Press Release
July 1, 1999
For more information, please contact:
Frontier Design Group, LLC
199 Heater Road
Lebanon, NH 03766
phone:800-928-3236 or 603-448-6283
fax: 603-448-6398
info@FrontierDesign.com
www.FrontierDesign.com
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Frontier Design Group's super-integrated Dakota PCI soundcard is better
than ever, with these great new software features in driver version 2.01:
- An ASIO 2.0 driver provides ultra-low latency performance when monitoring
inputs and adjusting parameters in Steinberg's Cubase VST application. ASIO
2.0 provides a high-performance communication path between the Dakota
hardware and applications such as Cubase VST, bypassing the normal audio
delays in the operating system.
- Sample-accurate audio transfers. Using Syntrillium's Cool Edit Pro (v1.2)
or Steinberg's Cubase VST (v3.7), Dakota owners can transfer digital audio
between Dakota and any ADAT-compatible digital tape machine with sample
accuracy (about 400 times the accuracy of SMPTE timecode or MTC).
- A new Patchbay tab in Dakota's control panel for input monitoring and
digital audio format conversions. For example, Dakota's ADAT optical inputs
can now be monitored directly through its S/PDIF coax outputs. Just click
on an input and then on an output to connect them. Double-click to
disconnect. Routings can also be saved in the Patch Library.
- A new Taskbar icon for instant access to the Dakota control panel. The
icon indicates activity on Dakota's inputs and outputs, and clicking on the
icon opens the Dakota control panel.
Dakota integrates multichannel digital audio, synchronization, and MIDI on
a single PCI card, with industry-standard interfaces that provide access to
external converters, digital mixers, ADAT and DAT tape machines, digital
effects processors, and MIDI gear. Dakota is the centerpiece of a complete
family of professional digital audio products that include Tango24 for
24-bit multichannel analog I/O, the optional Montana PCI/ISA card for audio
and sync expansion, and the optional Sierra box for MIDI and SMPTE expansion.
The Dakota v2.01 driver is a free software upgrade which can be downloaded
now from the Dakota Drivers page of the Frontier Design Group web site
(www.frontierdesign.com). For more information, please visit the web site,
send email to info@frontierdesign.com, or call 1-800-928-3236 (603-448-6283
outside USA).
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