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List Price: $2495.00
Discount: 20%
Our Price: $1999.00
At Musiciansfriend.com on December 02, 2010.

The ultimate virtual instrument player and hardware DAW for your keyboard workstation or MIDI controller.

SoundSlate sound module redefines music production and performance by incorporating Open Labs' music operating environment including the critically acclaimed virtual instrument host Riff, 8000+ of sounds and effects, a robust audio I/O, and a powerful computer core running Windows XP into a 1U-ultra compact case that packs a punch.

Hardware DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)
The SoundSlate DAW gives you professional music production equipment for the price of a laptop. Ultra-high performance 24-bit/ 192kHz A/D converters (same as Pro Tools HD 192 I/O interface). Make music right out of the box with the SoundSlate's 8000+ preset sounds and effects. Includes Cubase LE, Sonar LE, LIVE LE and much more.

VST Player
Open up your closed systems with Open Labs Soundslate. Turn your traditional keyboard workstation into an open system. Run any VST and get more for less out of your gear using Open Labs' Riff (VST hosting software). SoundSlate is the last hardware sound module you will ever buy.

Pro Tools VST Coprocessor
Add processing power to your Pro Tools Rig. Play any VST with ease. Elegant integration with rackmount form factor and Controller II touchscreen. Get more PRO with your Pro Tools using SoundSlate.

All-in-One Solution
Unlike all other dedicated electronic musical instruments and workstations, Open Labs SoundSlate's optimized Windows OS natively supports virtually any music application or plug-in developed for a PC. From Pro Tools to Nuendo, Native Instruments Komplete to Spectrasonics Omnisphere, SoundSlate does it all with ease.

Make Your Digital Audio Workstation "OPEN"
Riff is an entirely new concept in virtual instrument hosting. Written from the ground up by Open Labs, Riff encompasses over six years of live performance and studio production knowledge gathered from some of the world's top artists, engineers, composers, and producers.

Simply speaking, Riff is a multi-effect and multi-instrument rack for musicians and sound designers. It is also a VST host that runs as a standalone application.

Its advanced features include: Live Controls, which allows the user to create any number of virtual controls in real-time that can be mapped to various effects and other parameters. Advanced intelligence allows any number of virtual controllers to manipulate any number of other virtual controllers, providing automation for virtual instruments and effects. Rewire allows for this powerful host application to be used within any DAW program.

Riff allows a user to stream the ASIO or VST input signal through chains of individual VST effects so you can use your Open Labs instrument as a real-time multi-effect processor.

It enables a user to play several VST instruments at the same time. You can layer several instruments to create complex sounds. Or, users may play instruments on different MIDI channels: It turns a computer into a multi-timbral sound generator.

Own Every Sound
MimiK (optional) keyboard cloning software will clone the sounds of any MIDI equipped keyboard or hardware sound module. Put all your keyboards in SoundSlate virtual instrument player and hardware DAW.

Superior Support
Open Labs instruments are equipped with an Ethernet port, allowing access to the Internet via a broadband connection. Open Labs tech support can log-in to your system, and our online technicians can remotely view and diagnose any issue — while you are still in your own studio.

Open Labs SoundSlate Virtual Instrument Player and Hardware DAW Features:

  • Host over 100 VST plugins at once
  • Play over 500 note polyphony
  • Record/Play over 400 audio tracks
  • Sample for 15 days straight
  • Near zero latency
  • Can accommodate the fastest processors available
  • Enables user to easily change settings and access programs
  • Ethernet port gives user direct access to the internet
  • Can run virtually any plugin or application designed for the windows XP operating system

Order the last hardware sound module you may ever need to buy.

Open Labs SoundSlate Virtual Instrument Player and Hardware DAW Specifications:

  • CPU: Intel Core2 Duo (2.8GHz)
  • Memory: 2 GB (upgradable to 4GB)
  • Storage: 500 Gigabyte (upgradable to 2TB)
  • Drive: Slimline CD/DVD Burner

    Connections:
  • (8) USB 2.0 ports
  • (1) Gigabit (10/100/1000) Ethernet port
  • (2) DVI Video ports (1 DVI-I, 1 DVI-D)
  • (1) E-SATA port

    Audio:
  • Sample Rates: 44.1, 48, 96, 192kHz from internal crystal or externally supplied clock (no sample rate conversion)
  • Bit Depths: 24-bit I/O, 32-bit processing
  • E-MU E-DSP 32-bit DSP with 67-bit accumulator (double precision w/ 3 headroom bits)
  • Hardware-accelerated, 32-channel mixing, and multi-effects processing
  • Zero-latency direct hardware monitoring w/effects
  • ASIO 2.0, WDM/MME/DirectSound Drivers
  • EDI (E-MU Digital Interface) proprietary 64-channel audio link over CAT-5 cable
  • Anti-Pop speaker protection minimizes noise during power on/off
  • Ultra-low jitter, clock subsystem: < 1 ns in PLL mode (44.1kHz, Opt. S/PDIF Sync)

    Analog Line Inputs (2)
  • Type: servo-balanced, DC-coupled, low-noise input circuitry
  • A/D converter: AK5394A
  • Level (software selectable):Professional: +4dBu nominal, 20dBu max (balanced); Consumer: -10dBV nominal, 6dBV max (unbalanced)
  • Frequency Response (20Hz – 20kHz): ± .05dB
  • Dynamic Range (1kHz, A-weighted): 120dB
  • Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted): 120dB
  • THD+N (1kHz at -1dBFS): -110dB (.0003%)
  • Stereo Crosstalk (1kHz at -1dBFS): < -115dB

    Analog Line Outputs (2)
  • Type: Balanced, low-noise, 3-pole low-pass differential filter
  • D/A converter: CS4398
  • Level (software selectable): Professional: +4dBu nominal, 20dBu max (balanced); Consumer: -10dBV nominal, 6dBV max (unbalanced)
  • Frequency Response (20Hz - 20kHz): + 0.0/-.35dB,
  • Dynamic Range (1kHz, A-weighted): 120dB
  • Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted): 120dB
  • THD+N (1kHz at -1dBFS): -105dB (.0006%)
  • Stereo Crosstalk (1kHz at -1dBFS): < -115dB

    Digital I/O:

    S/PDIF:
  • 2 in/2 out coaxial (transformer coupled)
  • 2 in/2 out optical (software switched at ADAT)
  • AES/EBU or S/PDIF format (software selectable)

    ADAT:
  • 8 channels, 24-bit @ 44.1/48kHz
  • 4 channels, 24-bit @ 96kHz (S-MUX compatible)
  • 2 channels, 24-bit @ 192kHz

    MIDI: 1 in, 1 out

    Synchronization:
  • Internal crystal sync at 44.1, 48, 96, 192kHz
  • External sample rate sync via: ADAT (44.1 - 192kHz); S/PDIF (opt. or coax 44.1 - 96kHz)

    Power Supply: 250 Watt Power Supply, Whisper Quiet Cooling Fans (Internal Chassis, Processor & Power Supply)

    Included Accessories:
  • (1) External USB QWERTY Keyboard
  • (1) USB Mouse

    Dimensions: 19"(W) X 12"(D) X 1U(H)

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