Released in 1981

MXR Delay System II Digital Delay

The MXR Delay System II is a high-quality digital delay unit offering up to 800 milliseconds of delay with a 16 kHz bandwidth. Designed for studio and live use, it provides effects like flanging, chorus, echo, and doubling with clean, noise-free performance. Featuring a four-digit display, LED indicators, and XLR and ¼-inch connectors, it ensures easy integration and precise control.

Released in 1981

Sony PCM-F1 Digital Audio Processor

The Sony PCM-F1 is a groundbreaking digital audio processor that delivers superior sound quality, versatility, and portability, setting new standards in the digital recording industry.

Released in 1981

Roland SDD-320 Dimension D Chorus

Roland’s Chorus effect that featured heavily on their JC Series guitar amplifiers was a unique and desirable sound back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The demand for this new chorus effect was so great, Roland developed the Roland SDD-320 Dimension D to satisfy that market demand, and it is quite possibly the greatest chorus effect processor ever made.

Released in 1981

dbx Model 224 Type II Noise Reduction System

The dbx Model 224 Type II Noise Reduction System was not a professional noise reduction system, but it did find its way into smaller studios and home studios for noise reduction duties on reel-to-reel recorders of the day.

Released in 1982

Marshall AR-300 Tape Eliminator

The Marshall AR-300 Tape Eliminator was designed for one purpose only; to duplicate the sound of true analogue tape echo. The Marshall AR-300 Tape Eliminator can eliminate the need for a dedicated tape machine, along with overcoming many of the limitations associated with tape and tape transports.

Released in 1982

Korg SDD-3000 Digital Delay

The Korg SDD-3000 is one of those effects that has retained it’s appeal even after decades of newer product coming after it. The Korg SDD-3000 digital delay has remained so popular that Korg themselves have re-introduced it in a guitar pedal form, as it was guitarists that fell in love with this very capable delay.

Released in 1982

Ibanez AD202 Multi-Mode Analogue Delay

The Ibanez AD202 offers a wide range of delay effects, from filtering to long echoes, using advanced switching technology. It includes modes for echo, doubling, chorus, and flanging, with automatic adjustment for ease of use. It has two inputs for microphones or instruments, adjustable levels, and is built with a durable steel cabinet, fitting any EIA standard audio rack, ideal for road use.

Released in 1982

Lexicon PCM 42 Digital Delay Processor

The Lexicon PCM 42 is a real-time delay processor and phrase looper that locks delay times precisely to musical tempo, features infinite repeat and footpedal-controlled mix and recirculation, and displays exact delay values on a numeric read-out.

Released in 1982

Quantec Room Simulator Digital Reverb

The Quantec Room Simulator is a new technical concept that enables emulating the acoustical behaviour common to spaces of any volume or size, so that acoustical impressions ranging from a tin can to a columned cathedral may be synthesised and created at fingertip command.

Released in 1982

TASCAM 244 Portastudio 4 Track Recorder

In 1982, Tascam introduced the Tascam 244 Portastudio, revolutionising the recording world, especially for home musicians. This four-track cassette recorder made high-quality multi-track recording more accessible and allowed musicians to create complex demos from home. It also impacted professional studios by enabling artists to pre-produce tracks more efficiently, marking a turning point in music production history.

Released in 1982

Ibanez DM1000 Digital Delay

The Ibanez DM1000 is a versatile digital delay unit with up to 900 ms of delay, offering controls for tone, modulation, and feedback. With multiple outputs and a repeat hold function, it’s ideal for studio use, delivering a wide range of effects from echo to reverb.

Released in 1982

Bel BD-80 Digital Delay

The Bel BD-80 processor is a high-quality digital delay with an expandable memory with loop edit facility, synchronised record and playback (sampling), keyboard control (1 V per octave), echo and flanging. The Bel BD-80 must be one of the most popular delay/samplers ever produced, being found in most modest home set-up to the more high-profile studio.