Whirlwind USA is a manufacturer of audio interfacing equipment and custom audio interfacing, including digital products that employ the

EtherSound EtherSound is an audio-over-Ethernet technology for audio engineering and broadcast engineering applications. EtherSound is developed and licensed by Digigram. EtherSound is intended by the developer to be compliant with IEEE 802.3 Etherne ...

standard. In addition, Whirlwind manufactures guitar effects pedals. Whirlwind was founded in 1975 by Michael Laiacona (who cofounded MXR earlier that decade), and its headquarters are located in

Rochester, New York Rochester () is a City (New York), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, the county seat, seat of Monroe County, New York, Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, ...

. Whirlwind's EtherSound product, e-Snake, has been the recipient of

TEC Awards The TEC Awards is an annual program recognizing the achievements of audio professionals. The awards are given to honor technically innovative products as well as companies and individuals who have excelled in sound for television, film, recordings, ...

nominations for Outstanding Technical Achievement.TEC Foundation, 2006 Nominees for Outstanding Technical Achievement, http://tecfoundation.com/tec/06nominees.html

External links

Whirlwind USANAMM Oral History Interview with Michael Laiaoona
May 1, 2013

References

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