"Innovation "Made in Germany": Sonic Core is going to introduce its newest addition to the SCOPE product line at the MusikMesse show in Frankfurt (Hall 5.1, Stand D10). The SCOPE XITE-1 device combines DSP-based accelerated audio processors with a high-end audio interface. The external 19inch/1U rackmount unit is connected to a PC or Notebook via PCI-Express interface. Using state-of-the-art SHARC signal processors allows for an increase of processing power by a factor of 10 compared to the older 14DSP SCOPE-Board.
A continuously developed low-latency technology allows the professional user to work with an agreeable, quasi-analog behaving audio platform. The flexible software environment includes a full range of plug-in audio devices: A selection of digital mixers, more than 50 audio effects, samplers and synthesizers in uncompromising sound quality. Additional compatible plug-ins developed by well-known third-party manufacturers continue to be available. Planned to be released at the same time, the latest SCOPE software (Version 5) is intended to be available for Windows Vista, Windows XP and also Mac OS X.
# 10 x more DSP power than before
# External PCIe / ExpressCard for PC / MAC / Notebooks
# Compatible to the SCOPE Fusion Platform
Scheduled release
May 2008
Retail price
About 2698,- EUR excl. VAT (Introductory Price)"
That would be about 4,137.12 USD. LINK
Note: John Bowen teamed with SONIC CORE to produce the Solaris.
Let's see... Hans Zimmer and Trent Reznor will have one, but I'm guessing that's it...
ReplyDeleteSeems like a strange time to introduce this, with the Solaris about to go into production.
ReplyDeleteWow....what the hell is up with the dollar?
ReplyDeleteThe dollar is now worthless, that's what's up with it. It's the inevitable result of not balancing the federal budget to fight wars. I could rant on this forever but I'll save that for other blogs.
ReplyDeleteHmm. Creamware had nice stuff, but I don't think they had the business expertise or presence to compete with Digidesign or TC Electronics. Now I'm not sure about Soniccore.
ReplyDelete1) OS X support? Finally?!
2) PCI-Express/ExpressCard interface? I think I understand the technical reasons, but the market expects USB 2.0 or Firewire.
3) The price is HIGH. However, in the old days, my Creamware Pulsar and Pulsar II cards cost me $2500 together.
Technically interesting, but needs market intelligence.