Rackmount Your VST Plug-Ins with Plugzilla
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| Plugzilla Creator Joe Waltz |
October 7, 2002
Manifold Labs is demonstrating their new Plugzilla rack mount effects processor at this year's AES Conference in Los Angeles, and quickly became one of the highlights of the show for us. The brainchild of industry veterans Tony Agnello, Marc Lindahl and Joe Waltz, Plugzilla is a revolutionary new effects processor, which will run any VST plugin.
Starting with Steinberg's open standard, and adding a quick user interface, copy protection, and wrapping it in a quiet 2-U package, Plugzilla was designed to change the industry's perception of VST plug-ins, and audio effects boxes, forever.
"Joe came up with the concept for Plugzilla, which truly represents a milestone in the evolution of effects processors," says Tony Agnello of Manifold Labs, "so we put together a team of top engineers and designers to make it a reality. This is a ground breaking platform for applications from live performance to recording studios to research."
"Tony should know," adds Marc Lindahl, "he's responsible for a bunch of milestones in audio effects, like the original Harmonizer pitch shifter and the first-of-its-kind SP2016 multieffects processor."
While at Eventide, Tony Agnello invented the Harmonizer and SP2016 effects processor, and has been involved in DSP since the 70's, including founding Ariel Corp and leading it through its IPO in 1995. Joe Waltz is a veteran of both Lexicon and Eventide, and worked on the breakthrough JamMan and the Lexicon 300, as well as the TEC Award nominated Eclipse and Orville processors, among many others. Marc Lindahl went from dbx, Inc. to starting his own audio company, Sonorus, and doing design work for Avid, Mackie, TC Works, Swissonic, Midiman, Event, and others before joining Eventide.
"This is a very exciting product," says Joe Waltz, "and we are already talking to several top plug-in companies interested in making plug-ins which will take advantage of the power of Plugzilla. We're here at the AES to talk to other interested plug-in makers about this new platform."
For more information, visit their web site at www.manifoldlabs.com. |
