Manufacturer Forat Electronics Polyphony polyphonic 13 voices | Dates 1987-1994 Timbrality multitimbral 18 voices | |
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Price US $5,000 (fully expanded) Synthesis type 8 bit Digital Samples / 11 kHz - 37kHz |
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).
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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, Forat still offers the F9000 software and hardware upgrades to existing Linn 9000s. The latest version of the F9000 operating system is 7.09.
Features
In addition to retaining all the original features of the Linn 9000, bug free, the F9000 added many new features including:
Linn 9000 Brochure (1984)
The Forat F9000 retains all the original Linn 9000 features so this Linn brochure from 1984 is just as pertinent to the F9000.
Notable Users
Many top artists, producers, engineers and drummers have used the Forat F9000 or F9000 upgrades to the Linn 9000. They include: