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Computer Music Systems
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| Manufacturer |
Product |
CPU Range Offered |
Case Types |
Tech Support Period |
Tech Support Type |
Warranty |
Special Features |
Price |
| Alternate Mode |
HyperCube |
Pentium 4/3.4 GHz |
Small cube |
3 years |
Phone, email |
2 years |
4 GB drum samples, part of Digital Percussion
Workstation with DrumKat MIDI controller, QuietX Power |
$1,500-$2,000 |
| Alternate Mode |
PoweRack PC |
Pentium 4/3.2 GHz |
2U rackmount, standard depth |
Unlimited |
Phone, email |
1 year |
Built-in MIDI, audio and sound library |
$2,095 |
| Carillon Audio Systems |
Carillon Music Computers |
Pentium 4 3.0 to 3.6 GHz |
Rackmount, tower, laptop |
3 years |
Phone, email |
1 year |
7,000 included audio samples, remote tech
support, ultra-quiet |
$999 and up |
| Carillon Audio Systems |
Core1, Core2, Core3, Core4 |
Pentium 4, Pentium Dual-core |
Rackmount, tower, laptop |
1 year |
Phone, email |
3 year |
Quiet operation, custom MIDI and transport
controllers |
$999-$3,999 |
| CM Labs |
SixtyFour |
N/A |
2U rackmount |
1 year |
Phone, email |
1 year |
32x32 analog router with level control and
ninety user-programmable memory locations |
$2,999 |
| Hercules |
16/12 FW |
Pentium III and up |
Rackmount |
Unlimited |
Phone, email |
1 year |
16-in/12-out, 24-bit/96 kHz, 2 MIDI in/2 MIDI
out, Mac and PC software, Live SE and Storm SE |
$749 |
| MultipointUSA |
A/V 64-bit Workstations/servers |
2.2 GHz./ 2 MB/1 GHz, FSB/4-way |
Tower, rackmount, server |
3 years |
Phone, email, onsite |
3-5 years |
Continuous duty, quiet, real-time editing
onsite |
$6,999 and up |
| MusicXPC |
MusicXPC |
P4/3.0 GHz to P4/3.2 GHz |
SFF, laptop, notebook |
2 years |
Phone, email |
1-3 years |
Designed for music production, restoration
utility |
$1,399-$3,899 |
| MusicXPC |
Professional C1, C2, S2 |
Pentium 4 |
Cube, tower |
2 years |
Phone, email |
N/A |
800 MHz FSB, Serial ATA-150, GigaBit LAN,
DVD-RW, quiet operation, recovery utility |
$1,399 and up |
| pcAudioLabs |
Custom DAW |
Any AMD or Intel |
Any |
3 years |
Phone, email, remote, local on-site |
3 years |
Every computer is custom designed for each
production situation. |
$1,000-$9,000 |
| Rain Recording |
Element and Element 64 workstations, LiveBook
laptop |
Pentium D Dual-Core, D Extreme (HT), 4HT, M
w/Centrino |
Rackmount, tower, laptop |
1 year |
Phone, email |
1 year, extendable |
Designed for maximum stability, virtually
silent, six FireWire ports on two chipsets, 64-bit systems |
$2,299 and up |
| SonicBlade |
SonicHammer |
P4 3.0 to 3.4 GHz |
4U aluminum rackmount |
3 years |
Phone, email |
3 years |
RAID, SuperQuiet, Pro Tools compatible,
lightweight, |
$1,500-$2,000 |
| SonicBlade |
SonicBlade |
P4 2.8 to 3.4 GHz |
2U rackmount-short chassis |
3 years |
Phone, email |
3 years |
Only 14" deep (fits in SKB case), road worthy,
SuperQuiet, SATA, 3 PCI slots |
$1,800 |
| ST Audio |
ADAM 24 |
Pentium II and up |
Rackmount |
Unlimited |
Phone, email |
1 year |
8 analog mono inputs unbalanced, 8 analog mono
outputs unbalanced |
$449 |
| ST Audio |
DSP24 Media 7.1 |
Pentium II and up |
Rackmount |
Unlimited |
Phone, email |
1 year |
Onboard hardware synthesizer (Dream/Roland GS
soundset) |
$499 |
| ST Audio |
DSP2000 C-Port |
Pentium II and up |
Rackmount |
Unlimited |
Phone, email |
1 year |
2x balanced (XLR) inputs with built in preamps
and switchable phantom power |
$699 |
| ST Audio |
DSP3000 M-Port |
Pentium II and up |
Rackmount |
1 year |
Phone, email |
1 year |
Level meter display for each input channel
(switchable to display output signal) |
$1,195 |
| Sweetwater Sound |
Creation Station |
Intel P4 3 GHz to Dual Core 3.2 |
Rack, tower, mid-tower |
Lifetime |
Phone |
2 years |
Glyph Seagate drives |
$1,000-$3,000 |
| Symbolic Sound |
Kyma X (v 6.2) |
Mac OS9, OSX, Win ME, 2000, XP |
Racktop, desktop |
Unlimited |
Phone, email, web |
1 year |
Open-ended software for realtime sound design
and processing with hardware acceleration, pen control |
$3,470 |
| Wave Digital Systems |
StudioG5, StudioPowerBook |
Apple G4 to Dual G5 |
Desktop, tower, laptop, mini |
90 days |
Phone, email |
1 year |
Preconfigured Macs for Pro Tools, Digital
Performer, Nuendo, |
$499-$4,999 |
| YRS MIDI Systems |
YRS Custom Systems |
Intel P4 3.0 GHz and greater |
All types |
Unlimited |
Phone, email, webchat |
1 year |
Complete turnkey systems, noiseless
components, configured and tested, unlimited free tech support |
$1,000-$5,000 |
| Manufacturer |
Product |
CPU Range Offered |
Case Types |
Tech Support Period |
Tech Support Type |
Warranty |
Special Features |
Price |
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