About Applied Acoustics Systems

Inspired by musical acoustics research done for their doctor’s degrees, Marc-Pierre Verge and Philippe Dérogis founded Applied Acoustics Systems in 1998. Starting a musical acoustics company was a natural move for the two. Musicians themselves, Verge plays the flute and Dérogis plays the trumpet and piano. Founding Applied Acoustics Systems allowed them to combine artistic interests with their scientific backgrounds to create a unique business.

Verge, a physicist, and Dérogis, a mathematician, studied acoustics to utilize their backgrounds in science and music. A specialization in musical acoustics allowed them to use the laws of physics to study the ways musical instruments function.

History
In 1998, Verge and Dérogis formed Applied Acoustics Systems to make state-of-the-art research in acoustics available to musicians and audio professionals. In August 1998, they moved from Paris to Montreal, a city conducive to new business development, to work full time on the company project. Stéphan Tassart, another IRCAM doctor, researcher and signal processing specialist, joined the team in October 1998.

The result of their passion and knowledge of music and physics is the Tassman, a fully-modular software, integrating analog and acoustic sound synthesis modules with an easy-to-use, intuitive, hardware-like interface. The Tassman yields sounds that could not be created in real life, through the manipulation of acoustical formulas. Intriguing to individuals in a variety of professions, the Tassman is a stellar example of the benefits of melding art and science.

Since then they launched several other innovative instruments like Lounge Lizard EP - electric piano, Ultra Analog VA - virtual analog synthesizer, String Studio VS - string modeling synthesizer and Strum Acoustic GS - acoustic guitar synthesizer. They also licensed their technology to other important software developers like Ableton.

• Jan 17 2008 AAS announced Strum Acoustic GS-1 posted in Applied Acoustics Systems, News, Winter NAMM 2008
  

  Applied Acoustics Systems revealed that at NAMM 08 they will present a new instruments, Strum Acoustic GS-1, which is an acoustic guitar plug-in synthesizer.

• May 03 2007 AAS Ultra Analog VA-1 - Analog Essentials SoundBank posted in Applied Acoustics Systems, Presets
  

  Applied Acoustics Systems also known as AAS released Analog Essentials SoundBank, a 148-preset add-on as a complement to the Ultra Analog VA-1 factory library.

• May 02 2007 AAS String Studio VS-1 - Journeys SoundBank posted in Applied Acoustics Systems, Presets
  

  Applied Acoustics Systems released Journeys Soundbank, a 128-preset add-on as a complement to the String Studio VS-1 factory library.

• Dec 10 2005 AAS Lounge Lizard EP-3 - Electric Piano posted in Applied Acoustics Systems, Software
  

  Applied Acoustics Systems has announced that Lounge Lizard EP-3, their re-creation of the classic Rhodesâ„¢ and Wurlitzerâ„¢ electric pianos, is now available.

• May 27 2005 Applied Acoustics Systems releases String Studio VS-1 posted in Applied Acoustics Systems, News
  

  Applied Acoustics Systems has announced the official release of the new String Studio synthesizer for Mac OS X and Windows.