Specifications

STEINBERG
VSL-2020
COMPUTER AUDIO
1015
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Ultra-Low Latency ASIO Audio Card
for Playing VST Instrument Live
The VSL-2020 provides 32 ADAT channels for pristine
transmission of audio and MIDI data in 24-bit/96kHz quality to
and from the other computers in your VST System Link network.
Flawless support of ASIO 2.0 ensures stable, low-latency
multi-channel network operation with other computers
running Nuendo or Cubase. The VSL-2020 card is bundled
with V-STACK (see below) so you can increase the available
music-making power in your studio.
With the VSL-2020 card and V-STACK software you can turn your PC into a live virtual instrument station. The VSL 2020’s
ultra low latency architecture guarantees dynamic, live play of VST instruments at latencies as low as 32 samples (less than 1ms).
V-STACK software hosts up to 16 VST instruments, and provides 8 send effects, 5 insert effect slots and 4 master bus effects for
your VSTi sounds. All this in immaculate 32-bit audio quality.
◆ 32 ADAT channels - 2 optical ADAT I/O
with S/MUX support
◆ S/PDIF I/O - supports AES/EBU and con-
sumer S/PDIF
◆ Analog I/O - unbalanced (-10dBV) Stereo
RCA I/O
◆ SuperClock (FS 256) and WordClock I/O
with BNC connector
◆ Standard MIDI 5-pole I/O
◆ 24-bit with 32,44.1, 48, 88.2 or 96 kHz
◆ Bundled with V-STACK VST System Link
software
V-STACK
VST System Link/Live Performance Software
Since Steinberg introduced the VST 2.0 plug-in format a few years ago, there has been a
rapid development of VST Instruments - software synthesizers and other sound sources
played and controlled from within a host application. There is now a huge number of VST
Instruments available, ranging from simple synthesizers and drum machines to exact soft-
ware replicas of vintage synths and extremely advanced sound modules with no equivalent
in hardware.VST Instruments can often be more flexible than hardware synthesizers,
allowing for total recall and full automation of all parameters, patching and mixing in the
digital domain, graphic interfaces and solutions that wouldn’t be possible in hardware, etc.
However, any computer can only play so many VST Instruments at a time - and typically,
the more advanced a VST Instrument is, the more processing power it requires. Enter
Steinberg’s VST System Link. . .
This revolutionary system makes it possible to have several computers working together as one large system, with no other requirements
than ASIO compatible audio interfaces with digital audio connections. Computers connected via VST System Link will freely exchange
audio and MIDI data, all in perfect sync, creating a digital audio network system.This provides an excellent solution to the problem of
CPU-hungry VST Instruments: let one computer play audio and MIDI tracks and dedicate another computer to running VST Instruments
only, taking full advantage of all available processor power!
V-STACK is the perfect application for this: a stand-alone VST Instrument host, supporting up to 16 VST Instruments with full mixing
capabilities and VST effect support. The VST Instruments are controlled via MIDI over VST System Link or from a regular MIDI interface
(e.g. for live use) and the audio can be freely routed to any outputs on your audio interface. Since there is no transport, editing, event han-
dling, etc. all processing power can be focused on VST Instruments and effects!