Decillionix
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer music hardware and software |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Founder | Dan Retzinger |
| Defunct | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California , United States |
Key people | Dan Retzinger (president) |
| Products | DX-1 sampler, Splash, Echo II, P-Drum, Synthestra, The Box |
Decillionix was a company located in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in computer music hardware and software during the mid-1980s. Their initial offering, the DX-1 for the Apple II (released in 1983), consisted of an 8-bit monophonic audio input card, an output card, and the DX-1 Effects II software package. Subsequently, the firm expanded its product line to include MIDI hardware and accompanying software solutions.
The company was under the leadership of Dan Retzinger.[1] Operations were discontinued in 1987.
Products
- DX-1 sampler consisting of two cards along with Effects II software for Apple II (1983)[2][3]
- Single-card iteration of the DX-1 hardware designed for Apple II (1984)
- Splash, an audio visualization application for Apple II (1984)
- Echo II, an effects processing program for Apple II (1985)
- P-Drum, a percussion sequencing software for Apple II (1985)
- Synthestra, a hierarchical MIDI sequencer for Apple II (1986)
- The Box, a self-contained MIDI effects unit (1986)
David Van Brink developed Splash, P-Drum, and Synthestra; he is also recognized for creating Tubeway.[4][5][6][7]
- ↑ Dan Retzinger, president of Decillionix, identified a market among musicians for the DX-1, which had some studio applications.
- ↑ http://eightbitsoundandfury.ld8.org/docs/DX-1.txt
- ↑ Sound and Fury, Popular Computing, Volume 3, McGraw-Hill, 1983, Decillionix introduced the DX-1 sound-processing system for Apple II to save, process, modify, and play sounds from a microphone or other sources.
- ↑ Unsolicited Praise - Van Brink created Synthestra for Decillionix in the 1980s before rewriting it for Mac OS in the 1990s.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/polyomino
- ↑ https://handmade.network/m/polyomino
- ↑ David Van Brink's blog mentions his work on Synthestra and P-Drum distributed by Decillionix.