Access Music Electronics
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1997 |
| Seat | Recklinghausen |
| management | Christoph Kemper, T. Matuschowski |
| Branch | Electronic musical instruments |
| Website | www.virus.info |
| As of June 30, 2018 | |
The company Access Music Electronics GmbH is a German manufacturer of synthesizers based in Recklinghausen . International sales are handled by Kemper GmbH .
The Access Virus series is the company's best-known product series to this day. Earlier products were programming devices for various other synthesizers, for example from Oberheim . The synthesizers are offered as hardware and as porting for various DSP platforms (TC Powercore, Protools TDM). The virus synthesizer was particularly popular in dance , house and techno productions.
Company history
Christoph Kemper (* 1969) was the keyboard player for various local bands around Recklinghausen in the mid-1980s and played regularly with musicians such as Christian Jendreiko and Stefan Werni . After graduating from high school in Petrinum in 1988, he began studying electrical engineering at the Ruhr University in Bochum ; in the event that he should not "make it" as a musician, he had a job as a sound engineer in the music business. During this time he developed and built his first virtual analog synthesizer . In order to sell his instrument successfully, he teamed up with Guido Kirsch, the managing director of the then already existing Access Midi Tools .
It started in 1997 with the Access Virus Series A, which was presented at the Frankfurt Music Fair that same year. A year later, Access presented Virus A at the NAMM Show in Los Angeles . In the first year 300 synthesizers were sold, in 2003 there were already 4200 units sold. Access benefited from the height of dance, techno and house music in the late 1990s.
The Virus series is now world-famous and is used in numerous productions. Kemper is currently (2018) still managing director and is now also responsible for sales.
Access Music is privately owned and today has around 20 permanent employees.
Known users
Well-known users of the virus synthesizers include a. Madonna , Celine Dion , Depeche Mode , Deftones , Dr. Dre , Limp Bizkit , Lou Reed , Nine Inch Nails , No Doubt , Steve Porcaro ( Toto ), Stevie Wonder , Craig David , Daniel Bedingfield , Dido , Faithless , Fatboy Slim , Massive Attack , Pet Shop Boys , Phats & Small , Radiohead , The Sisters of Mercy , Gary Numan , Sugababes , Sophie Ellis-Bextor , The Prodigy , Hans Zimmer , Die Ärzte , Die Fantastischen Vier , Helmut Zerlett , Paul van Dyk , Scooter , Xavier Naidoo , Jean Michel Jarre .
Products
- Virus A
- Virus B
- Virus C
- Virus Classic
- Virus indigo
- Virus Indigo 2
- Virus KB
- Virus KC
- Virus Powercore (for TC Powercore)
- Virus Rack XL
- Virus Rack Classic
- Virus TDM (for Protools TDM)
- Virus Ti Desktop
- Virus Ti Keyboard
- Virus Ti Polar / Virus DarkStar (limited edition in anthracite with red LED)
- Virus TI Snow
Web links
- Official homepage of the manufacturer
- Official user forum
- Christoph Kemper on the history of Access Music Electronics on namm.org, April 8, 2011
- Interview with Christoph Kemper on founding the company on amazona.de, June 8, 2013
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- ↑ Conversation with Christian Jendreiko on michaelundalbert.de
- ↑ Christoph Kemper on the history of Access Music Electronics on namm.org, April 8, 2011 (Eng.)
- ↑ Interview with Christoph Kemper on founding the company on amazona.de, June 8, 2013