Born 1949 in France
During his high school years, he became fascinated by his friends playing music and tried to follow in their footsteps, but his fingers wouldn’t let this happen, but he was very good at mathematics and physics. Making basic modifications to radio receivers using them as guitar amplifiers, he got the simple idea to use his scientific skills to bypass his dexterity weakness. It was the time of the first mega concerts in stadiums using columns designed mainly for voice in churches and small halls.
In 1978, with a brand-new engineer diploma he started a small company in Paris called APG Ingénierie, specialized in designing and building the out of the ordinaire, adapting PA systems to custom requirements. Joining the Audio Engineering Society, put him in touch with other engineers and studied researcher papers in pro audio. Quickly, the company had to enlarge its production to complete PA systems for rental companies.
Spending time in the field with his rental customers he understood that time spent to install the PA system was an issue. In 1983 he introduced the Mobile2, the first lightweight “compact” full range cabinet, some still working 26 years later. The first step making Alain famous was to become Radio France supplier, the French national radio broadcast, with Mobile2, and RF1B custom designed small cabinet for external events.
At the same time, he was called by INA, the French national institute of audio-visual, to teach sound engineers on practical electro acoustics. Several hundred people have been trained by Alain in the field as well as in classroom.
In 1995 he introduced Isotop technology to replace and enhance big compression drivers, with many of these innovative products still doing the job many years later
In 2002 he left the APG company coming back to his roots, consultant, creator and designer of pro audio products. During a time of technical research, he met Arthur Felix in 2017. Having naturally the same philosophy of the best possible quality audio products they decided to work together.
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