this directory contains selected docs for Audio Kinetics products

primarily synchroniser and locator docs that cover specific machines - these are scanned as time allows when cleaning out and finding old paper doc files.

Audio Kinetics was based in B manufactured many innovative products from the late 1970's through the 1980's

autolocators for 3M, Ampex and other analog recorders

• XT-14 Intelocator - tape machine controller locator
• XT-24 Intelocator - tape machine controller locator

synchronisers and synchronizers to lock and sync two or more machines

• Q-Lock 210 synchroniser system
• Q-Lock 310 synchroniser system
• Q-Lock 410 synchroniser system

• Alpha Controller for Q-Lock synchronisers
• Eclipse Controller for Q-lock synchronisers
• Eclipse Controller for ES-Lock synchronisers
• Penta Controller for ES-Lock synchronisers

• ES-Lock 1.11 ESbus synchronizer
• ES-Lock 1.12 ESbus synchronizer

• ES-Lock SSU Systems Services Unit

• Pacer synchroniser system

• Wiper - video wipe timecode and countdown inserter
• Striper - time code generator regenerator
• Time Link / Gearbox - timebase translator

VCA fader automation systems

• MasterMix MX-644 with DC Grouping interface
• MasterMix MX-644 with Digital Grouping interface

• MasterMix II fader automation system

• Reflex fader automation system

REGARDING TECHNICAL SUPPORT

AUDIO KINETICS closed its doors in the early to mid 1990's
There is no support network for any of these products.  

SYNCHRONIZERS: There are a few techs, primarily in the UK, who know how to make the synchronisers work.

FADER AUTOMATION SYSTEM: The MX-644 CPU used in Mastermix fader automation systems are unsupportable - there is so much obsolete technology in the MX-644 that when these die and you've raided the extra ones you may have accumulated for spares  - primarily the floppy drives, driver controllers and some associated hardware... and  the fact that reworking the OS9 real-time OS that Mastermix and its predecessor, Melquist, was written around, OS-9 Level One and OS-9 Level Two, written in assembly language for the Motorola 6809 CPU (Level Two took advantage of an MMU and could address 2MB of memory...)... un-supportable.  

In principal the MX-644 could be replaced and the interface cards and fader could be revived to be controlled by some new MX-644 replacer device - an Rπ or similar ARM processor based system has orders of magnitude more processing power... some someone can try that - good luck.