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RANE Corporation, founded and incorporated in 1981 in Washington State, is a privately held company. The original owners previously worked together in middle management positions at Phase Linear Corporation, a high-end consumer electronics company. With this background, they pooled over 40 years of combined audio experience to create RANE Corporation. The owners became separate department heads based upon their expertise.
This organization created an unusually strong structure, since all department heads had a unique owner’s perspective in making it succeed. RANE first entered the DJ mixer market upon request from Richard Long of Richard Long & Associates (RLA). Richard Long was a famous sound designer for the biggest names in disco. He designed systems for Studio 54, Annabels (London), Regines (a chain of 19 clubs scattered around the world from Paris and New York to Cairo) and many others that were the vanguard of the disco era. The rapid evolution of DJ mixing is absolutely impressive. When RANE started, they never imagined how big the world of music mixing would become. The disco clubs of the 70's and 80's presented a basic blending. Now the species, techniques and methods have been launched into endless possibilities. The mixer is no longer just a tool, but instead, it has become a musical instrument, a vehicle for self-expression. DJ mixer applications are much more advanced than originally anticipated. Soon there may be as many types of DJ mixers as there are types of guitars. The evolution is not over.