RIO RANCHO, NM – Lectrosonics, founded in Albuquerque, NM by company president Larry Fisher in 1971, is celebrating 40 years of growth this year – significantly, "with no acquisitions and no mergers," Fisher noted.
"I'm very proud of the entrepreneurial culture that exists throughout our organization," Fisher said. "To this day, we still manufacture everything right here in our plant, from metal and plastic parts to surface mount electronics along with final assembly and testing."
The company's first product was the Voice Projector series of portable PA systems and lecterns. In 1975, the company's first wireless microphone was added to the product line. Shortly thereafter, these products were marketed under the Freedomike trademark.
By the 1980s, Lectrosonics found success in the broadcast market with its plug-on transmitter and compact receiver for electronic news gathering and documentary production. Around this same time, the company's engineering team had begun working on audio processing equipment targeted at the installed sound market. The first product was the MAP or Modular Audio Processor system, consisting of a card cage design with a variety of automatic mixing, signal processing and logic control modules. Newer products such as the company's DM and ASPEN Series audio processors are now a staple in the A/V marketplace.
The wireless IFB (or interruptible foldback) system was introduced in the late 1990s and became a workhorse product in broadcast and film production. By 2002, the company's Digital Hybrid Wireless technology was introduced, and Lectrosonics grew dramatically.
Today, Lectrosonics products are commonly used by the broadcast and film production communities and are also used throughout the music industry, including live sound reinforcement for the pro touring, installed sound, and church markets. The company continues to expand into new market segments-most recently with the introduction of the Quadra IEM system.
For more information, please visit www.lectrosonics.com.
