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Symetrix
Symetrix is a manufacturer of professional audio signal processing products headquartered in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, USA. Dane Butcher, currently the company’s president founded Symetrix in 1976 while working as a professional recording engineer.

The Company
Symetrix currently specializes in audio DSP (digital signal processing) hardware and software for the installed sound, broadcast, recording, and live sound markets. Customer support is provided by live technicians, Internet-based “Syminars,” videos, and other media. Symetrix products are designed and manufactured in the USA and available worldwide via a global network of distributors and representatives.

History
Dane Butcher worked as a recording engineer in the early 1970s and recognized the need for affordable high-performance signal processing equipment. Because he was formally trained in music (he holds a B.A. from the University of Washington in music), Butcher worked for Greg Mackie at Tapco to learn electronics. He founded Symetrix shortly thereafter.

The SG-1 Signal Gate was Symetrix’ first product, followed by budget-conscious compressors, limiters, and phasers aimed at the recording and live sound markets. One of the company’s first – and enduring – hits was the 528 Voice Processor, which combined broadcast-tweaked preamplification, compression, limiting, downward expansion, de-essing, and three-band parametric EQ in a single rack space. Well-behaved Automatic Gain Control processing was

Products
INSTALLED SOUND

Symetrix produces several families of DSPs with related peripherals:

• The Jupiter series of fixed I/O devices uses an “app-based” design paradigm, where the programmer selects an “app” appropriate for the installation.

• The Integrator series of fixed I/O devices provides the tools necessary for small- and mid-sized installations at restaurants, hotels, etc.

• The Solus series of fixed I/O devices provides open-architecture programming for completely customizable designs.

• The SymNet series of flexible I/O devices provides modular open-architecture programming of any complexity.

User control of Symetrix DSP systems is available via ARC wall panel remotes (multiple varieties), ARC-WEB Smartphone control, SymVue computer software, or third-party devices.

RECORDING, BROADCAST, AND LIVE SOUND

Symetrix still manufactures the popular analog 528E one-rack-space channel strip. It also manufactures a digital version, the AirTools Voice Processor 2x. Symetrix also manufactures a broadcast obscenity delay, the AirTools 6100, and a high-end digital clock, the Lucid 88192.