Worship Musician Magazine September 2020 | Page 138

The PCM-1 converted the incoming analog
signal to digital, which was then recorded
and stored on a standard video tape.
1977. The FM synthesis-based Synclavier I
is released, first without a keyboard and later
with the addition of a piano keyboard.
1978. The first EIAJ standard for the use
of 14-bit PCM adaptors with VCR decks is
embodied in Sony’s PCM-1 consumer VCR
adaptor.
1979. Fairlight releases the CMI work
station and sampler.
1980. Neve releases the DSP digital
console.
1980. 3M, Mitsubishi, Sony and Studer
each introduces a multitrack digital recorder.
1980. EMT introduces its Model 450 harddisk
digital recorder.
1980. The Synclavier II, able to trigger four
simultaneous FM channels from a single key,
is released.
1981. Philips demonstrates the Compact
Disc (CD).
1981. MIDI is standardized as the universal
synthesizer interface.
1981. IBM introduces a 16-bit personal
computer.
1981. The first popular music CD is
produced (The Visitors by ABBA).
1982. 16-bit user sampling (originally in
mono only) is added as an option to the
Synclavier II.
1982. Sony introduces the first consumer
14- and 16-bit digital adaptor for VCRs, the
PCM-F1.
1982. Sony releases the first CD player, the
Model CDP-101.
1982. The first commercial compact disc is
produced (Claudio Arrau performing Chopin
waltzes).
1982. The first CD album is released,
Billy Joel’s 52nd Street, which reached the
market alongside Sony’s CDP-101CD player
on October 1, 1982 in Japan.
1982. The Digital Audio Stationary Head
(DASH) reel-to-reel, digital audio tape format is
introduced by Sony. Common machines using
the DASH format: PCM-3402, 3202, 3324,
3348, and Studer 820x, D820, and D827.
When this came out, the studio I was working from bought two for over $100,000 EACH! They were stereoonly
with out waveform display. We worked off playlists with SMPTE references, had to guess at edit points,
backed up to DAT tape (a long process), and thought we had died and gone to heaven. It was rock solid
with SMPTE lock and was non-destructive! ‘Nuff said.
1982. The introduction of Dolby Stereo for
the home theater, featuring left, center, right,
and a single surround channel that could
feed to rear speakers.
1983. Yamaha released the DX7 keyboard
based on additive synthesis.
1984. The Apple Macintosh computer is
released.
1984. AMS releases the Audiofile, one of
the first 16-bit hard-disk based recording
systems dedicated to Post production.
1986. The release of the first digital
consoles.
1986. R-DAT recorders are introduced in
Japan.
1987. Digidesign releases Sound Tools, a
Macintosh-based digital workstation using
DAT as its source and storage medium.
1987. Yamaha introduces the DMP7,
created as a companion to the TX816—a
multitimbral tone bank of eight DX7 FM
synthesis engines along with two digital mic
inputs.
1988. AMS releases the Logic 1—
the first dynamically configurable, fully
automated digital mixing console.
1989. Allen & Heath introduces CMC
computer aided routing system (CARS) that
work with the Commodore 64.
1990. AMS releases the larger format Logic 2.
1989. Yamaha releases the DMP11 digital
console.
1990. Euphonix delivers the first Crescendo.
1990. Yamaha releases the DMP8, a tape-
The DMP11 featured the same total recall capability as the DMP7 without motorized faders, making it
available at an affordable price. With level bar graphs on the LCD panel and other refinements for easy
operation, the DMP11 established the value of digital mixers for keyboard players.
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