Forat Electronics
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| Corporation | |
| Industry | electronic musical instrument design, manufacturing, service, upgrades and customization |
| Founded | February 1986 |
| Headquarters | 11739 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, California, USA |
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Key people
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Bruce Forat |
| Products | drum machines, digital samplers, MIDI controllers, custom modifications, digital sound samples |
| Subsidiaries | Forat Productions |
| Website | http://www.forat.com |
Bruce Forat is an electronics engineer, computer programmer, music producer, songwriter and co-founder and president of Forat Music and Electronics Corporation, founded in 1986.
He is known for providing samples, service and upgrades for all Linn Electronics products after Linn went out of business in 1986.
He also designed and manufactured the Forat F16 rack mount digital sampler and the Forat F9000: a debugged and improved version of the ill-fated Linn 9000 drum machine.
Forat Music and Electronics (also known as Forat Electronics or Forat Music) is a California-based corporation specializing in electronic musical instrument design, manufacturing, service, upgrades and customization, in particular, drum machines and digital samplers.
In 1982, Bruce Forat joined Linn Electronics as an electronics technician. When Linn went out of business in February 1986, brothers Bruce and Ben formed Forat Electronics Corporation in Studio City, California and purchased all of Linn's remaining assets. They hired some former Linn employees including Steve Alcorn, former Vice President of Engineering and Chief Operating Officer.
Forat revamped the original Linn Electronics line, including the LM-1, LinnDrum, and LinnSequencer. They completely reinvented the ill-fated Linn 9000 drum machine and dubbed it the Forat F9000: the first fully functional integrated sampling / sequencing / MIDI work station. They produce software and hardware upgrades and modifications for the Linn 9000, Forat F9000, and the LinnSequencer and modifications, sounds and a MIDI Retrofit Kit for the LinnDrum.
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