GigaSampler
from NemeSys Offers Real-Time Hard Disk Based Sampler
January
29, 1998
NemeSys Music Technology, Inc. unveils the first of its suite of products, GigaSampler(TM),
at this week's NAMM show. The GigaSampler is the music industry's first taste
of how the personal computer will generate music in the future. At a fraction
of the cost, the GigaSampler breaks down all performance barriers that limit even
the highest-end hardware samplers. Said to be the 'Worlds Biggest Sampler, GigaSampler
increases tenfold the sampling capacity of the highest performance sampler of
today. For the first time ever in this market, a software technology is armed
to smash numerous performance and cost barriers imposed by proprietary, dedicated
hardware systems. "Using the resources of the personal computer and our experience
in software design, we are able to give the musician versatile, quality sounds
with performance levels never before attainable", said Jim Van Buskirk, president
and founder of NemeSys Music Technology. "GigaSampler delivers superior quality
with a cost advantage of roughly 20% of the price of the closest competing hardware
sampler." GigaSampler is the first product to stream samples real-time directly
from the hard disk when played from a keyboard controller or another MIDI device.
Huge 'instruments can be loaded in seconds, rather than minutes. "By leveraging
the hard disk to playback instruments, rather than using RAM as in conventional
samplers, GigaSampler is capable of delivering digitally perfect replications
of world class instruments. Sound developers are now constrained only by their
imaginations when designing instruments", points out Van Buskirk. Traditional
techniques for compressing samples like looping, although supported, are no longer
needed, Ironically, being a software product, GigaSampler's only competition
is from costly, dedicated hardware products - thus placing the NemeSys product
in a category of its own. Delivering successful audio technology is nothing
new to this team. With experience in developing products like a low cost FM emulation
module and a software based wavetable (WaveStream(TM)), "This is the third time
we have redefined the dynamics of the audio technology business" said Joe Bibbo,
NemeSys vice president and co-founder. GigaSampler has many other 'industry
firsts. Utilizing the revolutionary Endless Wave(TM) technology, under exclusive
license from Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, GigaSampler is the first commercial
sampler to shatter the multi-gigabyte sampling barrier. "We are pleased that GigaSampler
is taking the Endless Wave core audio technology *into the MI market", said Tom
Eichenberg, product line manager for Rockwell's Personal Communications Division.
"Having a breakthrough product such as GigaSampler will validate Rockwell's position
as a leader in the PC audio market". GigaSampler is also the first professional
sampler to offer copy protection to professional sound library companies - an
issue that has stagnated the growth of the sound content industry. "It's amazing
that our industry has survived to date without copy protection", said Doug Rogers,
President/CEO, EastWest, the World's leading supplier of professional sample libraries.
"This will surely increase the total accumulated market and rejuvenate our industry".
Having all of the features of its hardware competition, compatibility with
professional sound library standard formats, unique 'Dimension' sample hyper-mapping
and crossfade capability, industry leading sound library support, and the largest
capacity of any commercial sampler, GigaSampler is a serious entry point for NemeSys.
Founded in 1996, (New Media Systems) NemeSys Music Technology, Inc. is a leading
producer of software signal processing technology components to the Audio, Music,
and Multimedia Markets. Based in the Silicon Hills of Austin, TX, NemeSys is 100%
privately held by employees of the company. The company currently has core expertise
in audio signal processing, PC system programming and architecture, user interface
design and software productization. For
more information, visit their web site at www.nemesys.com. |
