Ursa Major

In 1977, Chris Moore resigned from his role as Project Engineer at Lexicon, and formed his own company, Ursa Major. Working form his cellar, Chris set out to design an affordable digital reverb. After great effort, in 1978 he released the Ursa Major SST-282 Space Station. The Ursa Major Space Station is a reverb like no other. A reverb that is loved not because of it’s perfect reproduction of a live space, but because of it’s very different sound to any other reverb. The Ursa Major Space Station is a rare find these days, with only 1900 having ever been made, and they sell for big money today. Chris Moore currently runs Seven Woods Audio, and has made a recreation of the original SST-282 Space Station called the SST-206.

Made In U.S.A.

Released in 1978 /

Ursa Major Space Station SST-282 Digital Reverb

The Ursa Major SPACE STATION is an advanced signal processor using time delay techniques to transform a mono source into a new, stereo, output signal. It is as different from earlier delay units as the complex reverberant sound of a room is from a single repeat of a sound slapping off a wall.

Made In U.S.A.

Released in 1983 /

Ursa Major StarGate 323 Digital Reverb

The Ursa Major StarGate 323 is a vintage digital reverb unit from the mid-1980s that built on the company’s earlier Space Station and 8X32 designs, delivering flexible algorithmic reverberation in a comparatively affordable rackmounted box. It impressed reviewers with its clear controls, eight distinct room simulations and musically useful decay and tone shaping, making it a valuable tool for smaller studios that wanted quality ambience without the cost of top-end systems.

Made In U.S.A.

Released in 1984 /

Ursa Major StarGate 626 Digital Reverb + Effects

The Ursa Major StarGate 626 is an expanded digital reverb and effects processor that builds directly on the StarGate 323 architecture, adding new programs and extended delay capabilities while retaining the original room algorithms. With increased memory and additional processing modes, it extends the StarGate concept into longer decays, complex delay structures, and more experimental spatial effects.

Made In U.S.A.

Released in 1984 /

Ursa Major 8×32 Digital Reverb

There are times when you won’t compromise on sound quality. When, no matter how difficult the material is, you must have reverberant effects that are perfectly smooth, clean, spacious, colourless. There are perhaps three or four computer-based digital reverb systems that achieve uncompromising sound quality. All sound quite natural (and relatively alike).

Made In U.S.A.

Released in 1985 /

Ursa Major MSP-126 Multi-Tap Stereo Processor

The Ursa Major MSP-126 is a stereo tapped delay digital delay line with a 20kHz bandwidth, eight pre-programmed processing modes and more. The Ursa Major MSP-126 is a signal processor that creates a whole range of interesting effects inlcuding great balanced stereo with flat response from any kind of program material.

Classic Tracks Using Ursa Major Gear

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Reckless

Bryan Adams

Like A Virgin

Madonna