Frontier Design Announces More Affordable WaveCenter/PCI
 September 24, 1999 Frontier Design Group announces
WaveCenter/PCI™, a low-cost high-performance PCI soundcard that brings the
flexibility and performance of ADAT lightpipe technology to a new level of affordability.
WaveCenter/PCI integrates multichannel digital audio and MIDI I/O on a single
card, making it an affordable solution for those who want to incorporate a compact
digital mixer into their Windows or Mac-based recording studio. WaveCenter/PCI
lets you connect 10 digital audio channels in each direction to your mixer while
also providing MIDI I/O for automation and sequencing, and does it all with just
a single PCI slot and only one IRQ!
WaveCenter/PCI
supports industry-standard interfaces, including ADAT lightpipe, S/PDIF, and MIDI,
so it's already compatible with your existing studio equipment. It includes Cool
Edit Pro SE (a multitrack recording application from Syntrillium Software) so
you're ready for computer-based recording right out of the box. With WaveCenter/PCI,
you can easily transfer digital audio between your computer and your ADAT tape
machines, DAT recorders, minidisks and CD players. The MIDI interface also lets
you easily connect synthesizers, samplers, and sound modules. For a complete hard-disk
recording system with both analog and digital I/O, combine WaveCenter/PCI with
either of Frontier Design's A/D & D/A converters - the 4-in, 8-out Zulu™
or the 24-bit 8-in, 8-out Tango24™.
WaveCenter/PCI builds on the success of the first ADAT-optical card for computers,
Frontier's WaveCenter, and adds the latest digital audio technology of Frontier's
Dakota™ product line, including an ASIO 2.0 driver for low-latency performance
when using WaveCenter/PCI with Steinberg's Cubase VST. WaveCenter/PCI also has
a direct GigaSampler Interface driver, and supports input monitoring and digital
audio format conversions (ADAT <-> S/PDIF, for example).
WaveCenter/PCI has a pair of ADAT optical ports for 8 audio inputs and 8 audio
outputs, and has S/PDIF digital audio I/O on gold-plated RCA connectors for an
additional 2 audio inputs and outputs. WaveCenter/PCI also includes a breakout
cable with 2 MIDI inputs and 2 MIDI outputs on standard DIN-5 connectors, and
an internal CD-ROM digital audio cable for direct transfers of audio CDs. WaveCenter/PCI
includes Windows 95/98 drivers and a control panel for displaying the card's status
and for setting options such as input lock and audio routing. Macintosh support
is also provided via an ASIO driver for digital audio, and an OMS driver for MIDI.
WaveCenter/PCI supports 16-bit to 24-bit resolution and sample rates of 44.1 and
48kHz, and can dynamically resample 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, and 32kHz digital audio
for playback through high-quality external converters.
The manufacturer's suggested retail price for WaveCenter/PCI is $389.
For more information, visit
Frontier Design Group on the web at www.frontierdesign.com. |
