CreamWare Announces PowerSampler for
PC & Mac
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PowerSampler's
DSP Card
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February 3, 2000
At Winter NAMM 2000, CreamWare unveiled PowerSampler
- a professional DSP-based sampling system for Windows and MacOS.
PowerSampler integrates a complete studio-grade sampler into a Windows
PC or MacIntosh computer. The system combines highly sophisticated software
and the latest DSP hardware. This guarantees professional performance
and perfect timing.
PowerSampler can be played like a "real" hardware instrument.
With a latency of only 1-2 ms, it outperforms all conventional software
solutions and has better timing than many hardware samplers.
On the software side, PowerSampler boasts phase-locked stereo sampling
including resampling capability, extensive editing and modulation features
and a comprehensive, fully integrated graphical sample editor. PowerSampler
is compatible with many common sample libraries: AKAI S1000 & S3000,
Soundfont 2, WAV and AIFF files are fully supported. Samples and complete
programs can be loaded directly from the computer's internal CD-ROM drive
or hard disk into the RAM of the PC or Mac. There is no limit upon the
amount of RAM which can be addressed.
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Mix Window
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PowerSampler features a multi mode with 16 simultaneously active programs,
each of which can be sent to the main stereo outputs or any of six individual
outs. These outputs are routed to the integrated 24-channel mixer, where
two aux-effects (chorus and delay) can be applied in realtime.
PowerSampler features 32 dynamically allocated stereo voices - no matter
which computer hosts the system. To handle the task of computing sampler,
mixer and effect signals, the PowerSampler PCI board boasts three Analog
Devices SHARC DSPs. Therefore, PowerSampler imposes virtually no load
upon the host CPU. The power of the host computer remains available for
HDR software, MIDI sequencers and software synths. Via the S/TDM Bus Connector,
a second PowerSampler card can be added to the system to double the number
of voices and I/Os.
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Sample Editor Window
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The hardware features four inputs and outputs offering 24 bit/96 kHz
quality (stereo analog plus stereo S/PDIF). A new S-Link Interface allows
the connection of an optional breakout box with eight additional analog
I/Os (24 bit/96 kHz). An optional 16-channel ADAT interface can also be
attached to the PowerSampler card.
The PowerSampler inputs and outputs can be used for other software applications
as well. The system comes with ultra-fast drivers for ASIO, EASI, MME,
DirectSound and OMS. Furthermore, the NemeSys Gigasampler interface is
supported. The drivers can also be used to directly record the sampler
outputs to any HDR system running on the same computer.
PowerSampler can be used alone or as an expander for the Pulsar DSP
system. It will be available in March/April at a recommended sales price
of US$ 598.
For more information, visit CreamWare on the web at www.creamware.com. | 
