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DAW9624 ™ package
with Lynx AES16 or RME Hammerfall
Mytek converters, can be found in the front end of many professional DAWs such as
Sonic Solutions, Sadie and Protools 24. The superior performance of their 24 bit sound is
fully appreciated by the users. Not everyone though, could enjoy benefits of high end 24
bit sound without spending a fortune on the DAW hardware.
For the last couple of years we were experimenting with several editing packages, closely
watching spectacular progress in the development of "used to be lower end" audio
software market. Continuous increase of computer speed and the recent move to floating
32 bit sample resolution and 96 kHz sample rate, have dramatically closed the gap
between these and the $10,000+ professional editing packages. In our tests several
low cost 24 bit software packages such as Nuendo, Logic Audio, Sequoia, VegasPro,
Spark, Peak, Samplitude, Wavelab or Cubase coupled with good processing packages,
produced results rivaling to what could be achieved with the high end audio editing
software. They may lack certain "comfort and ergonomics" features but, if used properly,
don't lug behind with sound quality , the feature that is dearest to Mytek and never
compromised in our designs. The key is at least 32 bit signal processing.
There is a multitude of growing choices, and abundance of cost effective, high
performance software plug-ins, often not found in the high end, "closed platform" editing
software.
We have quickly realized, that buyers who decide to built their studio around that
software, are faced with choices of several cheap hardware solutions of mediocre sound
quality. Costing less than a $1000 they may claim 24 bit performance but deliver cheap
DAT machine quality sound and no features, an understandable result of "made in XX",
"cut costs" hardware design.
Mytek has a reputation of building first grade audiophile quality audio converters. Our
new products that include 8X96 Series 8 channel 24 bit, 96 kHz ADC and DAC, push
performance further, to 120dB dynamic range, flat to 40 kHz, truly transparent audiophile
sound.
In Spring of 1998 Mytek, Inc. has teamed its R&D efforts with Sonorus, Inc. of New
York, makers of STUDI/O (tm) PCI audio interface, and developed S/MUX ADAT
interface, bit split method of transmitting 8 channel of 24/96 over two ADAT lightpipes,
similar to “dual wire” 96k AES/EBU standard. Subsequently, a German Company RME
has announced the Hammerfall 9652 PCI card, a 16 to 24 channel ADAT card with
absolutely unrivaled speed and latency performance. Hammerfall has S/MUX
implemented in the hardware and it’s the fastest card yet under our tests. Sonorus and
RME have built reputation of technical excellence and
excellent customer support. Hammerfall 9652 and Sonorus STUDI/O interfaces is now
supported by all major operating systems (MacOS, Windows 9X, NT and 2000 and