3dB Research has extensive experience in all aspects of music and voice processing, from fundamental research, right down to implementing algorithms on target platforms.  With over 55 years of combined experience, 3dB has strong research capabilities with the knowledge and expertise to transform this research into industrial solutions.

While 3dB licenses out a full suite of classic effects such as reverb, echo, compressor/limiters, tube emulation, flange/chorus, pitch/time shifters,  etc, our main research effort is focused on musIQ™ (pronounced “muse IQ”) technologies, which offer musicians a whole new dimension for controlling the effects they love.

musIQ™ technologies “listen” to what you are playing and are capable of understanding the structure of your music. This allows very musical effects to be generated without a lot of parameter tweaking, as is common in most music processors on the market today. In essence, you control the musical effects with your instrument rather than parameters, and the results are always musically correct. Our goal with all musIQ™ technologies is to make music products a joy to use by getting the underlying technology out of your way.

Our first musIQ™ technology uses a guitar to control vocal harmonies (see musIQ™ Harmony FAQ and Vocal Harmony Made Easy) and was launched at NAMM 2007 in two products ( DigiTech® Vocalist® Live 2 and DigiTech® Vocalist® Live 4). These products remove the tedium of manually stepping through chords and key/scale settings normally associated with vocal harmony processors and instead provide an incredibly easy to use interface that results in the world’s most natural and musically correct harmonies ever. You just have to try it to believe it.

We are excited about several new musIQ™ technologies that we are currently developing. You can look forward to several new music products that are both easier to use and sonically superior to any products in the market place today.

musIQ is a trademark of 3dB Research Ltd.
DigiTech and Vocalist are trademarks of Harman International Industries Inc.