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Alesis is a manufacturer of electronic musical instruments owned by Numark and based in Cumberland, Rhode Island. An electronic musical instrument is a Musical instrument that produces its sounds using Electronics. Numark Industries is a global DJ equipment brand It makes DJ mixers, turntables, and DJ CD players. Cumberland is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, incorporated in 1746 Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States

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The products manufactured by Alesis are mainly for studio and live performance (as opposed to practice) use and are targeted at professional and semi-professional musicians. A studio is a Artist 's or worker's workroom or an artist and his or her Employees who work within that studio A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience. This article is about people called professionals For the Movie, see The Professional or Leon. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Alesis is known for budget equipment but has sometimes produced surprisingly high-quality and innovative gear such as the Nano-Synth, Nano-Bass, Nano-Piano, Andromeda A6 analog synthesizer and software analog modeling synthesizer called Ion. The Alesis Andromeda A6 is a 16-voice 16-channel multitimbral analog synthesizer by Alesis which was released in 2000 and remains in production An Analog Modeling Synthesizer is a Synthesizer that emulates the sounds of traditional Analog synthesizers using Digital signal processing components Introduction The Alesis Ion is an Analog modeling synthesizer. The Micron is based on the Ion.

Alesis achieved an early success with their original MidiVerb device, a stereo reverb (2 in, 2 out) at a reasonable price. Although the MIDI specification was not extensive, it was sufficient. The unit responded to patch changes 1-63 to select different preset reverb sounds, higher numbers activated "Defeat" mode (which was Alesis parlance for Mute). The MidiVerb was built using off-the-shelf parts, which enabled the device to be repaired in the field easily.

The list of popular Alesis gear includes the MicroVerb, SR-16 drum machine (introduced in 1991 and still in production), the Quadrasynth line of sample-based synths, and the ADAT 8-track digital tape recorder, ubiquitous in the early 90s. The Alesis SR-16 is a popular Drum machine that was originally introduced in 1991 and is still being produced today The Alesis Quadrasynth is a Digital synthesizer Sample-based synthesis is a form of audio synthesis that can be contrasted to either Subtractive synthesis or Additive synthesis. Alesis Digital Audio Tape or ADAT, first introduced in 1991 was used for simultaneously recording eight tracks of Digital audio at

The company suffered financial turbulence in 2001 following an April 27 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, after investing heavily in the hard-disk equivalent of the ADAT, the HD24. Chapter 11 is a chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code, which permits reorganization under the Bankruptcy laws of the United States The Alesis HD24 is a 24-track hard-disk audio recorder It is the successor to the hugely successful tape based Alesis ADAT. In the subsequent restructuring, Jack O'Donnell (president of Numark Industries) acquired the company. Numark Industries is a global DJ equipment brand It makes DJ mixers, turntables, and DJ CD players.

List of Alesis Gear

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