Infection Music was founded in December 1999 by David J. Hughes to produce innovative and exciting electronic music. As the label evolved, David began to develop his interest in electronic musical instruments for the professional and enthusiastic amateur musician. The first product to be released was the rack-mounting version of the ZEIT Step Sequencer, a real-time, performance-oriented eight track MIDI Step sequencer. This was quickly followed by a desktop version of ZEIT and, very shortly, ATEM, a smaller, more affordable version of the original ZEIT.

Engineer and Composer Ron Berry wrote:

"If someone had said to me these were made by say a small company of dedicated engineers in Germany I'd quite happily believe them. But one guy in the North of England producing stuff like this? Really? WowÉ now that's an achievement. I've done a fair bit of electronics over the years so I know what it takes to design something, get it working properly and develop it. And then there's the whole software bit. I take my hat off to you. Fantastic!"

Robert Schmeltzer wrote:

"I just got my beta-tester desktop Zeit. There's pics of it on the Infection site so you can go there to view it."

"It's probably 95% or more complete. So far everything wrong or odd I've found are all minor things. Not really even bugs, more "ease of use" type things or features not yet implemented. No lock-ups, crashes, or stuck notes. Well actually there were some stuck notes when I was using software plug-ins, but that was the plug-ins not the Zeit. The same sequences didn't hang up my V-Synth XT."

" think the manual is a good start and better than most equipment manuals as it is. But I've got a lot of suggestions for David on making the manual more comprehensive and user friendly. I think the Zeit is actually easier to use than the manual, i.e. I can usually guess how something works quicker than I can find the answer in the manual. That's more of a testament to how easy to use the Zeit is than a slam on the manual."

The Zeit is definitely the machine I hoped it would be. You can sit down and start using it right away after looking at the manual for maybe 2-3 minutes. Seriously, it's that easy. But there also are lots of deeper functions to keep you busy when you're ready to try them. The main thing is that it is SO easy to use. I'm trying to be a good beta tester and go through the functions but I keep getting distracted with ideas! This is the opposite of most sequencers where I'd have an idea and get bogged down in figuring out how to get the sequencer to do what I want. "

Olivier Caillet wrote:

"... just great! Very stable. It could have been a Yamaha or Korg industrially produced device. Same level of reliability,"

Norman Fay, of VietGrove wrote:

"I recently got a ZEIT from David at Infection Music. I mean to write it up when I'm totally familiar with the operation of the thing, it's an absolute blast to play with, though, and very, very creative, very quick and intuitive to use. I've actually had to ban myself from playing with it from time to time, as I get nothing else done otherwise."

David Gurr, The Omega Syndicate:

I recently visited Dave Hughes's, where I got a proper hands-on play with the new ZEIT sequencer. I have a reputation for not being the most technically-minded musician. I have ideas in my head & I want them out in the open A.S.A.P. Going through menu pages & the like just distracts me. I have owned many sequencers in my time, all of which have had their moments, once I've read the manual (4 times) & finally worked out the logic behind such "user-unfriendliness".

There wasn't a manual, but that didn't stop me from having a go anyway & actually doing something half decent within an hour of playing with it. ThereÕs a lot of stuff that this instrument can do that I don't want to explore at the moment, but I found enough good stuff to get on with and I felt that once I had a good grip of the basics, the rest would fall into place.

The machine inspires & challenges you to do more than you think its capable of. I put a series of random notes in and with minimal 'fiddling', I had something to work with. I can see it being very useful when improvising on stage".

"Holy blinkity blink batman that looks awesome, work of art.". Andy Tarpinian, nmisystem

"Dave, you're a wicked man. How am I ever going to explain to my wife that I really need this? :)". Peter Korsten

"Wow!" Graham Getty, SynthMusicDirect

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