Sabine Corporate History & Fact Sheet
Sabine History | Time Line | Corporate Fact Sheet | Alachua Area

Sabine Time Line

1971
  • Sabine, Inc. begins as a guitar repair and copper flute manufacturing shop in Gainesville, Florida.
  • Music accessories and guitars are added to the store's inventory; Sabine soon becomes the largest music and instrument retailer in North Central Florida.
1977
  • Retail business begins to give way to manufacturing as Sabine, Inc. founder and CEO, Doran Oster, adds his first invention, a capo with a patented design that doesn't throw the instrument out of tune.
1986
  • Sabine introduces its first electronic product, a metronome.
1987
  • Sabine introduces the ST-1000 chromatic tuner, by 1990 it becomes the best selling chromatic tuner in the United States.
1990
  • The world's first automatic feedback controller, the patented FBX Feedback Exterminator®, debuts. FBX automatically detects feedback and removes it with surgical precision, leaving program untouched. The result is a 6 dB gain in loudness and crisper, more intelligible sound
1991
  • FBX wins the 1991 Technical Excellence and Creativity Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement presented by MIX Magazine.
1992
  • FBX chosen as Pick Hit at the 1992 National Association of Broadcasters Convention.
  • The Sabine retail music store closes, Sabine, Inc. focuses on manufacturing. CEO Oster emphasizes innovation and products based on patentable technology.
1993
  • British Professional Light and Sound Association selects FBX as Product of the Year.
  • Sabine RT-1600 rack turner receives Music & Sound Award: Most Innovative Accessory Product.
1994
  • Sabine introduces the ADF-2400 Digital Workstation.
1995
  • REAL-Q given British Professional Light and Sound Product Excellence Award.
1996
  • Sabine introduces the POWER-Q ADF-4000 Digital Work Station with nine pro audio products in one 2-U box.
  • Manufacturing plant and corporate offices move to new 45,000-square-foot facility located on a 40-acre site in Alachua, Florida.
  • REAL-Q chosen as finalist for Discover Magazine's Technological Innovation Award.
1998
  • Sabine Adaptive Audio® division introduces GRAPHI-Q all digital 31-band EQ, FBX, compressor/limiter and delay.
  • Sabine Music Accessory division introduces BackTrak BT-300 Digital Phrase Trainer.
1999
  • Sabine True Mobility Wireless Microphone Systems (VHF & UHF) with FBX, compressor/limiter and de-esser debuts.
  • BackTrak BT-316M Digital Phrase Trainer with 16-bit audio and power-off memory debuts.
  • GRAPHI-Q receives prestigious Blue Ribbon Editor's Choice Award from EQ Magazine.
  • BackTrak receives Prove It All Night award from Gig Magazine.
2000
  • GRAPHI-Q receives Prove It All Night award from Gig Magazine.
2001
  • GRAPHI-Q receives Readers Choice - Platinum Award (Innovation Technology, Audio: Sound/Noise Control) from AV Video Multimedia Producer.
  • RT7000 Series Pro Rack Tuner receives Best New Accessory Product nomination from The Music & Sound Retailer.
  • ZIP700 Tuner receives "The Best of the TopTen" Award (General Accessories) from The Music & Sound Retailer.
2002
  • True Mobility 2.4 GHz receives Cool Stuff Award from Radio World.
  • MetroTune MT9000 Music & Sound Retailer Best Accessory Product 2002 nomination.
2003
  • Sabine begins shipping the new 2.4 GHz Smart Spectrum Wireless Microphone Systems.
2004
  • Sabine releases the FBX1200 and 2400 Feedback Exterminators.
  • 2.4 GHz Smart Spectrum Wireless Microphone System is nominated for a TEC Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement.
  • Sabine introduces the NexTune 12z and 6z Instrument Tuners.
  • 2.4 GHz Smart Spectrum Wireless Microphone System wins Pro Audio Review Reviewer's Pick Award.
2005
  • Sabine releases the Graphi-Q2 Multi-Function Digital Signal Processors
2006
  • Sabine releases the Navigator System Processors


 

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Corporate Fact Sheet  
President Doran Oster
Location 13301 NW US Highway 441,  Alachua, FL 32615-8544  USA
(386) 418-2000; fax: (386) 418-2001
e-mail: Sabine@Sabine.com
Employees 65 (Administrative, Engineering, Sales & Marketing, Production)
USA Sales Representatives 58
Worldwide International Distributors 70
Years in Existence 35 (Since 1971)
Product Lines Adaptive Audio Equipment® Products
True MobilityTM SWM7000 2.4 GHz Smart Spectrum Wireless Microphone Systems; FBX1200 & FBX2400 Feedback Exterminators®; FBX-SOLOTM Feedback Exterminators®; GRAPHI-Q2TM GRQ3121 and GRQ3122 Multi-Function Digital Signal Processors; POWER-QTM Multi-Function Digital Signal Processor; REALQ2TM Real-Time Adaptive Equalizer.

Music Accessories
Tuners: NEX-5000 Pedal Tuner; AX2000TM& AX2000-WTM Contact AutoTuners, STX1100TM AutoTuner, RT7000TM Series Rack Tuners, NexTuneTM 6z & 12z AutoTuners, Target TunerTMand Method Book; BackTrakTM BT316-M & BT300 Riff Decoder/Digital Samplers; MT9000 MetroTune, MT8000 MetroTune, ZIPBEAT 6000TM Metronome
Projected Avg. Sales Growth 30% per year
Accolades

•ST-1100 designated best-selling chromatic tuner in U.S. since 1989
 (Music and Sound Retailer)

• RT-1601 designated "Most Innovative Accessory Product"
 (1993 Music and Sound Awards)

• FBX Feedback Exterminator® won 1991 Technical Excellence and Creativity Award for "Outstanding Technical Achievement"

• FBX named Pick Hit at 1992 NAB Convention
  (Broadcast Engineering, Video Systems)

• FBX named 1993 Product of the Year by British Professional Light & Sound Assoc.

• REAL-Q received 1995 PLASA Commendation for Product Excellence

• REAL-Q a finalist for 1996 DISCOVER Award for Technological Innovation
 (Discover Magazine)

• GRAPHI-Q named 1999 Blue Ribbon Editor's Choice
 (EQ Magazine)

Milestones • FBX, REAL-Q, AX-Tuner and ClipGuard patents granted

• Robotic assembly added

• Doubled employee number and facility floor space in past four years

• Lean Manufacturing instituted

Contact
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Rob Rothschild, Director of Sales & Marketing

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