Dewtron

Dewtron (Design Engineering (Wokingham) Ltd. or D. E. W. Ltd.) were a small British manufacturer of modular synthesizers, that were sold to customers in kit form.[1] The company's products included oscillators, voltage controlled amplifiers, sample and hold and envelope shapers.[2] It was founded by Brian Baily on 5 February 1964 in Wokingham, Berkshire.[3]

Mike Rutherford used a Dewtron "Mister Bassman" bass pedal synthesizer on early Genesis albums since Nursery Cryme (1971), before replacing it with a Moog Taurus I since the album A Trick of the Tail (1976).[4][5] Chris Carter, later to form Throbbing Gristle, experimented with Dewtron kit-based synthesizers early in his music career.[6]

The company later moved to the Ferndown area in Dorset (near Wimborne Minster) and in addition to shipping some synth modules from that location and possibly some related product disappears not long thereafter.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (2009). Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying—From the Legacy of Moog to Software Synthesis. CRC Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-136-12278-1.
  2. ↑ "News" (PDF). Studio Sound. January 1973: 10. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. ↑ http://audiotools.com/en_mi_dead_d.html Defunct Musical Instrument Manufacturers - D & E
  4. ↑ "Prog Pack". Hollow Sun. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Phil Collins (Paperback) by Jean-Pierre Hombach (2010)
  6. ↑ "100 Not Out". Sound on Sound. April 1995. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  7. ↑ http://audiotools.com/en_mi_dead_d.html Defunct Musical Instrument Manufacturers - D & E

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