Studio-quality audio processing no longer requires expensive gear, according to Universal Audio Inc. (Scotts Valley, Calif.), which has harnessed up to four Analog Devices' Sharc (Super Harvard ARchitecture Computer) digital-signal processors on a single PCI Express board. By plugging the Sharc-based board into even garden-variety PCs, all the audio processing capabilities of studio-grade gear become accessible to virtual mixers via software plug-ins.
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