In 1979, he led the development of the industry's first general purpose digital signal processor, the SP2016, introducing the concept of "plug-in" effects. Tony Agnello joined Eventide in 1973 and, in 1975, designed the first professional audio digital effects device, the H910 Harmonizer. This Factor-designed DDL was commercialized as the classic model 1745 Digital Delay Line, which matured in subsequent versions to include Random Access Memory (an audio product first) and an optional pitch change module (the first such product available with a frequency response suitable for music). Following the presentation of product concepts at an AES Convention, the fledgling company received a fortuitous order by Maryland Public Broadcasting (MPB) that spawned Eventide's initial product line, the Instant Phaser tape-flanging emulator, and, for MPB, a digital delay line giving two channels of independent delay from a single input. Its original product, a tape autolocator for the Ampex MM1000 multitrack recorder, was born of necessity as the studio had no room for a tape-op. Eventide had its start in a small New York City studio.
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