Forat F9000
| Forat F9000 | |
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Forat F9000 integrated digital drum machine and MIDI keyboard recorder.
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| Manufacturer | Forat Electronics |
| Dates | 1987-1994 |
| Price | US $5,000 (fully expanded) |
| Technical specifications | |
| Polyphony | polyphonic 13 voices |
| Timbrality | multitimbral 18 voices |
| Synthesis type | 8 bit Digital Samples / 11 kHz - 37kHz |
| Storage memory | 100 Drum Sequences, 100 MIDI Sequences - 43,538 notes |
| Effects | Individual level, pan, tuning for all sounds |
| Input/output | |
| Keyboard | 18 large (1.25 inch square) velocity and pressure sensitive rubber pads |
| External control | MIDI In/Out/Thru, Foot Switch x2, Foot Controller x1 (hi-hat), Sync Tone In/Out, trigger outputs x2, trigger inputs x6 |
The Forat F9000 (also known as the Forat 9000 or F9000) is a software- and hardware-upgraded version of the ill-fated Linn 9000, an integrated digital sampling drum machine and hardware MIDI sequencer manufactured by Linn Electronics and released in 1984 at a list price of $5,000 ($7,000 fully expanded).
The Linn 9000 was plagued by chronic software bugs and a reputation for unreliability, which contributed to the eventual demise of Linn Electronics in February 1986.
After they went out of business, Forat Electronics purchased all of Linn's remaining assets. Forat rewrote the Linn 9000 operating system, fixed all the bugs and added many new hardware and software features. Dubbed the Forat F9000, it was the first fully functional integrated sampling/sequencing/MIDI work station.
The Forat F9000 was released in 1987 by Forat Electronics at a list price of $5,000 (fully expanded). The F9000 was manufactured and sold as a new complete unit. Forat also offers software and hardware upgrades to existing Linn 9000s. Forat discontinued manufacturing new complete F9000s in 1994. However, as of 2016[ref], Forat still offers the F9000 software and hardware upgrades to existing Linn 9000s. The latest version of the F9000 operating system is 7.09.
In addition to retaining all the original features of the Linn 9000, bug free, the F9000 added many new features including:
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