It’s that Frankfurt – ‘Pro Light & Sound’ time again (31st March - 3rd April 2004), and we are pleased to announce that Sydec is putting on quite a show this year! We have a well positioned booth (Hall 5.1 Booth B75) and lots of new products on show. We will also have a strong presence in the press with the Front Cover of Audio Media magazine plus a 2000 word review of Soundscape V4 in the German magazine Production Partner and a US ad campaign starting in Electronic Musician!
Here at Sydec we have been quietly working away, ready to come back with a bang! We trust you will agree that what we have achieved speaks volumes about how Sydec will perform in the future.
The new products we will be showing at Frankfurt include:
 Mixpander Power Pak – Native solution (the ultimate soundcard).
Mixpander Power PAK is the ultimate soundcard, period. It is a PCI audio card with up to nine DSPs working in parallel and is capable of having up to 48 input and output streams of audio! This card gives true zero-latency plug-ins from third party developers, together with a real-time mixer and patch bay! VST effect plug-ins support will be included in the software. Connects to the iBox 48-TA for 96khz balanced I/O or MADI.
- PCI audio card with 5 or 9 DSP and 64 channel I/O expansion port
- Up to 64 input and 64 output audio streams simultaneously
- Ultra low latency WinXP/Win2K/Win98 drivers with true multiclient support (ASIO-2, MME, WDM, GSIF)
- Complete configurable real-time mixer and patch bay
- True zero-latency DSP based high quality audio effect plug-ins from Soundscape and third party developers
- Seamless integration of VST & VSTi plug-ins (VST & VSTi native audio processing remains on PC)
- 64 channel MADI I/O at 48KHz (iBox 64-MADI or iBox 64-MADI-TA)
- 32 channel MADI I/O at 96KHz (iBox 64-MADI or iBox 64-MADI-TA)
- 24 channel analog balanced I/O and 24 channel TDIF digital I/O at 48KHz (iBox 48-TA or iBox 64-MADI-TA)
- 24 channel analog balanced I/O or 12-24 channel TDIF digital I/O at 96KHz (iBox 48-TA or iBox 64-MADI-TA)
- 48 channel analog balanced I/O at 48KHz (2 x iBox 48-TA or iBox 64-MADI-TA
 Soundscape V4 – with VST support (the ultimate DAW).
The Soundscape DAW just keeps getting better, with the recent addition of the new Sync card that delivers true broadcast features, Soundscape V4 now brings you intelligent VST plug-in support. In conjunction with a Mixpander card you can now drop your favourite VST plug-ins directly in the Soundscape mixer. The Mixpander super low latency drivers deliver a performance rarely seen elsewhere!
 Mixtreme 192 – 16 channel soundcard (ultimate value).
Building on the legend of the Mixtreme Card we are now proud to release the new Mixtreme 192. This 16 channel PCI card now supports 192khz sampling and in addition has a powerful DSP onboard with zero latency DSP-powered plug-in support. VST effect plug-ins support will be included in the software. Furthermore it has several built-in options like Video Sync, Word Clock & SPDIF.
- PCI audio card with embedded DSP and 16 channel digital I/O
- Up to 16 input and 16 output audio streams simultaneously
- Ultra low latency WinXP/Win2K/Win98 drivers with true multiclient support (ASIO-2, MME, WDM, GSIF)
- Complete configurable real-time mixer and patch bay
- True zero-latency DSP based high quality plug-in support from Soundscape and third party developers
- Seamless integration of VST & VSTi plug-ins (VST & VSTi native audio processing remains on PC)
- 16 channel TDIF I/O at 48KHz
- 8 channel TDIF I/O at 96KHz
- 4 channel TDIF I/O at 192KHz
- Video sync input
- Word Clock input/output
- 2 channel S/PDIF I/O at 48/96/192KHz (optional daughter board)
- Comprehensive range of TDIF based I/O devices available (balanced/unbalanced analog, mic preamps, AES/EBU, ADAT)
 iBox 48-TA, iBox 64-MADI, iBox 64-MADI-TA – new iBox range (ultimate value).
We are introducing the new iBox Range of professional converters! The iBox 48-TA is a 24 channel (expandable to 48) balanced 24/96 interface box. Connecting to the Soundscape Systems, to Mixtreme and to Mixpander (Mixpander Power Pak), this iBox delivers a professional quality product at a price point not seen before! Also there are several variants offering combinations of Analogue I/O and MADI.
- iBox 48-TA:
24 channel analog balanced I/O at 48KHz, 24 channel TDIF digital I/O at 48KHz
24 channel analog balanced I/O at 96KHz, 12-24 channel TDIF digital I/O at 96KHz
64 channel expansion port
- iBox 64-MADI:
64 channel MADI I/O at 48KHz
32 channel MADI I/O at 96KHz
64 channel expansion port
- iBox 64-MADI-TA:
24 channel analog balanced I/O at 48KHz, 24 channel TDIF digital I/O at 48KHz
24 channel analog balanced I/O at 96KHz, 12-24 channel TDIF digital I/O at 96KHz
64 channel MADI I/O at 48KHz
32 channel MADI I/O at 96KHz
64 channel expansion port
- Word/Super clock input/output
- Connects to Mixpander via expansion port
- Connects to Soundscape 32/16 or Mixtreme via TDIF
 ADDA 2408-R – 8 channel high quality remote controlled mic preamp + AD/DA
If ultimate sound quality is you goal, then look no further! Sydec in collaboration with Digital Audio Denmark have produced the ultimate Remotely Controlled Mic Preamp + Analogue to Digital converter. The ADDA 2408-R has no less than eight channels of super high quality and great sounding mic pres, each with remotely controlled analogue gain, phase and delay.
- Great Sound. The ADDA 2408-R is one of the most clean and transparent audio converters in the world.
- A/D sampling with anti-AID filter for elimination of aliasing intermodulation distortion
- 8 very low-noise microphone preamplifiers with analog gain adjustment in 3 dB steps
- Variable delay setting from 0.0 to 100.0ms (the delay can be adjusted in meter, feet, or ms)
- 8 built-in high-end sample-rate converters
- Not "just" an A/D converter but also a Studio Master Clock generator due to the very precise internal oscillators (5 ppm)
- Digital format converter function, when more than one digital I/O card mounted
- Optional very clean D/A converter
- 7 slots for expansion cards
- Easy and accurate remote control via advanced PC program and RS422 (up to 100 meter)
 ADR for Soundscape – New ADR package for truly professional ADR
For the growing world of Dubbing and Automatic Dialogue Replacement, Sydec have now released an ADR package that delivers truly professional results. In conjunction with a Soundscape System and Sync Card, this system plays back synchronized digital video, beeps, wipes and punches in & out totally automatically from the ADR user interface.
New third party DSP Plug-ins.
Sydec will be showing a range of new and exciting real-time DSP plug-ins:
Acuma Labs Final Mix, a professional real-time stereo mastering processor
- 6-band pre-dynamics parametric equalizer
- 3-band dynamics processor
- 6-band post-dynamics parametric equalizer
- Graphical user definable dynamics band contours, adjustable crossover points and slopes
- Soft Clip feature, noise gate with threshold adjustment, DC removal filter
- Input, output and gain reduction metering
SpinAudio Roomverb M1, a studio top-line quality reverb
- Separately controlled room dimensions can vary from 1 to 50 meters
- Plate reverb mode support
- Diffuse control for simulation of irregular room shapes
- Separate control of Early and Late reflections
- Reverb Tail Modulation
- Comprehensive tone control system that includes separate 2-band parametric equalizers for Early and Late reflections
- Two-band frequency-dependant decay filters
 
We will also have a Cyber Café point, where people can register on-line and enter our daily competition to win some Sydec products. You have to be there, if you want win! We will also be previewing our new Sydec interactive DVD-ROM and sampling some Belgium beer!
So why not give your hardworking Soundscape machine a rest and take a cheap flight to Frankfurt to come and support Sydec at the Messe.
Carl Owen
Sales Manager Sydec Audio Engineering NV
All specifications subject to change
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