subsidiary industry electronics headquarters penryn cornwall england products headphones mixing consoles parent electra partners website www.allen heath.com external video oral history neil hauser reflects on realizing the potential of the mini mixer . interview date april 14 2011 namm national association of music merchants oral history library allen & heath gs3000 in the control room allen & heath also known as ah or a & h is a company based in penryn cornwall england specialising in the manufacture of audio mixing consoles . allen & heath also makes sound management systems for industrial installations and dj mixers for nightclubs . allen & heath is now part of electra partners . contents 1 history 2 innovations 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 1969 1 the company became more widely known after involvement by andy bereza ivor taylor and andrew stirling . 2 in the early 1970s allen & heath built a custom quadraphonic mixing console for the band pink floyd the mod1 which was used by alan parsons to mix their live performances . the mod1 can be seen in their movie live at pompeii . 3 allen & heath was acquired by harman international in 1991 . by 2001 the manufacturer s turnover has increased tenfold . 4 in july 2001 there was a management buyout of the company with investment coming from 3i and bank of scotland . the board consisted of the four then current directors plus two non executive directors from its investment partners . 4 in march 2006 close growth capital brought 3i s share for 9m in a secondary buyout . the company then employed 180 people with a turnover of 15 million . 5 in april 2008 a & h was sold to d & m holdings inc. 6 in june 2013 d & m holdings sold allen & heath to private equity firm electra partners . 43 million of equity and debt was provided by electra private equity plc and allen & heath s management . innovations edit allen & heath was the first manufacture to mount pots and switches on the input channel circuit board . citation needed dubious discuss these were the first modular mixers where sub systems could be replaced as a unit . allen & heath was the first company to make a small mixer citation needed a 6 channel 2 output transistorised mixer called the minimixer . citation needed the allen & heath syncron a mixer was the first to use op amps . the allen & heath cmc console was the first console to use a microprocessor to integrate midi capabilities with a mixer . the gl2 console combined front of house foh and stage monitor functionality into a single mixer what is called a dual function mixer . 7 references edit d & m holdings acquires allen & heath the uk home recording industry welcome to the machine the story of pink floyd s live sound part 1 sound on stage march 1997 a b allen & heath in 9m management buy out close growth capital backs 9m mbo of allen & heath allen & heath profile growth capital a path of perseverance allen & heath celebrates 35 years external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to allen & heath . official website xone dj products retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title allen % 26 heath & oldid 708515298 categories audio equipment manufacturersmusic equipment manufacturersdj equipmenthidden categories use dmy dates from november 2013use british english from november 2013all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2016all accuracy disputesarticles with disputed statements from march 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aispolski edit links this page was last modified on 6 march 2016 at 00 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view