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Tech 21 is a New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 based manufacturer of guitar and bass effect pedals, amps
Guitar amplifier

A guitar amplifier is an electronic amplifier designed to make the signal of an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar louder and modify the tone by emphasizing or de-emphasizing certain frequencies and/or by adding electronic effects....
, and DI boxes
DI unit

A DI unit, DI box, Direct Box or simply DI is an electronic device that connects a high Electrical impedance line level signal that has an unbalanced output to a low impedance mic level Balanced_audio input, usually via XLR connector....
 which allow the user to recreate the tone of many popular guitar amps and record those sounds directly into a mixer
Mixing console

In professional Sound reproduction, a mixing console, or audio mixer, also called a sound board or soundboard, is an Electronics device for combining , routing, and changing the level, Timbre and/or dynamics of audio signals....
.

Tech 21's core product, the Sansamp, was introduced in 1989. Although other companies, notably Ibanez
Ibanez

Ibanez is a guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki and based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in the United States and Europe....
, had manufactured multi-effect units, the Sansamp was unique in that it introduced the concept of amp-modeling, that is, altering guitar sound to emulate different amplifiers, and allowed recording direct to a mixing console.

Other Tech 21 products have included distortion
Distortion (guitar)

Distortion, also known as overdrive or fuzzbox, is an guitar effects applied to the electric guitar, the bass guitar, and other amplified instruments such as the Hammond organ, synthesizers, and even harmonica and vocals....
 pedals (Tech 21 XXL, American Woman, etc.) and bass specific pedals, rack mount units (RBI preamp for bass) as well as a range of amplifiers (Trademark 30,60,120 combos Landmark heads) that use Sansamp technology built in.

While being the precursor to digital amp modeling technology, Tech 21 has continued to use only solid state technology, rather than digital signal processing
Digital signal processing

Digital signal processing is concerned with the representation of the signal s by a sequence of numbers or symbols and the processing of these signals....
, as the driving force behind its tones.








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Tech 21 is a New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 based manufacturer of guitar and bass effect pedals, amps
Guitar amplifier

A guitar amplifier is an electronic amplifier designed to make the signal of an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar louder and modify the tone by emphasizing or de-emphasizing certain frequencies and/or by adding electronic effects....
, and DI boxes
DI unit

A DI unit, DI box, Direct Box or simply DI is an electronic device that connects a high Electrical impedance line level signal that has an unbalanced output to a low impedance mic level Balanced_audio input, usually via XLR connector....
 which allow the user to recreate the tone of many popular guitar amps and record those sounds directly into a mixer
Mixing console

In professional Sound reproduction, a mixing console, or audio mixer, also called a sound board or soundboard, is an Electronics device for combining , routing, and changing the level, Timbre and/or dynamics of audio signals....
.

Tech 21's core product, the Sansamp, was introduced in 1989. Although other companies, notably Ibanez
Ibanez

Ibanez is a guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki and based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in the United States and Europe....
, had manufactured multi-effect units, the Sansamp was unique in that it introduced the concept of amp-modeling, that is, altering guitar sound to emulate different amplifiers, and allowed recording direct to a mixing console.

Other Tech 21 products have included distortion
Distortion (guitar)

Distortion, also known as overdrive or fuzzbox, is an guitar effects applied to the electric guitar, the bass guitar, and other amplified instruments such as the Hammond organ, synthesizers, and even harmonica and vocals....
 pedals (Tech 21 XXL, American Woman, etc.) and bass specific pedals, rack mount units (RBI preamp for bass) as well as a range of amplifiers (Trademark 30,60,120 combos Landmark heads) that use Sansamp technology built in.

While being the precursor to digital amp modeling technology, Tech 21 has continued to use only solid state technology, rather than digital signal processing
Digital signal processing

Digital signal processing is concerned with the representation of the signal s by a sequence of numbers or symbols and the processing of these signals....
, as the driving force behind its tones.

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