Digidesign Ships SampleCell II Plus (TM) PCI
Card for Windows NT
March 23, 1999Digidesign® is shipping the Windows NT version
of SampleCell II Plus(tm), a PCI sampling card that provides the award-winning
performance and features of Digidesign's SampleCell II card previously only available
for Mac OS systems. In addition to cross-platform compatibility, SampleCell II
Plus includes 32 MB RAM as a standard feature. The Windows NT version supports
Macintosh CD-ROMs, providing users with immediate access to a huge variety of
sounds from existing sample libraries.
SampleCell II Plus records and plays 16-bit, 44.1 kHz stereo and mono samples,
supports AIFF (Mac OS and Windows NT), .WAV (Windows NT) and Sound Designer II
(Mac OS), and features 32 dynamically allocated voices, eight polyphonic outputs
and dynamic digital filters. Users who need more voices can simply install additional
SampleCell II Plus cards in their computers. The included SampleCell Editor software
provides detailed waveform displays on the computer monitor, enabling precise,
powerful sample and loop editing capabilities. The intuitive, graphic interface
makes it easy to perform tasks such as managing sound files, creating Key Groups
and mapping instruments.
With the optional TDM Module, SampleCell II Plus adds fully integrated sample
recording and playback capabilities to TDM-based Pro Tools systems for Windows
NT and Mac OS. Each of the Sample Cell II Plus card's eight outputs appear as
direct, 20-bit digital inputs on the Pro Tools virtual mixer, making the card
the only sampler on the market that provides eight digital outputs. These outputs
can be routed to Digidesign audio interfaces for digital and analog I/O, providing
a professional-quality interface to external studio gear.
SampleCell II Plus comes with four CD-ROM discs (two for Mac OS and two for
Windows NT) that each include more than 650 MB of ready-to-load sounds. Users
can also transfer sounds directly from audio CDs played in the computer's CD-ROM
drive.
The suggested retail price of SampleCell II Plus is $1,295. The optional TDM
Module is $395.
For more information, visit their web site at www.digidesign.com
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