Digidesign Ships Massenburg DesignWorks Hi-Res Parametric EQ

Daly City, CA (April 2, 2003) — Digidesign® is pleased to announce the release of the much anticipated Hi-Resolution Parametric EQ plug-in for Pro Tools|HD created by acclaimed audio expert George Massenburg of Massenburg DesignWorks® (MDW®).

As a result of countless hours of critical listening and design by George Massenburg, one of the industry's foremost authorities, the MDW Hi-Resolution EQ provides Pro Tools users with a high-end EQ plug-in solution.

This groundbreaking plug-in boasts unprecedented clarity, superlative smoothness, and excellent high frequency response – all the result of Double Precision 48-bit processing and high-resolution 96 kHz sampling rate processing. With Double Precision 48-bit processing, the audio is processed with optimal precision resulting in less noise, increased headroom, fewer artifacts, and wider dynamic range. Even when working in sessions set to 44.1 or 48 kHz, the MDW EQ processes the audio at 88.2 and 96 kHz, respectively. The result is high-resolution audio, fewer artifacts, and more predictable filter curves.

In addition, the plug-in emulates the GML 8200's constant shape reciprocal filter curves, considered to be the industry standard reference for filter curves.

The MDW Hi-Resolution Parametric EQ highlights include:

• Double Precision 48-bit processing for unprecedented clarity
• High-resolution 96 kHz sampling rate processing
• Emulates the GML 8200's constant shape reciprocal filter curves, considered to be the industry standard reference for filter curves
• Selectable bands
• Wide frequency selection from 10 Hz to 41 kHz
• Professional interface design for speed and accuracy

This plug-in requires an iLok Smart Key for plug-in authorization, and is available for Digidesign-approved Macintosh computers running Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools 5.3.1 or newer software on Mac OS 9.x and OS X. Windows XP support is being considered for a future release.

For the latest product and compatibility information, visit Digidesign’s Web site at www.digidesign.com.

About Digidesign

Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID), is the world’s leading manufacturer of digital audio production systems, and the winner of the 2001 Technical Grammy Award. The company is the exclusive distributor of the Focusrite hardware and software product lines in North and Latin America. Digidesign provides the professional music, film, video, multimedia, and radio broadcast industries with tools for digital recording, MIDI sequencing, editing, signal processing, and surround mixing. Digidesign products are marketed in over forty countries worldwide through a distribution network of value-added dealers, distributors, and OEM relationships. For more information, visit www.digidesign.com.

 

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