DSP-FX Virtual Pack 4.0 Released
June 27, 1998Event Electronics is proud to announce a newly-established strategic alliance with DSP-FX Inc. (formerly known as Power Technology) and the release of the DSP-FX Virtual Pack Version 4.0. The DSP-FX Virtual Pack is a suite of eight studio-quality audio tools, including reverb, multitap delay, multiband parametric EQ, multi-element chorus, analog tape flange, tremolo, pitch-shift, and autopan.
The Virtual Pack plug-ins are native-processing based, running entirely on the host CPU without the need of additional hardware. A combination of efficient algorithm design and proprietary Pentium-based technology results in the DSP-FX plug-ins requiring far less CPU overhead than traditional plug-ins. The reverb algorithm, for example, uses approximately 16% of the available host CPU versus the typical 66% (based on a 200MHz Pentium). This results in users being able to run many more DSP-FX plug-ins simultaneously than would otherwise be possible with standard plug-ins.
The Virtual Pack algorithms themselves are bit-for-bit ports of the algorithms in DSP-FX's award-winning hardware-based system. As such, the sound quality and performance of the native processing version is totally indistinguishable from the hardware system, a system that consistently garnered accolades from both end users and the international music press.
A significant contributor to the overall sonic performance of the Virtual Pack plug-ins is the 32-bit floating-point arithmetic used in the algorithms. One advantage of this design is that it yields over 1500dB of internal dynamic range, making it nearly impossible, for example, to encounter overload distortion when adding even extreme amounts of equalization. The benefits are most clearly heard in the tails of reverb. In the 32-bit floating-point system, even the lowest level signal is represented by a full 32-bit number. In the fixed-point systems used by traditional plug-ins, low level signals are often represented by a little as one bit, resulting in a grainy or noisy sound.
In addition to sporting a sleek new look, the DSP-FX Virtual Pack version 4.0 no longer requires users to install a "dongle" or any other piece of copy-protection hardware on their computer.
For more information about the DSP-FX Virtual Pack, please visit the Web site of Event Electronics, worldwide distributor of the Virtual Pack: http://www.event1.com.
If you are a registered owner of the DSP-FX Virtual Pack and are interested in upgrading to version 4.0, please visit the following location: http://www.dspfx.com/upgrade.html
DSP-FX Virtual Pack 4.0 Features
- Eight real-time DirectX compatible audio processing plug-ins, including reverb, multitap delay, multiband parametric EQ, multi-element chorus, analog tape flange, tremolo, pitch-shift, and autopan
- 32-bit floating-point architecture for precision audio at all dynamic levels
- Ultra efficient CPU usage
- Graphic user interface
- Consistent user interface among plug-in modules
- Parameters controllable/automatable via MIDI
- Extensive on-board presets
- Full compatibility with DirectX capable audio applications, including Sonic Foundry Sound Forge and Acid, Cakewalk Music Software Cakewalk Pro Audio, Steinberg Cubase VST, Emagic Logic Audio, Syntrillium Cool Edit Pro, and IQS SAW Plus 32
- Operates in stand-alone mode or within DirectX-compatible applications
For more information, visit their web site at http://www.dspfx.com/. |
