soapbox Posted November 28, 2001 Share Posted November 28, 2001 << FireWire Interface Announced for Kyma Workstation Delivers 600% Faster Communications on Laptop Computers November 28, 2001 -- Symbolic Sound Corporation announces a new FireWire (IEEE 1394a-2000) interface for its Kyma sound design workstation. The new 400 Mbps interface provides a faster connection between a laptop or desktop computer running the Kyma.5 software and Symbolic Sound's multi-processor Capybara*320 audio accelerator. Benefits include: More disk tracks on both laptops & desktops - On a laptop computer, Kyma users can now expect to record/playback 24 mono tracks of 16-bit 44.1kHz audio. (That's 6 times as many tracks as could be delivered over the slower, PCMCIA interface card). On a desktop computer, the FireWire interface can deliver 26 tracks of recording and playback tracks. Faster downloads - Downloads between Kyma and the Capybara*320 are now up to 6 times faster than they were over the PCMCIA and PCI interfaces >> More here... Enthusiasm powers the world. Craig Anderton's Archiving Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbox Posted December 2, 2001 Author Share Posted December 2, 2001 This deserves a bounce. Not only is this a great development for Kyma users, but it's the confirmation of a great trend we should all benefit from. MOTU's 828 and this interface are the beginning of the end for needing PCI cards to connect breakout boxes to computers. That's a great thing if you've only got three or four PCI slots, but you want to connect a dozen devices. Of course, FireWire can handle a lot more than a dozen devices; but you get the idea... [ 12-01-2001: Message edited by: soapbox ] Enthusiasm powers the world. Craig Anderton's Archiving Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted December 3, 2001 Share Posted December 3, 2001 Thanks for the news Soap - much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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