First of all, thanks for the kind remarks!
I know only a bit of info re. Sound Workshop. I'm convinced that the wiki about API (and Sound Workshop) is incorrect:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Processes,_Inc.
It states that Sid Zimet, Michael Tapes, and Saul Walker left API in 1978 to join Sound Workshop. I am almost certain that Zimet and Tapes were showing a small mixer (and maybe a spring reverb) at an AES show several years earlier. It sticks in my mind...."Audio by Zimet" was on a sign at the booth. Poking around with searches, it appears Audio by Zimet was a hifi shop in the NYC area. I also recall seeing the name badge "Michael Tapes" and thinking to myself, what an interesting name! 1978 from wiki seems off to me, making me wonder if Zimet and Tapes were actually from API. In my disorganized Pile of Files <g> in my garage .....it's never recovered from my move here to Kansas in 2014...I probably have some old Sound Workshop brochures which might shed light on the time frame. Shrug!
ANYWAY...Saul Walker and Michael Tapes were definitely connected at SW. I dunno what happened to Zimet, other than finding he apparently died in a plane crash.
AHA! I was just looking again for info on Zimet, and stumbled across Michael Tapes' facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Sound-Workshop-141199795936316/about/
1975 it says.
So the wiki info is dubious.
So now....I'm gonna sing a Zepplin song and Ramble On. <g>
In the 1980's, the large Japanese companies were on a buying binge. Sony bought MCI. Mitsubishi bought Quad-Eight. Otari bought Sound Workshop.
Early 90's, I was shopping for a new desk to replace the MCI 636 at the studio where I was Chief. The Studio Manager and I traveled to NY and went out to the "Otari" (SW) factory on Long Island.
Michal Tapes toured us around, and I was very pleased to spend some time with Saul Walker. We ended up ordering an Otari Concept One desk, which is another story in itself (mostly OK).
Besides the Walker connection, I see little similarities between API and SW desks. SW designs look similar to other popular desks from the time (MCI and and SSL...yes, those two share some common design aspects). There are only so many ways to cram a bunch of IC opamps into a desk! lol
/Ramble Off
Bri
