at the City College of New York (CCNY), where he teaches music production and audio engineering. For his professional studio recording and education work. He has a number of TELEFUNKEN Alchemy Series large diaphragm mics, including the vacuum tube TF47 and TF11 FET models, as well as the company’s TDA and TDP Direct Boxes. “Telefunken’s Alchemy Series mics give me that classic old-school studio sound, yet are surprisingly affordable,” he remarks. “As a studio veteran, I have used Telefunken mics for years and I am very glad that my students get to experience using them, as well.”
In addition to mixing and teaching, through his company, Special Audio Services, Paul Special has designed the architectural, acoustical, and/or wiring system designs and installations for over 50 recording studios and broadcast facilities around the world, including Masterdisk NYC, Times Square Studios, Compass Point Studios, POP Radio Studios, The City College of New York, (CCNY), William Patterson University, NJ, and others.
Learn more about Paul Special: www.paulspecial.com
