Software specifications
- Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP compatible.
- 256 virtual tracks on screen (i.e., up to 256 different takes) could be recorded at the same position in an Arrangement without having to erase any attempt, allowing, for instance, a submix of multiple backing vocal harmonies, instrument solos, or sound effects to be selected on any physical track later.
- Arrangements are created in the Arrange window, which displays audio Parts and automation Parts. The Parts reference the actual recorded digital audio or automation Takes on disk. Any section of any Take can be used in different ways by any number of Parts (e.g., a chorus vocal can be recorded just once, but used four times within an Arrangement with different volume settings). The Parts build up the Arrangement, and can be edited in a non-destructive way, at waveform level (for audio Parts) or event level (for automation Parts).
- Audio and automation Part editing tools: Track Assign, Move, Copy, Move Vertical, Copy Vertical, Cut, Move to Locator, Copy to Locator, Cut at Locator, Snap Point Edit, Crop, Mute, Glue, Info (allows checking/editing of several Part parameters), Delete, Trim (exclude Adjacent Parts Unless Selected), Trim (Include Adjacent Parts), Slip, Repeat, Timelock, Context Sensitive Edit (user configurable), XPro (gives access to XPro plug-ins).
- Audio specific Part editing tools: Solo, Solo Part, Solo Scrub, Multitrack Scrub, Volume and Fade Edit, Fade In, Fade Out, Volume Trim, Normalize Process, Time Stretch/Compress Process, Pitch shift Process, Sample Rate Convert Process, Reverse, DC Removal, Mixdown, Noise-Gate, Waveform, Stereo Link, Phase Invert, Crossfade.
- Automation specific Part editing tools: Automation Curve Select, Automation Event Edit, Automation Events Thinning.
- Digital mixing with fully configurable routing and 16 digital buses (32 with Mixpander). User selectable channel strips with mono, stereo or multiple channel inputs and mono, mono to stereo, mono to multiple channel (with Surround panning), stereo and multiple channel outputs. Individually selectable Equal Power Panning mode.
- 2-band EQ and multi EQ with up to four bands and curve type selection (Low Pass - High Pass - Band Pass with Constant Skirt Gain - Band Pass with Constant Peak Gain - Peaking - Notch filter - Low Shelving - High Shelving) (as many EQ modules as required can be inserted in any channel), Sample Delay element, unlimited track inserts, pre-post sends and inserts per channel. Supports third party effects plug-ins.
- Full mixer automation system with dynamic and static (snapshot) automation recording and 128 assignable automation tracks which can contain several automation curves (data layers).
Up to 99 levels of undo (selectable), also non-destructive SDisk formatting with SDisk recovery function. - Automatic recovery from power down during recording.
- 32 physical output channels per Soundscape 32 hardware unit, selectable for each audio Part on a virtual track. Non-destructive sample resolution editing with glitchless joins using an automatic deglitching algorithm at edit points. Many editing functions can be performed while in playback mode (on the fly), even when chasing to incoming Time Code.
- Takes and Arrangements can be dragged from the SFile Manager into the Arrange window and snapped onto the Current, left or Right Locator using the [Alt] or [Ctrl] key. This is very useful for positioning sound effects for a soundtrack while chasing video.
- The Video File Player file player directly synchronizes digital video playback on the PC with audio from the Soundscape 32 hardware. Full screen, full motion video output with suitable capture card and PC.
- The Big Current Time window is resizable and can use any TrueType font.
Networkable hardware and software with any 10Mbit/sec or faster Windows TCP/IP network. - 9-Pin operation for use with RS422 or MMC compatible equipment.
- Zoom in/out to single sample level for precise editing, using Zoom tool.
Total SDisk space is dynamically shared by all virtual tracks. - Cycle recording mode with stacked Takes and programmable preroll (like analog multitrack).
- Synchronization via MIDI Song Position Pointer and MIDI Clock or MIDI Time Code with continuous chase lock in slave mode.
- Time Axis display in SMPTE (hours, minutes, seconds, frames) or musical time divisions (bars, counts, ticks). Locator positions are also selectable in SMPTE or musical time formats and can be used to define regions for recording or mixdown and for playing from predefined positions.
- Arrangements are saved either as separate Arrange files on the host PC or on a Soundscape 32 SDisk.
- Backup of audio data can take place using any logical PC drive, so that CDR, DVD-Ram or SCSI removable media can be used for data backup.
- Batch Wave file (.WAV) or Broadcast Wave File (.BWF) file import and export for audio Takes allows compatibility with other Windows programs and transfer of samples between different applications.
- Pro Tools® Import and Export tools.
- Expansion up to 4 Soundscape 32 units, for up to 128 physical tracks with separate outputs. Synchronization just requires a daisy chained digital audio or W/S Clock connection between units. All units are controlled from one single instance of the Soundscape Editor, which can run in the background or on-screen with other Windows applications.
- The Soundscape Editor software requires a low use of PC processing power and memory, as all digital audio processing is performed by the DSP in the rack unit (and the DSPs on the Mixpander card if present). The PC is used just as a front end for the rack unit and the Soundscape 32 system layout does not require the use of a fast graphics card. This means that other processor or memory intensive applications run as normal when used concurrently with the Soundscape Editor.
- The Console Manager software supports multiple hardware controllers, connected via MIDI or RS422/232 to the PC. Soundscape 32 can act as a slave device, controlled by a Sony 9-Pin (Sony P2 protocol) machine controller for track arming, locating, and general transport control.
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