Lloyd Trammell

Earnest Lloyd Trammell (January 31, 1953 - ) is an American inventor, a pioneer in dimensional sound processing and an innovator in electronic music.

A native of Gainsville, Texas, Lloyd Trammell started working as a touring musician at age 6 playing with Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys. Trammell graduated from Gainsville High School in 1971 and went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Music from North Texas State University in 1978.

Hughes Aircraft Jim Lucas 1985

Patents

1. 7,136,493 for “Sub-harmonic generator and stereo expansion processor”
2. 6,627,808 for “Acoustic modeling apparatus and method”
3. 7,203,320 for “Sub-harmonic generator and stereo expansion processor”
4. 7,136,493 for “Sub-harmonic generator and stereo expansion processor”
5. 7,171,002 for “Methods and apparatus for sub-harmonic generation, stereo expansion”

Products Designed or Contributed To

Kawai

Synthesizers K5, K4, K3, K1, K1 II, K5000 Drum Machines R100, R50 + expansion boards Rack Gear MX 8R mixer, EQ, Effects processors, MIDI processors

Roland

Synthesizers D series, JV series, Jupiter 6, MKS series

Korg

Synthesizers Poly 61, Mono/Poly, M series, T series, O series, Wavestation series, D Sampler series

Peavey

Synthesizers Spectrum series, DPM series, SP series Rack Gear EQ series equalizers, Q series equalizers, CEL2, CEL2a, VSX II, kosmos series, Deltafex series,VSX 24 and VSX 26 digital sound system processors, ACM analog acoustic guitar modeler, CEX-5 digital crossover

MIDI/Recording Gear Studiomix, C8X, PC1600X

Keyboard Amps KB/A series, KB series

Mediamatrix NION series, new CAB series, X-Bridge, Octopower, Digital audio cards for new CAB series

Crest Rack Gear ST2 stereo mic preamp, Ipro 1 and Ipro 2 Vocal Processors

EMU Sampler/ Synthesizers Emax series, Emulator 4 series, Proteus series

MTI Synthesizers GDS system, Synergy, Bit One

Yamaha Synthesizers SY series, DX II series

Ensoniq Synthesizers ESQ-1, Mirage, EPS series

Alesis Synthesizers QS series

Awards and Nominations

2004 – “Best Rack Processor of the Year” - Kosmos Pro 2003 – “Best Rack Processor of the Year” and “Product of the Year” - Feedback Ferret 2002 – The Feedback Ferret wins a Blue Ribbon Award from EQ magazine for best live sound processor. The Blue Ribbon products were chosen from all of the new products at both the AES and Winter NAMM shows. 2002 – “Best Rack Processor of the Year, ” Winter 2002 NAMM Show - Kosmos 2001- 3D Mix DJ mixer nominated at 2001 NAMM Show 2000- Products nominated for awards at NAMM include, Studio Mix, and 3D Mix Pro. Studio Mix was also up for “Most Innovative Product Development” award.