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Adaptive Systems

Country of origin: United States

Established in: 1980

Operating: No

Profile: Adaptive Systems was formed when Mark E. Faulhaber, an engineer at a large chemical company with an interest in electronic music, obtained an additive synthesis patent in 1976, built a monophonic prototype, and demonstrated it at local IEEE meetings. Three other engineers at the same company were... Show more

Profile: Adaptive Systems was formed when Mark E. Faulhaber, an engineer at a large chemical company with an interest in electronic music, obtained an additive synthesis patent in 1976, built a monophonic prototype, and demonstrated it at local IEEE meetings. Three other engineers at the same company were stoked enough by what they saw that in 1980 they formed the company and within two years had built two prototypes to take to the 1982 NAMM show. Over the next year or so they traveled to a few other music trade shows and conferences but closed down the company when they ran out of cash in 1983. The two unsold machines aren't working any more and are sitting in Mark's basement. Mark suggests that the unique instrument failed in part to a conservative music industry. Show less

Key people: Mark E. Faulhaber

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