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based digital recorder/mixer with 28-bit
internal processing.
1990. ISDN telephone links provide
real-time studio-to-studio digital audio
connections.
1990. After much experimentation, starting
in 1976, digital sound and the 5.1 format are
released by KODAK and Optical Radiation
Corporation in Days of Thunder and The
Doors using the Cinema Digital Sound (CDS)
format.
1991. Alesis unveils the ADAT at NAMM in
Los Angeles, CA. The original “blackface”
ADAT used a game-changing digital 8-track
format that could chain up to 16 separate
machines together in sample-accurate sync
for 128 perfectly locked tracks. The ADAT
gave birth to the boon of home recording
studios.
1991. Wolfgang Ahnert demonstrates the
first digitally enhanced model of an acoustic
space.
1991. Yamaha introduces the DMC 1000,
which could connect to 24- and 32-track
digital recorders such as the Sony PCM-
3324 and Mitsubishi X-850.
1992. Lexicon releases the Capricorn digital
console in the U.K.
1992. After a long wait, Alesis ships the first
ADATs.
1992. The Philips DCC and Sony’s MiniDisc,
using digital audio data-reduction, are offered
to consumers as record/play hardware and
software.
1992. Yamaha PM4000 mixers are
introduced.
1993. Lexicon releases the Capricorn digital
console in the U.S., with prices ranging from
$300,000 to $1 million.
1993. The 8- or 16-track DMP9 is
introduced by Yamaha.
1993. In the first extensive use of “distance
recording” via ISDN, producer Phil Ramone
records the Duets album with Frank Sinatra.
1994. Yamaha unveils the ProMix 01, the
first “affordable” digital multitrack console.
1995. Yamaha introduces the 44-channel
02R, which included 4-band parametric EQ,
dynamics processing, input delays and more.
The Blackface ADAT was THE game-changer that made it possible for producers, engineers, and musicians
to record up to 128 fully digital tracks at home!
1997. Yamaha released the rack-mounted
03D.
1996. Experimental 96 kHz/24-bit digital
recordings are made.
1997. Mackie’s ground breaking and
affordable Digital 8-Bus (d8b) mixer is
introduced.
1998. Allen & Heath introduce the ICON
DP1000 digital live console.
1998. The audio market sees the first
commercially available MP-3 players.
1999. Audio DVD Standard 1.0 agreed
upon by manufacturers.
1999. Remote Solutions introduces the first
hard-drive based MP3 player.
2001. iTunes is released in February.
2001. iPod is released in October.
2001. Yamaha releases the PM1D digital
console, which would become a touring
industry standard.
2005. Allen & Heath introduces the iLive
digital live mixer.
2005. Yamaha introduces the M7CL, a live
mixer that replaced cursor keys and the like
with a touchscreen.
2005. Digidesign introduces the Venue live
sound digital mixing consoles.
2009. Midas and Klark Teknik are acquired
by Music Group/Behringer.
2009. PreSonus launches StudioLive digital
mixers/FireWire interface.
2012. Behringer announces the X32 live/
recording digital console.
2013. Avid announces the Venue SL3.
The Yamaha 02R was a LOT of mixer for the price! It was all digital with moving faders, scenes, 44 channels,
a 4 bands of fully parametric EQ per channel.
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