Harry Thumann

Harry Thumann (28 February 1952 – 2001) was a German electronic composer, record producer and sound engineer. He designed and built synthesizers and studio equipment. Early life and career Born Harald Thumann in Germany, he began as a drummer while training in audio engineering at German broadcasters. When he lost interest in touring, he opened his first recording studio in a bedroom at the family home. Country Lane Studios Thumann participated in the development of the SSL 4000 series of consoles and installed the first one in his studio. He found premises with live-in accommodation in Germering near Munich and opened Country Lane Studios. Thumann adopted MIDI early, using Commodore 64 computers with MIDI cards to control a system that grew to include a Fairlight II and Moog 3C modular system. With the Yamaha DMP-7 digital mixer, Thumann built a second control room housing several DMP-7s as an integrated digital console system, interfaced with a rebuilt Neve broadcast console. Country Lane moved into audio-visual production and began producing its own telefilms. Recordings Thumann produced a string of albums for Rondò Veneziano that combined acoustic instruments and synthesizers.