Digitech
| DigiTech
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| legal form | Private company |
| founding | 1984 |
| Seat |
 Sandy, Utah
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| Branch | Effects devices |
| Website | digitech.com (English) |
Digitech ( spelled DigiTech ) is a privately held US company based in Sandy, Utah. The manufacturer has been producing effects units for musical instruments since 1984, including for electric guitars , electric basses , keyboards , microphones and audio processors (studio equipment and live equipment).
history
The manufacturer first became famous in 1989 with the release of the first DigiTech Whammy Pedal , an effect device for pitch shifting for electric guitars, electric basses, keyboards and voices. A year later the company developed one of the first effects processors , delay and harmonizer effects , the IPS-33B . In 1990 DigiTech was bought by Harman International Industries (since 2017 Samsung Electronics ). Distortion , rhythm computers and modulation effects have been manufactured in the middle price segment since 2004 . Guitarist Eric Clapton was also honored in 2004 with a DigiTech signature distortion device.
The following artists, among others, use DigiTech products either live or in the studio: Eric Clapton, Matthew Bellamy , Joe Satriani , Steve Vai , Jack White , Tom Morello , The Edge , David Gilmour , Dimebag Darrell , James Hetfield , Devin Townsend and TM Stevens .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul Allen: DigiTech iStomp . Ed .: Guitar Player Magazine. July 2012, p. 144-145 (English).
- ↑ Digitech Bad Monkey Tube Overdrive Pedal Review. (No longer available online.) Guitarhoo! Magazine, August 4, 2004; archived from the original on April 17, 2014 ; accessed on November 28, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ DigiTech Trio + Review. Music Radar, accessed November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Michael Dommers: DigiTech Crossroads Eric Clapton. Guitar & Bass, March 27, 2015, accessed November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ DigiTech Whammy Pitch-Shifting Pedal. Equipboard, Inc., accessed November 28, 2018 .
