FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Max Gutnik or Greg Laney
Phone: (310) 915-1000
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Email: Press
Apogee Introduces the X-Series FireWire
Expansion Card
For Native Workstations
AES Convention, New York, NY, October 10, 2003 - New at AES from
Apogee Electronics Corporation (booth 456) is the X-Series FireWire expansion
card. The X-FireWire card enables a direct connection between Apogee’s
Rosetta 800 and any FireWire equipped computer. Based on new S800 standards,
the X-FireWire Card uses an expansion slot in the Rosetta 800, and in
all future, X-Series based systems to give users of Logic, Nuendo and
other popular software the option of Apogee conversion. The two ports
on the Apogee X-FireWire Card facilitate the daisy-chaining of additional
devices to give users great expansion options for their DAW’s.
"As with our previous FireWire expansion card" said Apogee’s
CEO, Betty Bennett, “Apogee is committed to implementing the very
latest in FireWire standards.” She continues, “We are very
pleased to satisfy the customer requests for a direct connection between
our latest unit the Rosetta 800 and virtually any popular, open software
platforms like Emagic’s Logic and Steinberg’s Nuendo.
X-FireWire card at a glance:
2, S800 FireWire connectors, allowing convenient chaining of multiple
units
A standard off-the shelf adapter cable allows connection to S400
FireWire ports.
Compatible with Apple's OS X built-in FireWire Core Audio driver
Supplied with Windows XP WDM/ASIO driver
Up to 16x16 24-bit channels at 44.1/48/88.2/96KHz
Up to 16 24-bit channels at 176.4/192KHz
Fully compliant and compatible with 61883-6 and other relevant 1394
IEEE and AES specifications
Allows low-jitter synchronization to a FireWire audio network and
can provide a master clock source for a FireWire audio network
Availability: April '04
MSRP: $595
http://www.apogeedigital.com/xcards
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