On Feb 24 1982, Gaucho won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording. While it is unknown if Wendel was presented with a Grammy, it was given a Platinum Plaque by the RIAA for 1M album units sold.

Listen to Wendel in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvg5mbM6FGs

The Wendel Jr., produced in 1985, went on to be used on albums by Donald Fagen, John Denver and Arcadia. The unit used perfectly engineered 16-bit 50kHz samples, with the natural decay of each drum hit left entirely intact. Cartridges of different drum kits could be swapped out on the front face. "Think of Wendel Jr.'s output as a good mic in the right place of a good sounding drum. The phrase 'Realer than real' comes to mind, but I promised that I would not use it in this manual," said Nichols in the Wendel Jr. manual.

The samples from the Wendel Jr. cartridges have been digitized and are available at:
https://samplesfrommars.com/products/wendel-from-mars?variant=32569344950356

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