2000s Studio Gear Timeline
The 2000s saw digital technology firmly established as the backbone of music production. Computer-based recording and plug-ins became the norm, offering near limitless effects processing within digital audio workstations. Hardware digital processors continued to evolve, but software increasingly replaced them, making high-quality reverbs, delays, modulation, and mastering tools accessible to anyone with a computer. While analogue gear enjoyed a resurgence among professionals and enthusiasts seeking warmth and character, the decade was defined by the dominance of DAWs and plug-ins, cementing the transition from hardware to software in studios worldwide.
2001
Made In Japan
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
Made In U.K.
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
Made In Japan
The Yamaha AD824 is an 8-channel 24-bit analogue-to-digital converter with 128x oversampling, offering 110 dB dynamic range. It features high-quality mic preamps, switchable phantom power, balanced XLR inputs, analogue inserts, and supports digital output formats via optional YGDAI cards. Remote control is possible via Yamaha DME32 or compatible devices.
2001
Made In U.S.A.
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
Made In U.S.A.
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
Made In Thailand
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
Made In U.S.A.
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
Made In U.S.A.
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
Made In Japan
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
Made In U.K.
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
Made In U.S.A.
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
Made In Japan
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
Maroon 5
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2002
Made In U.K.
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
Made In Japan
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
Made In China
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
Made In Switzerland
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
Made In Switzerland
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
Made In U.S.A.
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
Made In China
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
Made In Japan
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
Made In U.S.A.
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
Made In U.S.A.
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
Made In Korea
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
Made In U.S.A.
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
Made In U.S.A.
The Avalon Design AD2044 features 100% discrete, pure class A signal amplifier configured with high speed current monitored optical control elements.
2002
Made In U.S.A.
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
Made In U.S.A.
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
Made In U.S.A.
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
Made In U.S.A.
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
Made In Malaysia
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
Made In Malaysia
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
Made In U.K.
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.
2003
Made In U.S.A.
The Electro-Harmonix Bi-Filter combines two versatile “all analogue” envelope and LFO controlled filters in a configuration that enables the most complex and interesting filter sounds ever possible.