Gregory Paul Kramer (born 14 October 1952, in Los Angeles, California), is an American composer, researcher, inventor, meditation teacher and author.
[1][13] The studio also hosted seminars and performances on synthesizers and electronic music and featured a design file and tape library.
[1] In 1977, to support PASS and its various programs, Kramer co-founded Harvestworks,[14] a not-for-profit arts organization located in New York City dedicated to providing access to the knowledge and tools of music technology through education programs, publications, artist assistance, and music and sound art presentation projects.
[15] Through his company Clarity,[16][17] founded in 1981, Kramer conceived and developed the MIDI XLV, and with it helped launch the recording technique of signal process automation.
[19] Kramer collaborated closely with Robert Moog, who since 1970 had been working on a keyboard controller that would respond to human touch.
[20][21] In 1993, Moog reduced his involvement in the project, stating that "I've given them to Eaton and to one other artist, Gregory Kramer, an experimental composer [...]".
Kramer edited the Proceedings,[25] which was the first book on auditory display and data sonification and remains possibly the most oft-cited publication in the field.
He teaches vipassana meditation, dharma contemplation, and Insight Dialogue at retreats, and in universities worldwide.
In 2020, the Metta Foundation supported the formation of the Insight Dialogue Community, in which Kramer remains involved as a Founding Teacher.