Decillionix Explained
| Decillionix |
| Founded: | 1983 |
| Defunct: | 1987 |
| Hq Location: | Sunnyvale, California |
| Key People: | Dan Retzinger |
| Products: | - DX-1
- Splash
- Echo II
- Synthestra
- The Box
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Decillionix was a company based in Sunnyvale, California which sold computer music hardware and software in the mid-1980s. Its first product was the DX-1 for the Apple II, sold in 1983. The DX-1 consisted of a monophonic 8-bit audio input card, a monophonic 8-bit audio output card, and the DX-1 Effects II software. Decillionix later produced MIDI software and hardware.
Decillionix was run by Dan Retzinger.[1]
Decillionix ceased operations in 1987.
Products
- Original DX-1 two-card sampler, and Effects II software for Apple II (1983)[2] [3] [4]
- Single card version of the hardware for Apple II (1984)
- Splash, an audio visualization program for Apple II (1984)
- Echo II, an effects program for Apple II (1985)
- P-Drum, a percussion sequencing program for Apple II (1985)
- Synthestra, an hierarchical MIDI sequencing program for Apple II (1986)
- The Box, a standalone MIDI effects device (1986)
Splash, P-Drum, and Synthestra were written by David Van Brink who also wrote Tubeway.[5] [6] [7] [8]
Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=Wd8dAQAAMAAJ&q=Decillionix Dan Retzinger. president of Decillionix. sees a market among musicians for his product. He says the DX-l “does have some studio uses.“ and claims it was used to process some voices for a radio advertisement.
- http://eightbitsoundandfury.ld8.org/docs/DX-1.txt
- https://books.google.com/books?id=14BVAAAAMAAJ&q=Decillionix Sound and Fury
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/65437844@N00/5048545938/ "The Box" 1985
- https://forum.juce.com/t/unsolicited-praise/3884 Unsolicited Praise
- https://twitter.com/polyomino (david van brink)
- https://handmade.network/m/polyomino,Hello! (Tiny intro -- I'm David Van Brink, working on game Metareal, using my own OpenGL engine,…
- http://omino.com/pixelblog/category/after-effects/page/8/ Orchestrated with my own long-forgotten music software, “Synthestra” (MIDI) and P-Drum (sample player), both for the Apple II, distributed by Dan Retzinger’s company, Decillionix.
