Forat F9000
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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).[1]
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Forat F9000 | |
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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 Linn 9000 was plagued by chronic software bugs and a reputation for unreliability,[2][3] which contributed to the eventual demise of Linn Electronics in February 1986.[2][4]
After they went out of business, Forat Electronics purchased all of Linn's remaining assets.[5] Forat rewrote the Linn 9000 operating system, fixed bugs and added many new hardware and software features.[6] Dubbed the Forat F9000, it was the first fully functional integrated sampling/sequencing/MIDI work station.[5]
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 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.[7] The latest version of the F9000 operating system is 7.09.