Effects Timeline
Our Vintage Digital and Analogue Effects timeline now includes Audio Recorders and Classic Music Tracks to help place these effects and devices within the history of recorded music. Any errors, please notify us using our contact form.
2001
Released in 2001
Maselec MLA-4 Multiband Compressor
The Maselec MLA-4 is a multiband Compressor / Expander developed from the popular MLA-3 with added expander functions for all frequencies.
2001
Released in 2001
Fostex AC2496 Digital Converter
The Fostex AC2496 is a professional 8-channel 24-bit/96kHz A/D converter, offering balanced and unbalanced inputs, selectable digital outputs (adat or S/P DIF), and word clock sync. Expandable with optional AD and AES/EBU cards, it extends analogue inputs to 16 channels or outputs AES/EBU signals at 24-bit/96kHz. Ideal for studios needing high-quality, flexible conversion.
2001
Released in 2001
Mackie MDR24/96 Multitrack Digital Recorder
The Mackie MDR24/96 was Mackie’s price-busting commitment to nonlinear hard disk recording. For the first time recordist or those replacing aging ADAT®s, the Mackie MDR24/96 was promoted as the perfect choice.
2001
Released in 2001
Sony CDR-W66 CD Recorder
The Sony CDR-W66 was a professional CD recorder with 24-bit conversion, Super Bit Mapping, and a 32kHz–96kHz sample rate converter. It featured AES/EBU, coaxial, and optical I/Os, a digital limiter, parametric EQ, CD-TEXT support, and 2x-speed duplication, making it ideal for studios and broadcast use.
2001
Released in 2001
Focusrite ISA 430 MkII Channel Strip
The Focusrite ISA 430 MkII is a high-end analogue channel strip that combines classic Focusrite designs with modern features, offering versatile routing and connectivity while maintaining the brand's renowned sound quality.
2001
Released in 2001
Empirical Labs FATSO
The Empirical Labs FATSO is one of those effects that until you use one, you really do not fully understand just how useful it truly is, and it is one truly useful box of tricks it has to be said!
2001
Released in 2001
Eventide Eclipse Studio Effects Processor
The Eventide Eclipse is the power, the performance, the heritage of Eventide Audio effects in a single rack space unit. From the amazing range and depth of its algorithms to its comprehensive array of analogue and digital I/O ports, the Eclipse puts the legendary effects processing power of Eventide within your reach.
2001
Released in 2001
TC Electronic G-Major Guitar Processor
The budget-friendly TC Electronic Multi-Effects Processor is designed for the accomplished guitarist, capable of running seven high-quality effects and a tuner at the same time.
2001
Released in 2001
Eventide Harmonizer® Orville Multi-Channel Effects System
The Eventide Orville is a programmable, multichannel, multipurpose, dual digital signal processor (DSP), 24-bit digital audio signal processor with UltraShifter capability. It is the successor to a long, proud line of digital signal processors that stretches back to a time when most audio manufacturers didn’t know digital audio from Morse code.
2001
Released in 2001
Eventide DSP7000 Ultra-Harmonizer®
Eventide loaded the Eventide DSP7000 Ultra-Harmonizer with features that put it in a class by itself. The variety and depth of its programs are truly amazing, from lush reverbs, to choruses, to flanges, to delays, to pitch shifters, to dynamics, to EQs, to filters, to distortions, to synthesisers, to samplers, to ring modulators, and to everything in-between.
2001
Released in 2001
Fostex DV40 DVD Master Recorder
The Fostex DV40 DVD Master Recorder is a professional-grade DVD-RAM recorder designed for high-quality recording and mastering of audio. With excellent converters built-in, the Fostex DV40 is a superb sounding recorder, even by todays standards.
2001
Released in 2001
Focusrite Penta Dynamics Processor
The Focusrite Penta packs every dynamics processor you could ever need into a compact 2U rack-mountable unit, making it a standout addition to your recording setup and one of the best investments you'll ever make.
2001
Released in 2001
GML Model 8200 Parametric Equaliser
Brought to you from the man who invented and coined the term “Parametric Equalisation”, the GML Model 8200 has been an industry standard for almost forty years and can be found on virtually every major recording studio’s stereo bus.
2002
Released in 2002
Line 6 Echo Pro
If you're familiar with Line 6’s award-winning series of Stompbox Modelers you’ve already got a pretty good idea of some of what your new Echo Pro can do. The Line 6 Echo Pro was part of a series of rackmount processors Line 6 produced in the early 2000s, and included the Line 6 Mod Pro and Line 6 Filter Pro.
2002
Released in 2002
This Love
Maroon 5
The song This Love by the American pop rock band Maroon 5 was released on 27 January 2004 as the second single from their debut album Songs About Jane (2002). The song peaked at the number 5 position on Billboard’s Hot 100, but reached number 1 spot on the Top 40 Mainstream charts. It was also […]
Engineered by: Mike Landolt
Mixed by: Matt Wallace, Mark Endert
2002
Released in 2002
TL Audio 5013 Dual Valve Equaliser
The TL Audio 5013 Dual Valve Equaliser without doubt possesses the finest combination of performance and affordability of any equaliser that we have yet produced.
2002
Released in 2002
Fostex D2424LV 24 Track Digital Recorder
A computer-based digital multitrack set-up might be fine for studio use, where you can work around limited inputs and complex operational issues, but when it comes to live recording, they simply don’t cut it. Enter the Fostex D2424LV!
2002
Released in 2002
Alesis ADAT HD24XR 24 Track Recorder
The Alesis ADAT HD24XR was the world's first 96kHz, 24-track hard disk recorder designed to fit into any ADAT environment and match ADAT's legendary performance and affordability.
2002
Released in 2002
Weiss EQ1 Dual 7 Band Digital Parametric Equaliser
The Weiss EQ1 is a seven-band stereo equaliser in a league of its own. It is no coincidence that it has been a staple at world-class mastering and mixing studios for decades.
2002
Released in 2002
Weiss ADC2 Digital Converter with Microphone Preamps
The Weiss ADC2 was designed for recording situations where there is no room for compromises. Every detail in its intricate circuitry serves to perfectly capture every nuance of the incoming audio and maintain the signal’s integrity all the way to your recording medium.
2002
Released in 2002
Mackie SDR24/96 Multitrack Digital Recorder
The Mackie SDR24/96 is the ideal solution for live, home or project studio recording. Because the Mackie SDR24/96 is portable (3ru) and lightweight, it is the perfect recorder to travel with bands or sound engineers from gig to gig.
2002
Released in 2002
Tascam CD-RW402 CD Recorder Duplicator
The Tascam CD-RW402 was a professional 3U rackmount unit that combined CD burning, duplication, and playback in one device. With TOC editing, input level control, fade functions, and duplication at up to 4x speed, it offered a complete solution for CD production. Widely used in studios, it was valued for its reliability, versatility, and ease of integration.
2002
Released in 2002
Tascam DS-M7.1 Digital Surround Monitor Controller
The Tascam DS-M7.1 was a professional 3U surround monitor controller offering flexible downmixing, bass management, and digital/analogue outputs. With support for formats from 7.1 to mono, channel delay compensation, and remote control capability, it became a versatile solution for film, music, broadcast, and theatre production.
2002
Released in 2002
Avalon Design U5 Instrument DI + Preamplifier
The Avalon Design U5 is a Pure Class A instrument DI and preamp, offering exceptional sound quality, versatile tone shaping, and robust connectivity options, all housed in a compact and durable chassis.
2002
Released in 2002
GML Model 2020 Mic Pre/EQ/DRC Channel Strip
The GML Model 2020 is a the reference-quality combination of the legendary 8300 Mic Pre, a 4-band version of the 8200 Parametric EQ, and a complete 8900 Dynamic Range Controller.
2002
Released in 2002
Kurzweil KSP8 Multi-Bus Signal Processor
From the creators of the finest synthesisers in the world comes the world’s most powerful effects processor, The Kurzweil KSP8 is winner of the 2003 Electronic Musician Editors Choice Award for Best Effects Processor Over $1000.
2002
Released in 2002
Avalon Design AD2077 Mastering Equaliser
The Avalon Design AD2077 Mastering Equaliser is an altruistic design optimising absolute signal integrity. Design features include 100% discrete pure class A signal amplifiers, state-of-the-art passive and active filter topologies and a DC coupled minimalist signal path.
2002
Released in 2002
Avalon Design AD2044 Dual Mono Compressor
The Avalon Design AD2044 features 100% discrete, pure class A signal amplifier configured with high speed current monitored optical control elements.
2002
Released in 2002
Genex GX9000 8-Channel Digital Recorder
The new Genex GX9000 combines 8 channels of single wire 24-bit / 192kHz PCM recording and playback with 8 channels of DSD recording and playback. Industry-standard file formats ensure instant interchange with popular workstations.
2002
Released in 2002
Genex GX9048 48-Channel Digital Recorder
The Genex GX9048 combines 48 channels of 24-bit/192kHz PCM recording and playback with 48 channels of DSD recording and playback to deliver unrivalled levels of performance and flexibility. Seamless punch in and out in DSD mode elevates Direct Stream Digital far beyond its traditional archiving and mastering applications, enabling all the post-production flexibility you're used to with existing PCM formats.
2002
Released in 2002
Genex GXA8 8-Channel AD Converter
Delivering unrivalled sonic purity at unusually affordable prices. the 24-bit/96kHz Genex GXA8 is the only commercially available 8-channel converters equipped to handle all known and anticipated multi-channel recording formats. Advanced features include an optional Pro Tools® interface which supports metadata, enabling sample rates and bit depths to be set conveniently from the Pro Tools© application. Also unique to these highly versatile Genex converters is an optional DSD interface, equipping the GXA8 for the 2.8224MHz bitstream which forms the basis of the Sony SACD format.
2002
Released in 2002
Genex GXD8 8-Channel DA Converter
Delivering unrivalled sonic purity at unusually affordable prices. the 24-bit/96kHz Genex GXD8 is the only commercially available 8-channel converters equipped to handle all known and anticipated multi-channel recording formats. Advanced features include an optional Pro Tools® interface which supports metadata, enabling sample rates and bit depths to be set conveniently from the Pro Tools© application. Also unique to these highly versatile Genex converters is an optional DSD interface, equipping the GXD8 for the 2.8224MHz bitstream which forms the basis of the Sony SACD format.
2002
Released in 2002
HHB CDR830 BurnIT CD Recorder
The HHB CDR830 BurnIT CD Recorder offers high-quality 24-bit audio recording with advanced features like CD Text, SCMS-free digital input, built-in sample rate conversion, and flexible CD-RW erase modes, all designed for accurate and versatile studio use.
2002
Released in 2002
HHB CDR830 BurnIT PLUS CD Recorder
The HHB CDR830 BurnIT PLUS enhances the original model with additional features like Word Clock input for digital synchronisation, balanced XLR I/O, and versatile recording and editing options, making it ideal for professional audio applications.
2002
Released in 2002
Focusrite Octopre 8 Channel Micpre
With eight high-quality Focusrite channels, class A processing, built-in compressors/limiters, and a wide range of interface options, the Focusrite OctoPre is an ideal addition to any digital audio workstation. It simplifies multi-channel recording, making it perfect for capturing complex setups like drums and synths with exceptional clarity and flexibility.
