BitHeadz Announces DirectConnect Integration
With Pro Tools
September 28, 1999
BitHeadz Inc. is proud to be one of the first software
synthesizer companies to implement support for Digidesign's new "DirectConnect"
technology for Pro Tools. DirectConnect allows the main stereo mix and all 16
MIDI channel mixes from both the Unity
DS-1 Sampler and the Retro AS-1 Synthesizer
to be routed directly into Pro Tools.
With the Unity DS-1 Sampler and the Retro AS-1 synthesizer you will be able
to route up to 32 streams of audio to the TDM bus. In Pro Tools, you can create
stereo or mono auxiliary tracks and assign the outputs from individual Unity or
Retro MIDI channels to these tracks. A "Main Out" is also provided giving
a combined stereo output from all of the MIDI channels that are not assigned individually.
You can run Unity and Retro tracks at the same time.
"This is something our customers have been requesting, so we are really
excited about this new breakthrough," says Director of Sales & Marketing
Earl Sondreal, "There are several advantages to using software samplers and
synthesizers inside the Pro Tools environment-one of the obvious advantages is
sound quality-your sampled sounds stay completely in the digital domain. Another
advantage is the elimination of a lot of extra hardware, cables and noisy power
supplies from your studio, plus the convenience of having all of your synth and
sampler sounds right inside your computer. Editing is also a lot easier on your
computer's large monitor versus tiny LCD's and load times are up to 16 times faster
than hardware samplers."
BitHeadz also has plans to add DirectConnect compatibility to their other software
instruments, Voodoo MIDI Drums,
and Black & Whites
Virtual Piano.
For more information, visit the BitHeadz web site at www.bitheadz.com. | 
