Rane Corporation History, Philosophy & Milestones
Rane Corporation, founded and incorporated in 1981 in Washington State, is a privately held company. The owners all 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. 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公司是在1981年于美国华盛顿州成立的，是一家私人全资持有的公司。在此之前，公司的持有者都是在一家高端消费性电子设备公司的中央核心部门任职。藉由这背景，他们在拥有40年以上音频产品开发制造的经验下创办了Rane 公司。而公司的几个合伙人更是按照他们彼此的专长而分管各个部门。这样的组合产生的威力无疑是相当巨大的，事实也证明，在如此的组合下各部门均由精英带领，位Rane公司的壮大奠定了坚实的基础。
      The company name was selected from an anagram created from the common letters of the first and last names of the original founders. This particular anagram was selected because it was short, easy-to-say and remember, and they liked the double-entendre possibilities implying wet-links to the Northwest.
      公司的名字是由最初的几个创办人名字中各抽取一个字母组成的，是以简单、好记、易发音为原则。而且其发音与英文的“雨(rain)”发音相似，因为公司所在的地方是华盛顿州的西北部，经常有阴雨的天气，同时也为公司带来了一些诗意。
      The essential ingredients in Rane's successful philosophy are knowledge, integrity, pride and common sense. At Rane, people learn to treat people the way they would want to be treated, to design & build products the way they would want theirs designed & built, and that when something goes wrong, you react quickly and decisively to correct it.
      Rane 的成功哲学的必要成分是知识，正直，自傲和常识。在Rane公司，人们都在学习如何推己及人的工作和生活方式，正如你想别人如何对待你；设计和制造出产品时，往往是站在消费者和使用者的角度去考虑；而当万一某一环节出现问题的时候，每个人的第一反应就是如何去决定下一步，如何去修正。
It is an old fashioned, common sense way to run a business, based on mutual trust and respect.
这个就是Rane一向的传统，甚至成为Rane员工的一般常识。他们就是这样进行着商业运作，其基本原则就是基于相互的信赖和尊重。
      Rane started out with four products aimed at small bands, designed to make their live performances better.
      刚起步的时候，Rane首先以4款专门针对小型乐队的产品打入市场，设计的目标就是令他们有更好的现场表现。
      At the forefront was a unique 12-input, 6-output matrix mixer (MM 12) used to create six different monitor mixes for driving stage monitor speakers. The idea was to help performers hear themselves better.
      首先出现的是一款设计独特的12输入6输出矩阵式混音器(MM12)，用于创建6组不同的监听混音信号从而驱动舞台监听。主意是帮助表演者更多地听到他们自己需要的声音。
Up to that time, either the small group had no monitors at all, or they were all driven by the same mix.What Rane provided was new, compactly designed, affordable tools to help solve the many problems of on-stage monitoring.
      直到那次之前，小型的团体不是没有监听器就是把监听的信号全部统一混合起来了。而Rane提供给他们的是全新的东西，细密的设计和贴近实际的功能帮助解决了很多关于舞台监听方面的问题。
Complementing the matrix mixer was the industry's first 6-channel power amplifier (MA 6), and a companion 6-channel headphone amplifier for rehearsal (HC 6).
配合矩阵混音器使用的产品是业界第一台6通道功率放大器(MA6)和它的搭档——用于日常排练的6通道的耳机放大器(HC6)。
      The fourth initial product was a unique combo unit, consisting of a 1/3-octave graphic equalizer and a simple realtime analyzer (RE 27), aimed at giving the performing musician a handy, easy-to-use tool for improving their sound in all venues.
      第四款产品是一台小型的功能性集成单元，一台1/3-octave图示均衡和简单易用的实时频谱分析集成设备(RE 27)，针对一些需要迅速改良表演场地声音的演出者，并为他们提供了便利又简单易用的工具。
      In doing all this, Rane established a new price-point for performance, quality and reliability. Rane products were priced well below the top high-end equipment yet outperformed and outlasted them, but were still priced significantly above the low-end products -- thus creating a new middle ground.
在完成了如此繁多的工作后，Rane在表现力、质量和可信度为前提下制定了很好的价格平衡点。在众多高端的设备比较中，我们的产品在性能参数上与它们相当甚至超越了，但往往定价比它们的低，Rane以良好的性价比优势而获得了市场由此确立了Rane在行业内的中央地位。
      A noteworthy testament to Rane's design significance and reliability reputation, is that in their first two years of production, Rane designed and shipped eight new products -- five of which are still in production today.
      对Rane而言，严谨的设计和信誉是他们的圣约。在最初的两年设计并销售的8款产品，其中有5款至今还在制造并获得市场的认可，足以证明其产品历久如新。
Rane Corporation today is an established innovator in providing problem-solving professional audio tools, affordably priced, with unequalled reliability.
      如今，Rane一直为专业人士提供着价格与品质不相等的声音工具——可负担的价格，最高端的性能。Rane已经确定，要在这方面成为行业内的改革者。
Rane Corporate Milestones
Rane的里程碑
1981: Incorporated in Washington State, USA
1981：在美国华盛顿州创立
1982: 1st Constant-Q EQ & 1st EQ/RTA combo unit - the RE 27
1982：生产世界第一台Constant-Q（等比例Q值）均衡器和世界第一台均衡/实时分析器集成设备－RE27
1983: AES paper: 4th-order state-variable Linkwitz-Riley crossovers
1983：在AES发表论文：第四代Linkwitz-Riley曲线分频器
1984: 1st Linkwitz-Riley crossovers: AC 22 & AC 23
1984：世界第一台Linkwitz-Riley分频器：AC 22和AC 23
1986: AES Journal publishes Rane's landmark Constant-Q Graphic EQ paper
1986：与AES协会共同出版关于Constant-Q图示均衡的论文
1986: 1st Interpolating Constant-Q EQ
1986：世界第一台“插值等比例Q值”均衡
1987: Rane's 1st digital audio product: AD 13 Audio Delay
1987：Rane的第一台数字音频设备：AD 13音频延时器
1988: Publish PI 14 Pseudoacoustic Infector data sheet
1988：出版PI 14内部的器件和数据说明（在此之前，全世界的设备资料都是保密的状态）
1989: 1st 8th-order L-R Crossover
1989：世界第一台第八代Linkwitz-Riley分频器
1989: 1st MIDI-Programmable EQs
1989：世界第一台可由MIDI数据编程的均衡器

1989: Develop Accelerated-SlopeTM EQ
1989：发展出“加速跌落斜率”均衡
1990: Patent: Constant-Q Topology
1990：获得专利：恒定Q值的实现
1991: Patent: Accelerated-Slope EQ
1991：获得专利：“加速跌落斜率”均衡
1991: 1st THX Home Cinema EQ: THX 44
1991：世界第一台THX标准家庭影院均衡：THX 44
1993: 1st Dolby Time-LinkTM  pro audio delay
1993：世界第一台杜比“时域链接”专业音频延时器
1994: Home Cinema Products launched
1994：家庭影院设备热销
1995: PAQRAT? Digital Audio Recording System
1995：组建数字音频录音系统
1995: 1st RW 232 software product: RPE 228 Equalizer
1995：世界第一台RW 232 软件控制的产品：RPE 228 均衡器
1995: Launch website & Pro Audio Reference
1995：建立了网站和专业出版物Pro Audio Reference（专业音频参考）
1996: Mojo Series introduced
1996：推出Mojo系列，针对DISCO等娱乐场所
1997: Rane 1st DSP digital audio product: RPM 26
1997：Rane第一台DPS数字音频产品：RPM 26
1997: Rane 1st teleconferencing product: ECS
1997：Rane第一台电传会议产品：ECS
1998: Patent: teleconferencing product
1998：获得专利：电传会议产品
1998: New standard in DJ performing mixer: TTM 54
1998：DJ表演混音台的新标准：TTM 54
1999: Rane 1st Ethernet product: Via 10
1999：Rane第一台以太网设备：VIA 10
2000: Rane 1st CobraNet products: NM 84 & NM 48
2000：Rane第一台CobraNet设备：NM 84&NM48
2001: Twenty-Year anniversary
2001：20周年纪念
2001: First magnetic fader DJ performing mixer: TTM 56
2001：世界第一台磁电感应衰减器的DJ表演混音台：TTM 56
2002: Drag Net 100% drag and drop DSP
2002：Drag Net 100%拖放式DSP软件（最流行的操作）
2003: DEQ 60 Perfect-Q Graphic Equalizer
2003：DEQ 60 “完美Q”值图示均衡器
2004: Patents: Magnetic Fader and Acoustic Echo Canceller
2004：获得专利：磁电感应衰减器和声学回受感应曲线
2004: SeratoTM Scratch LIVE digital audio computer interface
2004：Serato（Rane用于DJ产品的商标）Scratch LIVE数字音频电脑界面系统
2005: SeratoTM MP 4 digital audio file mixer
2005：Serato MP 4数字音乐文件混音器
2005: Digital Amplifier: MA 4
2005：数字功率放大器：MA4
2006: Scratch LIVE Mixer: TTM 57SL
2006：Scratch LIVE 混音器：TTM 57SL
2006: Twenty-five Year Anniversary
2006：成立25周年庆典