Metasonix
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Metasonix is an American audio equipment manufacturer, founded by Eric Barbour and located in Lakeport, California.
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[edit] History
Until 2000, Barbour worked as an applications engineer for the Russian vacuum tube manufacturer Svetlana Electron Devices [1], while also contributing to Glass Audio magazine (since 1991). He has been the senior editor of Vacuum Tube Valley magazine [2] since 1995. Barbour founded Metasonix in 1998, and in 2000 it became a full-time manufacturer.
[edit] Products
Metasonix produces audio effects and synthesizers, using atypical vintage vacuum tubes; such as special types made for TV sets, FM modulation detector tubes for cheap FM radios, and radio pentodes. Metasonix modules are notorious for their high cost, high power consumption (as much as 100 times greater than for similar solid-state circuits), and peculiar highly-distorted sounds.
[edit] Users
Metasonix users include Trent Reznor, Robert Rich, U2, Tim Skold, Richard James,Alec Empire from Atari Teenage Riot, Billy Gibbons, Nikki Sixx and Mecanikill?, plus famous producers such as Bob Rock, Hans Zimmer, and Gary Chang.[citation needed]
[edit] References
Interviews with Mr. Barbour:
Reviews of Metasonix products by Electronic Musician magazine:
- S-1000 Wretch Machine synthesizer
- TM-3 voltage-controlled oscillator
- TM-6 filter
- TX-1 Agonizer (discontinued)
- TX-2 Butt Probe (discontinued)
- TS-21 waveshaper (discontinued)
Review of TX-1 by KEYBOARD magazine: TX-1 Agonizer (discontinued)
