Fairlight-CMI

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Connelly" 
<peter.yahoogroups@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Peter. I'll check this out.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Peter
> 
> 
> On 12/2/06, Peter Vogel <peter.vogel@...> wrote:
> >
> >    It is "an exceedingly fantastic sound card", which does not 
use DSPs
> > but provides:
> >
> > 230 Channel paths; each with eight bands of EQ, 3 stage dynamics
> > processing, 12 Auxiliary sends and up-to 72 user definable mix 
busses: all
> > from a *single PCIe *card.
> >
> > There is considerable detail available on the Fairlight.au 
website, look
> > under Hot Links on the homepage and click on Download CC-1 White 
Paper.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > *From:* Peter Connelly [mailto:peter.yahoogroups@...]
> > *Sent:* Friday, 1 December 2006 9:25 PM
> > *To:* Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> > *Subject:* Re: [Fairlight-CMI] CC-1 CRYSTAL CORE
> >
> >
> >
> > Is this CC-1 a DAW base system or an exceedingly fantastic sound 
card with
> > lots of DSP, i.e. could it potentially replace my Delta 1010, 
outboard,
> > UAD, etc and work with SX? Sorry for the ignorance, although it 
sounds
> > intriguing, I'm not 100% sure what this is. I checked out 
Fairlight's
> > website, but there's very little information...
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Peter
> >
> > On 12/1/06, David Bulog <d2ba@...> wrote:
> > >
> > >   I would say its far to early to say that CC-1 is better than 
Pro Tools
> > > HD because its too new and has not been proven. A good example 
is NIs
> > > KORE was released to much fanfare and the thing was a Native 
Instruments
> > > Disaster (never worked properly and still doesnt)
> > >  On 1/12/2006, at 10:38 PM, Peter Connelly wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm very intrigued with this revolutionary piece of kit... I 
must start
> > > saving now!
> > >
> > > P
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/30/06, big bloke < filmandlight@... > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >   Who ever was at the launch of fairlights new multi-media 
engine, the
> > > > CC-
> > > > 1 Crystal core. What an amazing revelation into what the 
future holds.
> > > > Myself. I'm getting rid of everything I own, to posess this 
new and
> > > > wonderful system. DSP is really gonna become a thing of the 
past. At
> > > > last the boys at fairlight will conquer the digi-design, 
that is slow
> > > > tools, strangle hold on what is industry standard.
> > > > The guys did good. AMAZING!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >  
> >
>
Peter said it all really.
Here's a sheet I ran off.


FAIRLIGHT CC-1 – THE alternative
A step-change for multimedia processing in audio post-production
In October 2006, at the AES show in San Francisco, Fairlight stunned 
the professional audio world with the
release of the Crystal Core CC-1 PCIe card, their groundbreaking 
application of FPGA technology.
The audio post industry's first use of FPGA technology will pave the 
way for future Fairlight systems - more
power, more features, greater creative possibilities and lower 
costs. The features offered by a single CC-1
card renders current DSP and Host-based processing systems obsolete 
and delivers price/performance ratios
demanded by audio post facilities in today's marketplace.
Hosted on a Windows PC, Fairlight's DREAM II range of products 
starts with cost-effective entry-level DAWs
and progresses through to large-scale, large-format surfaces - all 
with on-board mix capability, 64 ReWire
channels, assignable VST plug-ins and PyxisTrack – an integrated, 
editable video track which plays back SD
or HD files.
ONE FPGA-based CC-1 card provides:
• Up to 230 channels, 72 busses, support for 212 physical IO
• Integrated 192 track disk recorder/editor
• 8 bands of EQ and 3 stages of Dynamics ALL the time on ALL Channels
• Multi-format mixing and monitoring – up to 7.1
• Low latency < 0.5ms
• Concurrent fixed and floating-point bit resolutions
• High resolution audio – 192KHz ready (384KHz to be announced in 
the future)
• VocAlign, NoNoise sound design tools for CC-1
• Additional 64 Channel audio bridge to VST plug-ins - Rewire 
Connectivity, Waves etc.
• PyxisTrack – integrated HD and SD video playback
• Equivalent processing of EIGHT HD Accel™ cards
Fairlight CC-1 card with Crystal MADI Interface card mounted