Klotz Digital AG was a manufacturer of audio media products based in
Munich, Germany
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; founded in 1990 and acquired in 2009. The company was active in the two business segments
Public Address and Radio & TV
Broadcast. Its products include systems for
radio
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broadcast,
television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...
broadcast,
live sound
Live sound mixing is the blending of multiple sound sources by an audio engineer using a mixing console or software. Sounds that are mixed include those from instruments and voices which are picked up by microphones (for drum kit, lead vocals an ...
,
public address, and commercial sound.
History
Klotz Digital was founded in 1990 by Thomas Klotz.
The company's products were first used in live sound installations and later in the 90s found their way into broadcast facilities. In 2002 the company entered into the public address market with a digital public address product line named
Varizone
Varizone is a fully digital public address system technology developed and produced and by Klotz Digital.
Other than traditional analogue public address systems Varizone has next to the analogue 70/ 100 volt speaker system solution also a fully ...
. The live sound, broadcast, and public address markets were the main markets for the company.
At the end of 2009, Klotz Digital AG was acquired by United Screens Media AG. Thomas Klotz resigned from his position, and Dr. Andreas Gruettner, known as CEO of United Screens Media AG, was appointed Klotz Digital’s new CEO.
The company was then renamed to QPhonics AG and finally after its insolvency in 2013 turned into a company named Qphonics GmbH which went into insolvency in 2015.
Klotz Communications GmbH, the new company from Thomas Klotz and his partner Andre Sauer, has purchased the assets of the former Qphonics GmbH from the company's insolvency lawyers. Klotz Communications is now the sole owner of all intellectual property, including hardware and software, and controls all licensing, maintenance and upgrades.
Products
The broadcast products range from stand-alone on-air
mixing console
A mixing console or mixing desk is an electronic device for Audio mixing (recorded music), mixing audio signals, used in sound recording and reproduction and sound reinforcement systems. Inputs to the console include microphones, signals fro ...
s for
radio
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmi ...
and
TV stations to a suite of products to enable efficient workflows in large broadcast facilities and production studios.
References
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External links
Company website
Audio equipment manufacturers of Germany
Radio electronics
Radio technology
Audio mixing console manufacturers
Manufacturing companies based in Munich