Sonorus Announces MEDI/O Professional
Sound Card
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| MEDI/O prototype with optional expansion board |
July 29, 1999 Sonorus, Inc., maker of the award-winning STUDI/O
digital audio interface, has announced MEDI/O, a new multimedia sound
card designed for professional use.
MEDI/O sports features like balanced inputs and outputs, industry-standard
professional connectors, high quality analog and digital audio connections,
MIDI and synth connections, and built-in vocal and guitar processing.
"With MEDI/O we hope to address both the enthusiast, just becoming
involved with computers and music, as well as the professional user who
requires higher performance than available with regular sound cards but
needs the standard sound card features," comments Sonorus President
Marc Lindahl. "We have put together a board which addresses these
needs, and allows for future expansion, integrating seamlessly with our
flagship audio card, STUDI/O. And using ASIC technology, we're able to
deliver this all for an amazing price."
MEDI/O has a wide array of connections, analog, digital, and MIDI. A
breakout cable and optical cables are included, and a rack-mount breakout
box is planned.
Analog Connections:
- Stereo XLR MIC in (phantom/comp/lim/gate)
- 2x Stereo 1/4" Balanced Line In
- Guitar In (comp/lim/gate/speaker cabinet simulator)
- Stereo 1/4" Balanced Line Out
- Stereo 1/4" Headphone/Spkr. Out
- CDROM Audio In
Digital Connections:
- ADAT lightpipe I/O (24 bits)
- S/PDIF RCA I/O (20/24 bits)
- Word Clock I/O (75 OhmBNC)
- STUDI/O Sync In Header (ribbon cable)
MIDI Connections:
- WaveBlaster Header
- 64-voice DirectX synth/sampler engine
- 2x MIDI In
- 2x MIDI Thru
- 6x MIDI Out
Software Drivers:
- Windows Wave Drivers: Win95, Win98, WinNT4
- WDM drivers (Windows 2000)
- DirectX/DirectSound drivers
- ASIO drivers (Windows)
- Coming soon: EASI,
BeOS, MacOS, LINUX
MEDI/O is compatible with all Windows sound and audio software. Price
is to be announced. Visit Sonorus on
the web at www.sonorus.com. |
