Bitheadz Announces Support for Apple Dual ProcessorUpdated versions of Retro AS-1 and Unity DS-1 Achieve New Standards in Performance August 30, 2000BitHeadz, Inc. is proud to announce support for
Apple's new dual processor Power Mac G4 computers. This added support
will enable the award-winning Retro AS-1 Analog Synthesizer and Unity
DS-1 Digital Sampler to effectively double their performance capacity and
achieve unprecedented levels of power and integration.
"The ability to offload all synthesis and sampling tasks to the secondary
processor is a huge leap forward," says BitHeadz CEO Steve O'Connell.
"By freeing up the host processor, we make more room for today's powerful
sequencers to accommodate extra audio tracks, plug-ins, and software
instruments," notes O'Connell. "We believe this is a milestone in the
evolution of the computer-based virtual studio."
Not only will the new versions of Retro and Unity allow for increased
performance from host applications, they will also double their maximum
number of simultaneous voices. Retro AS-1 will achieve up to 128 stereo
voices, while polyphony for Unity DS-1 will increase to 256 stereo
voices, the most of any commercial sampler.
"With the development of the G4 Altivec engine and now the dual
processor, Apple has given us technology that has quadrupled the
polyphony that we we're seeing on last year's G3 computers," says
Director of Sales for BitHeadz, Earl Sondreal. "Our software will
continue to take advantage of Apple's latest innovations in computer
hardware, adding more value to BitHeadz products, and leveraging the
Macintosh platform for digital music creation."
Dual processor support will be included in version 2.1 of the Retro AS-1
Analog Synthesizer and the Unity DS-1 Digital Sampler. The updates are
free and are expected to become available at the end of the Q3, 2000. For more information, visit their web site at www.bitheadz.com. | 
