Duende PCIe Studio Pack v3: Includes 32 Channel
upgrade/ Buss Compressor/ X-EQ/ X-COMP/
Drumstrip/ Vocalstrip
DSP-powered SSL processing in PCIe card format
Duende is based on the powerful DSP technology behind SSL’s acclaimed C-Series digital consoles. Duende PCIe is a high bandwidth, half length, full height slot-in PCIe card that works in both PCs and Macs. This card is ideal for those who work with lots of external firewire equipment, or those who want to integrate their SSL processing and workstation into a single case unit.
Key Features
- Includes EQ & Dynamics Channel and Stereo Bus Compressor Plug-ins
- The legendary sound of SSL for your digital audio workstation
- 32 channels of console-grade SSL EQ and Dynamics processing
- Very high bandwidth internal PCIe card format
- Powerful DSP engine based on SSL's award-winning C Series mixing consoles
- Relieves the plug-in processing burden on your computer's CPU
Duende - Mix your music on an SSL.
Specifications
| | Format | Channels | Included plug-ins | Connectivity |
|---|
| Duende Mini | Compact desktop box | 16 |
| (upgradeable to 128) | EQ & Dynamics Channel | FireWire |
| Duende PCIe | PCIe card | 32 |
| (upgradeable to 128) | EQ & Dynamics Channel |
| Stereo Bus Compressor | High-bandwidth PCIe |
| Duende Mini Expanded | Compact desktop box | 32 |
| (upgradeable to 128) | EQ & Dynamics Channel |
| Stereo Bus Compressor | FireWire |
| Duende Mini Studio Pack | Compact desktop box | 32 |
| (upgradeable to 128) | EQ & Dynamics Channel |
| X-EQ & X-Comp | FireWire |
| Duende PCIe Studio Pack | PCIe card | 32 |
| (upgradeable to 128) | EQ & Dynamics Channel |
| X-EQ & X-Comp | High-bandwidth PCIe |
Using Multiple Duende Units
You can run two Duende’s (any combination of Mini or PCIe) on a single computer.
The maximum channel count for a single computer is 128 channels, regardless of how many Duende units you have installed.
System Requirements
Duende supports sample rates from 44.1kHz to 96kHz. Running two FireWire Duende units requires two independent FireWire busses. Duende PCIe requires One available PCIe card slot. Duende Mini requires one available FireWire/IEEE1394 400Mbit port. Recommended VST, AudioUnit or RTAS host application*
| V2.x Minimum System Requirements | V3 Minimum System Requirements - 64 Slot Operation |
|---|
| PC |
- Intel Pentium IV/AMD 1GHz or higher
- 512Mb of RAM (1Gb recommended)
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- Apple Macintosh G4 or G5 (933MHz or higher)
- OSX 10.4.11 or higher
- 512Mb of RAM (1Gb recommended)
| PC- 64 Slot Operation - Intel Core2 running at 2.0 GHz or higher (or comparable CPU)
- 128 Slot Operation - Intel Core2 running at 2.0 GHz or higher (or comparable CPU)
- 2GB of Ram (or higher)
- Duende V3 does not support Pentium or Celeron
|
MAC- Intel MAC running at 1.83 GHz or higher
- 2GB of Ram (or higher)
- Duende V3 does not support Power PC Macs.
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For best performance your system should meet the minimum requirements for your selected host application.
* Steinberg Cubase Sx3, Cubase 4, Nuendo and Wavelab 6, Apple Logic Pro 8, Cakewalk Sonar 5, Ableton Live 6, Digidesign Pro Tools LE and M-Powered 7 through the use of VST-RTAS wrapper.
