Lexicon Magazine / Register of names
Register of names
Every person, company, machine, room and record named across the twenty entries, and where each one appears. Living people are named for documented work only; nothing here is a quotation.
46 names · 20 letters · 20 entries
A
| Afrika Bambaataa | The TR-808 |
| Arthur Baker | The TR-808 |
| Atlanta | The TR-808 |
C
| Chicago | The TR-808 |
| Cologne | A room as an instrument · Cologne · What the label covered |
| Conny Plank | A room as an instrument · Cologne · What the label covered |
D
| Dave Smith | The Prophet-5 |
| Devo | The Linn LM-1 · Cologne |
| Dolby | The compact cassette |
| Düsseldorf | Cologne · What the label covered |
| DX7 | The DX7 |
E
| Eurythmics | Cologne |
F
| Fairlight | The producer as author · The first sampled record |
H
| Hugh Padgham | The Linn LM-1 · Townhouse Studio 2 · A room as an instrument · Gated reverb · The producer as author · What the label covered · Punk to synth · Who invented gated reverb |
I
| Ikutaro Kakehashi | The TR-808 · The Prophet-5 |
J
| John Chowning | The DX7 |
| Jupiter-8 | Martin Rushent and Dare |
K
| Korg | Cologne |
| Kraftwerk | The TR-808 · A room as an instrument · Cologne |
L
| Lexicon | Gated reverb |
| Linn Electronics | The Linn LM-1 · The first sampled record |
| LinnDrum | The producer as author |
| LM-1 | The TR-808 · The Linn LM-1 · Cologne · Splicing · Sequencer lock · The twelve-inch · Radio formats · What the label covered · Punk to synth · The first sampled record |
M
| Martin Rushent | The Prophet-5 · Martin Rushent and Dare · The producer as author · Multitrack · Sequencer lock · What the label covered · Punk to synth |
N
| New York | The TR-808 · The Prophet-5 · Multitrack · The twelve-inch |
O
| Oberheim | The Prophet-5 |
P
| Peter Gabriel | The Prophet-5 · Townhouse Studio 2 · A room as an instrument · Who invented gated reverb · The first sampled record |
| Phil Collins | The DX7 · Townhouse Studio 2 · A room as an instrument · Gated reverb · Martin Rushent and Dare · Who invented gated reverb |
| Philips | The compact cassette |
| Prophet-5 | The Prophet-5 · The DX7 · The producer as author · What the label covered · Punk to synth |
R
| Roger Linn | The TR-808 · The Linn LM-1 |
| Roland | The TR-808 · The Prophet-5 · The Linn LM-1 · Cologne · Martin Rushent and Dare · Multitrack · Sequencer lock · The twelve-inch · Punk to synth |
S
| Sequential Circuits | The Prophet-5 |
| Solid State Logic | Townhouse Studio 2 · Gated reverb · Who invented gated reverb · Multitrack · The producer as author |
| Sony | The compact cassette |
T
| TASCAM | Multitrack · The compact cassette |
| The Human League | Martin Rushent and Dare · What the label covered · Punk to synth |
| Tommy Boy Records | The TR-808 |
| Townhouse Studio 2 | The Linn LM-1 · Townhouse Studio 2 · A room as an instrument · Cologne · Gated reverb · The producer as author · Who invented gated reverb |
| TR-606 | The TR-808 |
| TR-707 | The TR-808 |
| TR-808 | The TR-808 · The Linn LM-1 · Martin Rushent and Dare · Multitrack · Sequencer lock · The twelve-inch |
| TR-909 | The TR-808 |
U
| Ultravox | Cologne |
W
| Wolperath | Cologne |
Y
| Yamaha | The Prophet-5 · The DX7 · Gated reverb |
Makers and institutions
Named for documented work
Roland
roland.com
Built the TR-808, the TR-909 and the Jupiter-8; the rhythm machines that failed on the company’s own terms.
Sequential Circuits
sequential.com
Dave Smith’s company; the Prophet-5 put patch memory on a polyphonic instrument.
Linn Electronics
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Roger Linn’s firm; the LM-1 put short digital recordings of a real kit under pop records.
Yamaha
yamaha.com
Licensed John Chowning’s frequency-modulation research and shipped the DX7.
Solid State Logic
solidstatelogic.com
The 4000-series console, whose compressed reverse-talkback path is the mechanism behind gated reverb.
Lexicon
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Digital reverb maker. Named here as a manufacturer only; this magazine is not affiliated with it.
Tommy Boy Records
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Released “Planet Rock”, the record that treated the 808 as an instrument rather than a substitute.
TASCAM
tascam.com
Portastudio multitrack cassette recorders; the reason a four-track arrangement stopped needing a studio.