Steve Remote was an American audio engineer, mixing engineer, record producer, recording studio designer and owner from Queens, New York, United States. He is the founder and chief engineer of Aura Sonic, a mobile and location production company in New York. He has worked on 17 Grammy Award nominated albums, three of which have won. For multiple years, he lead the archival recording team at the Newport Folk and Newport Jazz Festivals. He passed at his home in New York in September 2026.
In 1977, Remote established Aura Sonic to handle a variety of his recording duties: live albums, live television and radio broadcasts, and film and video concert remotes. Not content with operating a conventional recording studio, he decided to create a studio on wheels so he could go to the client instead of the client going to him. Most of what he learned about audio did not come through formal training but through hands on experience.
Recording engineer and mixer for Latin Grammy Award winning album in the category of Best Latin Jazz Album in 2001; Paquito D'Rivera Quintet - Live at the Blue Note
Facility provider and second engineer for Grammy Award winning album in the category of Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band in 1989; Gil Evans and the Monday Night Orchestra – Bud and Bird
TEC Award winner in the category of Remote Production / Recording or Broadcast in 2009; JVC Newport Jazz Festival.
