Roland's UA-100 to Gain BeOS DriversBe to Bundle Support for Roland's USB-based Audio Canvas UA-100 in its Media Operating System for Musicians
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September 26, 1999
Be Incorporated, developer of BeOS® the digital media
operating system, and Edirol Corporation North America today announced support
for the Roland ED UA-100 AudioCanvas
audio and MIDI interface in BeOS. The announcement follows Edirol's strong
sales of Roland's USB Desk Top Media Products and the emergence of BeOS as the
serious musician's choice in operating system. The UA-100 will bring USB audio
support to BeOS customers for the first time.
With easy plug-and-play compatibility through USB, the UA-100 offers musicians
and producers the ability to record and play high quality digital audio, use on
board audio effects processing in real time and completely in the digital domain,
and connect MIDI keyboards, sound modules, and other instruments to their computer.
BeOS is designed from the ground up to meet the unique needs of musicians
using professional multimedia tools where speed and stability are critical. BeOS
4.5, released in June, 1999, brings a new level of performance to ordinary desktop
PCs with its advanced multithreaded architecture.
"BeOS audio users demand leading edge performance and the highest quality
in their professional audio equipment, and Roland's UA-100 delivers," said
Mr. Jim Rippie, audio evangelist at Be, Inc. "Roland leads the way in superior
USB Desk Top Media Products. At Be, our strategy is to offer leading developers
new opportunities to push the technological envelope in desktop music. We are
incredibly pleased to welcome Roland as our partner, and bring USB audio and MIDI
support to BeOS users everywhere with the UA-100."
"The Roland ED UA-100 broke new ground in the audio industry, which makes
it a great match for BeOS - it's a new operating system that breaks performance
barriers, offering Edirol customers a new standard of performance for media production,"
says Mr. Laurie Gillespie, president of Edirol Corporation North America, on behalf
of Roland. "Edirol continues to seek new ways of delivering innovative products
to musicians everywhere. We look forward to the new opportunities presented by
support for Roland ED products in BeOS."
The UA-100 AudioCanvas features high quality sound via 20-bit digital audio
converters, in a module external to the computer, thereby offering a dynamic range
and signal-to-noise ratio superior to most internal sound cards. Its built-in,
real-time multi-effects processor offers numerous guitar and vocal effects, as
well as a variety of preset effect combinations, plus more than 70 additional
effects that cover a wide range of uses for audio production. The UA-100's MIDI
interface (2-In/2-Out) can be used simultaneously with audio and recorded sound
files.
BeOS allows users to simultaneously operate multiple audio, video, image processing
and Internet-based software applications while maintaining system stability, media
quality and processor performance. BeOS provides professional users and enthusiasts
with a high performance environment to quickly and easily develop applications
and content and is designed to facilitate the integration of new technologies.
Driver support for audio and MIDI interface functions of the Roland ED Audio
Canvas UA-100 will be provided in BeOS within the next few months. A BeOS application
for control of extended UA-100 audio processing functions will follow.
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