BitHeadz Announces DirectConnect Integration With Pro Tools

September 28, 1999 -- BitHeadz Inc. is proud to be one of the first software synthesizer companies to implement support for Digidesign's new "DirectConnect" technology for Pro Tools. DirectConnect allows the main stereo mix and all 16 MIDI channel mixes from both the Unity DS-1 Sampler and the Retro AS-1 Synthesizer to be routed directly into Pro Tools.

With the Unity DS-1 Sampler and the Retro AS-1 synthesizer you will be able to route up to 32 streams of audio to the TDM bus. In Pro Tools, you can create stereo or mono auxiliary tracks and assign the outputs from individual Unity or Retro MIDI channels to these tracks. A "Main Out" is also provided giving a combined stereo output from all of the MIDI channels that are not assigned individually. You can run Unity and Retro tracks at the same time.

"This is something our customers have been requesting, so we are really excited about this new breakthrough," says Director of Sales & Marketing Earl Sondreal, "There are several advantages to using software samplers and synthesizers inside the Pro Tools environment-one of the obvious advantages is sound quality-your sampled sounds stay completely in the digital domain. Another advantage is the elimination of a lot of extra hardware, cables and noisy power supplies from your studio, plus the convenience of having all of your synth and sampler sounds right inside your computer. Editing is also a lot easier on your computer's large monitor versus tiny LCD's and load times are up to 16 times faster than hardware samplers."

BitHeadz also has plans to add DirectConnect compatibility to their other software instruments, Voodoo MIDI Drums, and Black & Whites Virtual Piano.

For more information, visit the BitHeadz web site at www.bitheadz.com.