TerraTec Announces Phono PreAmp Studio
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July 25, 2001
The good old shellac recordings in the hi-fi rack have blended into the background many years ago. But multimedia provider TerraTec Electronic has a solution that helps give your vinyl discs a new life. The TerraTec phono PreAmp Studio is a combination of hardware and software. With the phono PreAmp Studio, old records and audio cassettes can be edited on the PC in professional quality and then preserved on CD.
When vinyl recordings are to be edited on the computer, normally a hi-fi amplifier is necessary in order to transfer the songs to the PC. Record players and sound cards use differing audio signals. The TerraTec phono PreAmp offers an alternative, where in respect to sound quality many hi-fi amplifiers are left far behind. The external housing, which is completely protected against distortion, makes opening the PC case unnecessary. Simply connect the record player and phono PreAmp together - finished. Not even an electrical outlet is needed: power is taken directly from the soundcard gameport.
The record player pick-up is easily accommodated, the most common input capacities are adjustable in three stages. For the right "oompf," the output signal can be regulated in three stages as well. The incorporated RIAA equalizer guaranties an optimal processing of the pick-up signal and an original-exact listening experience.
In addition to the phonoe PreAmp hardware, the phono PreAmp Studio includes a powerful software tool from Algorithmix to preserve LP’s or cassettes. Unwanted noises, such as clicking and humming, can be removed or dramatically reduced in real-time, without losing the original sound quality. Sound Laundry TerraTec Edition has been specially developed for the multimedia user who doesn’t want to spend hours learning complicated editing processes and their meaning and use of endless parameter settings that are necessary in other professional software. By the two editing modules Descratcher and Denoiser only two parameters must be set in order to obtain an optimal sound.
Key features
Hardware
- For all record players with "Moving-Magnet" (MM) pick-ups
- External shielded housing
- Simple connection to the soundcard
- The electricity is drawn directly from the soundcard gameport
- The gameport is routed through the device
- The computer case doesn’t have to be opened
- Adjustable input capacity and output amplifier in three stages
- Highest quality electronic hardware design and components
- Precise RIAA curve-equalizer for original-exact playback
- Signal-to-noise ratio >= 86 dB (A)
Software:
- Removes distortion like clicks, pops, humming and static discharge
- Softens digital distortion and masks drop-outs
- Real-time operation with 166 MHz MMX Pentium under Windows® 95/98/NT/2000
- 44.1 kHz / 16 bit "red book" WAV format accepted
- The world’s fastest off-line processing
- Real-time preview while fine-tuning the parameters
- Unique difference function for monitoring the noise being removed
For more information, visit their web site at www.terratec.de. | 
