Bomb Factory is a

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and manufacturer of music plugins based in

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, U.S.

Music studio

Bomb Factory Studios features an extensive collection of vintage and historic equipment and musical instruments. Between 1996 and 1999, Bomb Factory was the host and benefactor involved in the restoration of dozens of instruments now part of the non-profit

National Music Centre The National Music Centre (NMC; french: Centre nationale de musique) is a non-profit museum and performance venue located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The centre's permanent building, branded Studio Bell, is located at 850 4th Street S.E. in Dow ...

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, Canada.

Music plugins

Erik Gavriluk, the owner of Bomb Factory Studios, met

Dave Amels Dave Amels (born 1960) co-founded music technology companies Voce musical instruments and Bomb Factory. Both companies are known for detailed and realistic mathematical models of complex physical systems. Amels also plays organ in The Reigning ...

while restoring the museum pieces. Together they decided to take their music production expertise and knowledge of vintage equipment and apply it to

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for

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by forming Bomb Factory Digital. Key innovations included: * Using

mathematical models A mathematical model is a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language. The process of developing a mathematical model is termed mathematical modeling. Mathematical models are used in the natural sciences (such as physics, ...

to emulate the original analog

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of real-world equipment * Using

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to provide the original

ergonomic Human factors and ergonomics (commonly referred to as human factors) is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems. Four primary goals of human factors learnin ...

usability of classic devices * Working with original analog equipment inventors in the digital engineering process, such as synthesizer pioneer

Bob Moog Robert Arthur Moog ( ; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American engineer and electronic music pioneer. He was the founder of the synthesizer manufacturer Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthe ...

In 2004,

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acquired all 27 shipping Bomb Factory products. Bomb Factory retained rights to more than 30 unreleased products and associated technologies.

External links

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Cantos Music Foundation and Museum website

Dave Amels Interview at Tape Op Magazine
Retrieved June 5, 2005.
"Bob Moog Sound On Sound Interview"
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