About the reviewer: As many of you know, I'm currently writing the US manual for Samplitude 2496. I work closely with SEK'D as an independent contractor, but I'm not an employee. So… as a professional DAW user with quite a bit of experience with Samplitude Studio 4.0 and Samplitude 2496, I'll do my best to provide facts and opinions that are truthful and accurate. I'm calling this an Overview / Review because I've included a lot of technical information about the program. Projects - The DNA of an editing session Samplitude 2496 is unique in that it can record audio to hard disk or your system's RAM. 1. HARD DISK PROJECT: A recording made to hard disk is called an HDP (Hard Disk Project). In most cases, you'll want to record to hard disk due to the large storage requirements of digital audio. 2. RAM PROJECT: A recording made to your system's RAM is called an RAP (RAM Project). RAP recordings are useful for short segments of audio such as Impulse Responses (for use with the Room Simulator) or drum...

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One of the most exciting products to make headlines recently is the Yamaha DSP Factory DS2416. The Yamaha DS2416 offers the mixing power of the Yamaha 02R digital mixer, complete with 24 channels of digital mixing, on-board digital effects and dynamics processors -- along with everything else professionals need - plus 16 tracks of hard disk recording with up to 32 bit resolution. Unlike most other audio cards, the DS2416 relies on its own processing power and not the computer's CPU. This arrangement makes much better use of your existing hardware. DSP Factory equipped with 2 expansion bays

The feature list is impressive: - 24 channel, 32-bit digital mixer - 10 bus outputs and 6 aux sends - 104 bands of 4-band parametric EQ - 26 dynamics processors - 2 effect processors equal in quality to Yamaha's REV500 ...

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