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WAVES Y56K ADD-IN CARD FOR YAMAHA AW WORKSTATIONS NOW AVAILABLE — Award-Winning Audio Processor Enhances AW4416 and AW2816— BUENA PARK, CA (11/1/01)—Yamaha Corporation of America, Professional Audio, announces the immediate availability of the Waves Y56K high-performance DSP add-in processor card for the AW4416 and AW2816 Professional Audio Workstations.
A joint development between Yamaha and Knoxville (TN)-based Waves, Inc., this hardware and software solution expands the recording, mixing and mastering capabilities of the AW4416 and AW2816, eliminating the need for rackmount or computer-based processing. The card and software package is currently available through authorized Yamaha dealers. The Y56K inserts into either of the two Mini-YGDAI slots on the rear panel of either workstation and utilizes two 120 MIPS Motorola 56K DSPs. Audio processing is supported with 48-bit internal precision on a 24-bit I/O. The Y56K includes ADAT Lightpipe fiber optic digital input/output in Master or Slave Mode, control software and six of Waves finest audio processors: TrueVerb, SuperTap Delay, L1-Ultramaximizer, Renaissance Compressor, Renaissance EQ and DeEsser.
"This joint venture reaffirms the success of the Yamaha AW workstations and establishes them as a viable and expandable platform for other manufacturers," states Wayne Hrabak, marketing manager, Yamaha Professional Audio. Each installed card supports up to eight chains of effects. These chains may be set to mono or stereo pair and independently configured to process audio directly to or from the AW workstation or the Lightpipe I/O. Each effect chain supports up to five different effect functions, with each function's order individually controllable. The effects chains and processor settings may be saved, loaded and quickly accessed using the snapshot automation of the workstation. Version 2.0 software is required for operation with the Yamaha AW4416. Current owners will receive the software upgrade package by mail, or may register at www.yamaha.com/proaudio/products/aw4416_upgrade.htm. "The Yamaha AW workstations are all about power, convenience and expandability," states Paul Bundschuh, vice president of marketing for Waves. "Until now, Waves award-winning processors have only been available for computer-based audio editing platforms. With Waves' Y56K, the AW series takes a major step in establishing itself as an open industry standard platform." "Pairing the Yamaha AW workstations with the Waves Y56K provides a new completely new level of creative options," adds John Schauer, product manager, Yamaha Professional Audio. For more information on the AW4416 or AW2816 Digital Audio Workstations and Waves Y56K add-in card, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Pro Audio & Combo Division, Professional Audio, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; e-mail infostation@yamaha.com; or visit www.yamaha.com/proaudio.
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