Ampex Corporation

Also known as: Ampex, Ampex Data Systems, Ampex Data Systems Corporation

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17 Products · Used by 31 Artists

Ampex Corporation ATR 102 Tape Decks

$749.99

1 available store

5.0 (1)

^# 2

in Tape Decks Rank

8 artists using

Ampex Corporation MX-10 Mixer Mixers

$2,450.00

1 available store

1 artist using

Ampex Corporation ATR-102 1/4" 2-Track Tape Machine Tape Decks

$5,290.48

1 available store

^# 7

in Tape Decks Rank

Ampex Corporation MM-1000 Analog

2 artists using

Ampex Corporation MM-1200 Tape Decks

3 artists using

Ampex Corporation ATR-700 Tape Decks

2 artists using

Ampex Corporation 351 Tape Machine Analog

4 artists using

Ampex Corporation 601 Preamps

4 artists using

Ampex Corporation MX35 mixer Mixers

1 artist using

Ampex Corporation 350 Modded Mic Preamp Preamps

1 artist using

Ampex Corporation Ampex 456 Reel Tape Analog

1 artist using

Ampex Corporation 350 Tube Mic Preamp Preamps

1 artist using

Ampex Corporation AG-440B Analog

5.0 (2)

3 artists using

Ampex Corporation AG-300 Tape Decks

AMPEX 457 Grand Master Studio Mastering Audio Tape Analog

1 artist using

Ampex Corporation MM-1100 Analog

2 artists using

Ampex Corporation 602 Mic Pre Preamps

Ampex was founded in 1944 in San Carlos, California by Russian-born engineer Alexander M. Poniatoff, whose initials (plus "excellence") gave the company its name. Its first tape recorder, the Model 200A, shipped in 1948 and was used by ABC to record Bing Crosby's radio show — the debut of tape-delayed broadcasting in the United States. Over the following decades Ampex became one of the defining names in professional audio, producing a long line of quarter-inch, half-inch, and multitrack reel-to-reel machines that became studio standards, along with magnetic recording tape sold under its own brand.

The company is best known in music circles for machines like the Model 350 and 351, the MR-70, the multitrack MM-1100 and MM-1200, and especially the ATR-102 mastering deck, a two-track introduced in 1976 that became a near-ubiquitous mixdown and mastering machine in major studios. Ampex also pioneered video recording with the landmark Quadruplex VRX-1000 in 1956, and its magnetic recording research laid groundwork for much of the modern studio era.

Ampex exited the professional audio tape recorder business in 1983 and sold the remaining service line to Sprague Magnetics in 1991; its recording-media arm spun off as Quantegy in 1995. The corporate entity continues as Ampex Data Systems, focused on rugged data recorders for aerospace and defense, and has authorized digital emulations of its classic audio hardware — most notably Universal Audio's ATR-102 plug-in — keeping the Ampex name active in contemporary music production.

Ampex Corporation has 17 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Analog, Tape Decks, and Preamps. Their gear is featured by 31 artists, with the strongest followings in Rock, Pop, and Electronic. Notable users include Jeramy "Rainbow" Gritter, David Peters, and Jeremy Lutito.