Alex Rosner is an American sound engineer and designer. He is known as the sound designer for the club The Loft and as the inventor of the DJ mixer.
Early life
Rosner and his father survived the Holocaust and time at Dachau. After the war the family moved to Queens, New York. He received a degree in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Career
Rosner got started building Hi-Fi systems while a student in electrical engineering. He built stereophonic discotheques at the 1964-65 World's Fair. This was the world's first stereophonic system.
Rosner opened his business, Rosner Custom Audio, in 1967. He had a long collaboration with David Mancuso. Rosner prototyped the first mixer in 1965, as a way to transition between vinyl records. He designed systems for Directoire, the Ginza, the Limelight, Max's Kansas City, Shepheard's, Tambuorine, and Tamburlaine. Rosner's systems survive at Riverside Cathedral and St. John the Divine churches in New York.
References
- "Alex Rosner". www.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ "Alex Rosner: Shaping the Sound of New York – Iconic Underground Magazine". Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ Lawrence, Tim (2004-02-02). Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-8511-0.
- Brewster, Bill; Broughton, Frank (2014-05-13). Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey. Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. ISBN 978-0-8021-9436-7.
- Wei, Whitney (1 Jun 2022). "Letter from the Editor: Electronic Music in the Age of Technological Evolution". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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