Alex Rosner

Alex Rosner is an American sound engineer and designer.[1] He is known as the sound designer for the club The Loft and as the inventor of the DJ mixer.[2]

Early life

Rosner and his father survived the Holocaust and time at Dachau.[2] After the war the family moved to Queens, New York.[2] He received a degree in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.[2]

Career

Rosner got started building Hi-Fi systems while a student in electrical engineering.[3] He built stereophonic discotheques at the 1964-65 World's Fair.[3] This was the world's first stereophonic system.[4]

Rosner opened his business, Rosner Custom Audio, in 1967.[2] He had a long collaboration with David Mancuso.[3] Rosner prototyped the first mixer in 1965, as a way to transition between vinyl records.[5] He designed systems for Directoire, the Ginza, the Limelight, Max's Kansas City, Shepheard's, Tambuorine, and Tamburlaine.[3] Rosner's systems survive at Riverside Cathedral and St. John the Divine churches in New York.[2]

References
  1. "Alex Rosner". www.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  2. "Alex Rosner: Shaping the Sound of New York – Iconic Underground Magazine". Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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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