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david gourley wrote:
Ian Thompson-Bell put forth the notion
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Dec [Cluskey] wrote:
On Mar 26, 3:43 am, Romeo Rondeau wrote:
The first Eventide Harmonizer came out in the mid 70's. It wasn't
until
the H3000 that it was totally abused, a crime that I'm guilty of as
well. :-)
Romeo
That comes as a shock!
I am sure I can remember using the unit as the Industry Standard for
ADT [Automatic Double Tracking] in the mid Sixties and then through
the seventies, Eighties. Perhaps Decca Studios in the UK [West
Hampstead, London] had a pre launch version ..... or it was on test?
According to the eventide web site their first harmonizer came out in
the mid 70s. Prior to that they made the Instant Phazor and Instant
Flanger. They did not start as a business until 1970 so I doubt you
would have heard them in the 60s.
Cheers
Ian
Right - IIRC, Richard Factor started that company and they had one of the
first digital delay lines. It was stepped and had very short delay
times. The Instant Phaser and Flanger were analog products, using all
pass filters and BBD devices, respectively. As the technology improved,
the Harmonizers(tm) started appearing. Even my 949 is a primitive bit-
slice design, using LM1496 sideband modulator chips.
david
I still have my early 80's 949. In fact I used it yesterday to
stereo-ize a mono keyboard sound. It sounded great. What a nice box to
have around.
I remember opening the lid in the mid 80's when it went down, to see if
I could find something obvious. I remember finding a mass of wiring,
like it was packed with spaghetti. I immediately put the screws back on
the lid and sent it back to the factory.
I have always been curious how they got it to work with the technology
of the day. Anyone care to describe it for a simple mind like me?
David Correia
www.Celebrationsound.com