TerraTec Producer PHASE 88 Audio System Now Available
December 19, 2003
TerraTec Producer's latest audio solution, the PHASE 88, is a 24/96 PCI card/breakout box interface designed to grow with your needs. Supporting both Mac OS and Windows, you can have up to four PHASE 88s installed on a single system, potentially eliminating the need for an external mixer.S
Eight analog
input and output converters process audio signals (from start to finish and
from hardware to software) with resolutions up to 24 bits and 96 kHz. The
PHASE 88's converters are housed in a 5 1/4" module that can be installed
within or placed outside the computer. The syste is ready for high-resolution 5.1 or 7.1 Surround
sound playback.
To make the most of the 24-bit converter's dynamic range,
the PHASE 88 is equipped with an on-board 20-channel hardware mixer with
36-bit internal resolution and 20-in-4 routing. Every input port features a
dedicated analog stage that can be switched from -10 dBv to +4dBv, as well
as a variable amp with up to 18 dB gains. Channel thru monitoring generates
zero latency, and latency introduced by the ASIO 2.0 driver comes to less
than three milliseconds.
An
additional S/PDIF (coaxial) digital input/output on the PCI bus card
provides the interface to the digital studio environment.
Up to four
PHASE 88 recording systems can be synchronized and installed within a single
computer. This means that systems with up to 40 physical inputs and outputs
and 64 MIDI channels can be configured without adding to the CPU load. PHASE
88 offers drivers for Windows 98/ME, 2000, XP (ASIO 2.0, DirectSound, MME
with Multi-Client mode, and ASIO GSIF Multi-Client), Mac OS 9.1, and Mac OSX
(ASIO 2.0).
Technical features:
- 8 analog inputs
- 8 analog outputs
- 96-kHz / 24-bit resolution
- 1 S/PDIF Digital (coax) In/Out
- 1 MIDI I/O for 16 channels
- Shielded 5.25" module for internal or external use
- Multi-platform (MAC + PC)
- PCI Bus Interface with 32-bit support (24-bit, 4-byte mode)
- Low-latency ASIO support
For more information, visit their web site at www.terratec.net. |
