Edirol was established in 1994 to supply the needs of the high end digital audio and video market. Edirol realised the gap in the market for affordable high quality multimedia tools and so, with the help of the industry giant Roland, set about developing a whole range of audio and mixing equipment, video editing and midi tools that are affordable and easy to operate. We stock a wide range of products which you can view by clicking here Edirol Digital Audio - we are constantly adding to our catalogue and can get hold of most models so if you do not see what you are looking for try again or contact us with what you need and we will do our best to source one for you. Contact us for more information on Edirol and the desktop media production software available. Our staff are very knowledgeable on all Edirol products and so we are confident we can help with any enquiry you may have. Labels: edirol
The very first Boss pedal was built in the United States by the American and Japanese branches of Roland. In 1976 Boss was not in existence and so really the B100 is actually a Roland pedal they decided to call the Boss. Such was the success of this pre amp, Roland decided to launch a separate company to design and develop pedals for guitarists to get something extra from their instruments and Boss pedals were born. In the same year the Chorus Ensemble was born to give the guitar a warm analogue stereo chorus and vibrato sound. This was the pedal that really set the Boss pedal ball rolling with endorsements from the Police and the Doobie Brothers the CE made Boss the number one pedal maker in the world. The gates opened then for over drive, spectrum, phaser and distortion pedals with the slow hand coming in '79. These single units have been linked together to make a complete board of effects and are sometimes still preferred to than multi effect boards, the pedals are as popular today as when they first were introduced. Today the boss pedals come in all shapes and sizes and many are multi functional giving the player such advanced features as the De Fretter and patented effects like the Uni V which are exclusive to Boss pedals. All of these boards can be pre set for your own combinations of sounds and tones so each board ends up unique to the user, all controlled by you, in real time. Boss pedals open new worlds of sound that will inspire the user to create more diverse music than before. All of our pedals are integrated so they can multi task giving you the freedom of expression rather than having to concern yourself with the technical side, that's our job, so you have more time to enjoy your guitar. If you would like to find our more than you do already about Boss Pedals then why not contact us where our helpful and friendly staff will be on hand to answer any questions you may have regarding the products and services we provide. Labels: boss overdrive, boss pedals, guitar pedals
Takamine began life over forty years ago in Japan in Sakashita with the name taken from the Takamine Mountain at whose base the company factory was situated. From here a small family business would dedicate their time to creating top quality guitars that were destined for world wide fame. At this time Japan was taking more interest in guitar playing as a first instrument and so the house of Takamine had to expand both distribution and quality. The company had to get new models out on to the market, as they players in Japan got better so to had Takamine to be. In nineteen sixty eight a chap called Mass Hirade joined the Takamine design family and set about making superb changes and improvements to the guitars and with it the business began to gather steam. The result was the Classic model that put Takamine guitars on the world stage as a main player in the industry and so Mr.Hirade decided to take a team over to the United States of America and begin trading. Nineteen seventy five was the year that some of the world most famous guitarist's got their hands on a Takamine, and the rest as they say is history. With the new market Takamine had to expand the range further, in nineteen seventy eight the acoustic, electric with a flat back burst on to the scene and took it by force. The technology made great headway with the takamine palethetic pick up that consists of six individual piezo transducers which are embedded into the bridge plate where they sense both string and soundboard vibration setting the standard for the industry. Takamine also pioneered the first ever interchangeable sound choice pre amp that can be changed in a couple of minutes so you can choose your favourite model and the sound it makes. If you are interested in learning more about Takamine guitars or wish to enquire about purchasing a particular model then contact us by telephone or email and one of our helpful and friendly staff will be happy to assist you with options available to you. Labels: guitars, Takamine
Leo Fender of California, United States of America was born in the August of 1909. Leo became interested in electronics at a young age and could often be found building radio's during his school years. Once graduated from college he started his own business but quickly became interested in the guitar and decided that he was going to make a solid body, stream line electric guitar along with his partner George Fullerton. It was 1950 and Fender had produced the Esquire and the Broadcaster, with the Precision Bass coming a year later, guitars but the Gretsch music company had a line of drums called the Broadkaster and so Leo changes the Broadcaster to the Telecaster and a legend was born. The early fifties saw the birth of the Stratocaster. This fender guitar was named such to reflect the dynamic of a jet plane, which was slick and futuristic. The guitar was created for comfort and playability. On the back of the guitar there was a smooth cut away shape the enabled the guitar to nestle into the players torso, instead of a hard edge and the arm rest sloped back gradually so that there would no noticeable contact to the players are, instead a smooth platform on which to rest. Where the body meets the fret board Fender decided to make the body a double cut away making it easier to get access to the higher frets opening scales for more notes. The Strat also featured three single coil pickups, each one with staggered magnetic poles controlled by a three way selector switch, one volume knob and two tone controls. All of this gave the Stratocaster great versatility, you can get so many different sounds out of one that they were destined for greatness. Some of the worlds greatest guitarists have used the Fender guitar, most famously, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Jimi Hendrix was known for his amazing ability on the guitar, a left handed man who could flip a right handed guitar around and play better than most is something to be marvelled at. Hendrix's musical roots were founded in blues and soul, he added some rock and psycadelia and a whole new sound was born. Jimi favoured the Stratocaster because the slim neck suited his slick hand speed and enabled his huge hands to play rhythm and lead parts at the same time. Through Hendrix's residency in the United Kingdom, the Fender guitar became popular with British musicians and friends of Jimi, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. Under the influence of Hendrix, Clapton decided to take the fender guitar and make his own version by a hybrid the parts of different Stratocasters to make his perfect model and played this guitar until nineteen ninety when it finally packed up. In nineteen eighty eight for his service to the Stratocaster, Fender and Clapton developed the Eric Clapton signature series, the first of it's kind. You can click here to see the selection of Fender Guitars that we have in our online catalogue. Labels: acoustic, fender, guitar, stratocaster, telecaster
Alesis are manufacturers of professional audio products and digital musical instrument accessories, such as effects units and amplification. Alesis have been pioneers in the field of digital production, serving the industry for over twenty years. Alesis was established in 1980 and quickly made their assent to the to of the pile, winning awards for their innovative semi conductor chip technology that allowed the band in their bedroom to afford and operate recording equipment that was never available pre nineteen eighty. Bands could now record and produce their own material for distribution without having to cough up a massive amount of money for studio time and an engineer. A decade on and Alesis were at it again, this time with the ADAT multi channel digital tape recorder. The introduction of the ADAT allowed the professional studio to save tens of thousands of pounds as there was no need to shell out of a multi track recorder. These two were snapped up by home recorders due to the exceptional quality of the kit, and the price was a tenth of the cost of a multi track desk. Jack O'Donnell acquired Alesis in two thousand and one and furthered the company still by introducing the world's most affordable analogue mixers with built in Digital Signal Processing MultiMix Series Mixers, and the world's most affordable model guitar amplifiers in the Wild Fire Series. If you are interested in finding out more about Alesis and the products they offer then you should contact us directly where one of our helpful and friendly staff will be on hand to assist you in any way possible Labels: Alesis, pro audio equipment
The swinging sixties saw the birth of what is now a world wide group of companies that have devoted the past forty years to the design, manufacturer of innovative audio equipment. When the company first came about in 1962 they were known for making state of the art phonographic cartridges but now are the market leaders for microphones and headphones, wireless systems, mixers, you name it Audio Technica make it. Everyone uses Audio Technica products and it is not just musicians and rock concerts, the equipment was used in the summer games in Athens and in the 2000 Olympics plus many Super Bowl finals and World Cup football tournaments to name only a handful of sporting events which were all streamed around the world using Audio Technica. The journey begins with Hideo Matsushita who established the Audio Technica Corporation in Tokyo's Shinjuku-ku and produced the Audio Technica one and the Audio Technica three millimetre phono cartridge distributing to big audio equipment houses in Japan. The demand was so great due to the quality that the company grew and moved to larger operations premises in Japan to accommodate. The 5000 and 1001 models were introduced as the high end phono cartridge and the first semi integrated tone arm. Through the sixties and seventies the company developed its product base and as they did the customer base expanded winning contracts in the United States and the United Kingdom. If you are interested in finding out more about Audio Technica and their products you can contact us at our head office where one of our knowledgeable staff will be able to answer any questions you may have regarding Audio Technica. We have an excellent range of A.T microphones and other equipment which you can view by going here Audio Technica Microphones. Labels: Audio Technica, microphones
In the nineteen seventies Pink Floyd, the Who and other super groups were using hand built mixing consoles manufactured to order by Allen and Heath. Based in Cornwall the team of engineers and designers set about developing consoles that would bring something new to the table, another dimension to the mixing production that would enrich the over all sound created. The likes of The Who needed something more in order to attain the sound they were trying to create and this could not be done with an 'off the shelf' unit - it was the beginning of a pro audio legend. Over the last thirty five years Allen and Heath have reached out and enabled the common man or entry level musician to have at their finger tips something that was previously reserved for the elite rock bands and producers. The 1980's saw Allen and Heath products bring sounds to churches and night clubs from radio stations to theatres, stretching as far as the garage studio in the towns and cities of the world. Today, Allen and Heath are sending out high end features for affordable prices that are all fully compatible with all other Allen and Heath products, everything made is fully integratable making all consoles timeless and great value for money. Lateral thinking, innovative designs and the genius of our designers allows the company to cost products so that affordability is way below the quality and larger orders can bring the price down further. No matter what model you have the engineers will help you to maintain it until your dead then they'll carry the service on to who ever takes it up. Basically no matter where you acquire your Allen and Heath console from, whether you buy it brand new or from a second hand shop A&H will endeavour to help get the most out of it for you. Our website is full of information that might give you the answers you are looking for, if not give us a call and we will sort you out. Even if you just want to ask a few questions, give us a call and be assured of fast answers, we are interested in people who have an interest in our creativity, so together we can continue to produce the best. Allen and Heath MixersLabels: allen and heath, mixers, mixing console
Uli Behringer founded his company, Behringer, in 1989 and set about developing technologically superior audio products that would challenge the establishment's best efforts to date. Behringer is now a market leader and one of the fastest growing audio companies in the world distributing their products to more than one hundred countries across all the continents with two and a half thousand employees. Behringer started in Germany but Uli quickly realised the value of moving the production operation to China keeping the design house in Germany. This allowed Behringer to offer more features on his audio equipment whilst keeping the end price down, so the consumer ended up with a high end specification whether they be a professional or the home recorder. Behringer have put together packages that allow musicians and producers to buy complete set of equipment, for example; an amplifier and desk with speakers and stands plus all the leads and microphones etcetera. Basically everything a live band would need to get their sound from A to B and after a few pints maybe to C! Behringer are international so you can purchase equipment where ever you are from Los Angeles to Auckland and everywhere in between. You can contact us directly for more information on the company and the products available. Our staff will be happy to assist you in any way they can with all matters relating to Behringer. We stock a wide range of pro audio equipment so take your time and don't be afraid to get in touch if you see something of interest. Click here for BEHRINGER PRO AUDIO EQUIPMENTLabels: behringer, pro audio equipment
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