Tech 21
{{Short description|American audio equipment manufacturer}}
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| products = effect pedals, amps, and DI boxes
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Tech 21 is a New York based manufacturer of guitar and bass effect pedals, amps, and DI boxes which allow the user to emulate the tone of many popular guitar amps and record those sounds directly into a mixer.
Products
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Tech 21's core product, the SansAmp, was designed by Andrew Barta and introduced in 1989. The SansAmp (from {{Langx|fr|sans ampli}}, "without an amp"){{Cite book |last1=Colbeck |first1=Julian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=orauBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT287 |title=Alan Parsons' Art & Science of Sound Recording: The Book |last2=Parsons |first2=Alan |date=2014-09-01 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-1-4803-9723-1 |pages=287 |language=en}} is an analog{{Cite book |last=Bregitzer |first=Lorne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGsGRLGxAgoC&pg=PA127 |title=Secrets of Recording: Professional Tips, Tools & Techniques |date=2009 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-240-81127-7 |pages=127 |language=en}} effects pedal emulating a variety of different guitar amplifiers and speakers and enables recording direct to a mixing console. The SansAmp became popular in the 1990s.{{Cite book |last=World |first=Guitar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NKkBBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT31 |title=Guitar World Presents 200 Stompbox Reviews |date=2014-06-01 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-1-4803-9847-4 |pages=31 |language=en}} Later, SansAmp became an entire line of products for various instruments and applications.{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Bass |title=Tech 21 Celebrates 30th Anniversary |url=https://bassmagazine.com/artists/tech-21-celebrates-30th-anniversary |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Bass Magazine - The Future of Bass |date=4 September 2019 |language=en-us}}
Tech 21 offerings include the Fly Rig Series, artist signature gear for Geddy Lee, Richie Kotzen, Paul Landers, dUg Pinnick, and Steve Harris. Other products have included distortion pedals as well as a range of amplifiers that use SansAmp technology built in.
While being the precursor to digital amp modeling technology, Tech 21 relies on analog technology, rather than digital signal processing.
References
External links
- [http://www.tech21nyc.com/ Tech 21 website]
- [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/jun96/andrewbarta.html SOS interview with Andrew Barta]
- [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/andrew-barta Founder Andrew Barta Interview] at NAMM Oral History Collection (January 14, 2009)
- [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/dale-krevens V.P. Dale Krevens Interview] at NAMM Oral History Collection (January 25, 2015)
Category:Guitar amplifier manufacturers
Category:Guitar effects manufacturing companies
Category:Manufacturing companies based in New York City
Category:Audio equipment manufacturers of the United States
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