History

1967	The origins of VMB
1970	During the seventies and the first clubs.
1978	The first VMB acoustic system is born.
1979	The first time at a trade fair in Barcelona.
1981	Trouper Series Dimmers are introduced to the market.
1982	The OP-700 programmable system for lighting control is developed.
1984	The turbo-driver system for the live sound is born.
1985	The MK-700 radio-table chosen by the RDP for the Portuguese Radio broadcasting is developed.
1986	The first Towerlift, the TE-06 is brought to the market and a new line in Towerlifts and Trussing is born.
1990	First time that VMB attends the Musikmesse Trade Fair in Frankfurt.
1994	The audio system Concept-120 is developed, the authentic predecessor to the current Lime Arrays.
1997	VMB patents the Auto-Lock Security system (ALS) for on stage load support.
1998	The first digital processor C2-DAC goes on the market, predecessor for all VMB digital processors.
2001	The new VMB factory in Picassent is inaugurated.
2004	The range of DAC-2000 digital processors is introduced.
2006	Manufacturing of Line Arrays with the Lynx System.
2007	The World's first line array with Inclinometer.
2008	The first lifts specifically designed for Line Array.
2009	Acoustical prediction, the Rainbow Software is unveiled.

1967

The roots of VMB date back to the summer of 1967, when a young industrial engineer, Vicente Matali starts to design different electronic devices related to music and sound. The Company Sonotel was born.

In a small building in the city of Valencia, Vicente Matali starts making valve amplifiers, mixers and also acoustic systems for the live sound concerts. At that time the instruments sounded directly by themselves or through their own amplifiers, so that the singers could have their own ?voice team? and everything sounded independently.

These systems, used in the whole country by the most popular artists of that time, achieved enormous success. Sonotel quickly extended the range with the manufacturing of other electronic devices such as reverbs, effect pedals for guitars, feeding regulators or small lighting programmes. Sonotel gained musicians and sound engineers confidence, developing quickly and achieving great popularity, which is still remembered with nostalgia amongst the oldest professionals.