MARKETFOCUS:AudioProcessing
Below: A dbx ZonePRO stack.
range of more than 30 products including the
1960 Mic Pre-Amp/Vacuum Tube Compressor,
the DL241 ‘Programme Adaptive’ Auto
Compressor and the recent high end Signature
Series. In addition, the company has an
impressive range of digital products including
the new Digital Management Systems clock
products.
There is little doubt that Drawmer’s products
have not only been ahead of their time but have
also stood the test of time. After all, 27 years
after its introduction, the DS201 has established
itself as an industry standard and is the most
frequently requested gate on touring riders to
this day.
www.drawmer.com
FORTHCOMING
you an incredibly clean, precise sound, with the to get the sound right on the drum kit, the
TPiMARKETFOCUSFEATURES:overtones and warmth of tube technology. engineer had gated the toms. In those days,
The compression curve and soft knee makes gates were crude, on/off devices, and every time
the DCL-200 enhance your audio in a way that is the drummer hit the crash, the tom mics would JUNEVideoDisplays
far from sterile without being muddy or pinched. open.
www.summitaudio.com Drawmer told the engineer that he could JULY FlightCases
solve his problem and returned the next day
DRAWMER with a primitive-looking circuit board that had AUGUSTStaging
The name Drawmer is synonymous with two jacks hanging off it. The engineer put it in
professional signal processing in recording line, and Drawmer adjusted one of the pots that SEPTEMBERDraping&SoftGoods
and live sound reinforcement. Based in dangled from its wiry frame. To the engineer’s
OCTOBERRigging,Trussing&AutomationYorkshire, England, the company was amazement, even the softest tom hit opened the
founded by Ivor Drawmer whose passion was gate while the loudest cymbal crash did nothing.
designing audio circuits as well as playing What Drawmer had designed was the world’s To appearinthesefeaturesand
keyboards in local bands. first frequency-conscious gate. By forcing the key
bookadvertising,pleasee-mailIt was during a recording session in 1981 to listen only to low frequencies, of which toms
that Drawmer found himself waiting impatiently have plenty and crashes have almost none, the r.ashton@mondiale.co.uk
to play his keyboard overdub, while a frustrated gate became a much more sensitive tool.
recording engineer fought unsuccessfully against That design ultimately became the Drawmer
the limitations of his equipment. Still trying DS201 and since then Drawmer have built a
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