Digidesign Ships Pro Tools®|24 MIX and MIXplus Systems for Windows NT

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January 28, 1999 -- Digidesign® is shipping the Pro Tools®|24 MIX system for Windows NT, a single-card digital audio workstation core system that provides up to 64 tracks and extensive mixing and processing capabilities. Providing the same functionality and benefits as the Macintosh version of Pro Tools|24 MIX, which started shipping last September, the Windows NT version allows audio professionals to choose the platform they prefer. Digidesign's most powerful DAW ever, Pro Tools|24 MIX has been extremely successful since its introduction, and the company
anticipates a significant increase in system installations with the availability of the Windows NT version.

Featuring six Motorola 56301-series DSP chips, Pro Tools|24 MIX offers two to three times more on-demand mixing and processing power from a basic system than Pro Tools|24, Digidesign's previous flagship system. Also available is the Pro Tools|24 MIXplus system, which includes a MIX Farm PCI card in addition to the MIX Core card. Costing only 25% more than a Pro Tools|24 MIX core, Pro Tools|24 MIXplus offers more than double the DSP processing power and supports up to 32 I/O channels.

The MIX Core and MIX Farm cards offer more DSP power than ever before--up to over four times more Plug-In instances per DSP than Digidesign's previous DSP Farm card. The newly added DSP Manager function optimizes DSP usage, and new MultiShell support offers even greater efficiency by allowing certain different types of Plug-Ins to share the same DSP chip on a MIX Core or MIX Farm card. Providing high quality versions of the basic DSP tools required for mixing and audio production, Pro Tools|24 MIX and Pro Tools|24 MIXplus systems are bundled with Digidesign's D-Verb reverb Plug-In software (for a limited time only) and several great-sounding DigiRack Plug-Ins, including the new EQ II and Dynamics II. Windows NT versions of optional Digidesign Plug-Ins will be available within a few weeks after shipment, as well as Digidesign's optional Machine Control software, which enables remote arming of audio or video tracks by allowing users to set up track arming for 9-pin and V-LAN decks.

Each Pro Tools|24 MIX Core and MIX Farm card provides support for 16 channels of I/O using optional Digidesign audio interfaces, including the 888|24 I/O, 882|20 I/O and ADAT Bridge I/O. The system supports a total of 10 TDM cards (five MIX Farm cards maximum) to provide vast quantities of DSP power, connection of up to 72 channels of I/O and integrated sampling capabilities with Digidesign's optional SampleCell II Plus PCI sampling card (shipping late Q1, 1999).

Pro Tools|24 MIX is available for a suggested retail price of $7,995; the Pro Tools|24 MIXplus system is $9,995; the MIX Farm is $3,995. A generous upgrade program is available for customers who own Pro Tools|24 for Windows NT or Pro Tools users who have Macintosh-based systems and wish to change platforms.

For more information, visit Digidesign at www.digidesign.com.