Overview
Since 1993 Power Technology has been producing the award winning set of audio effects
known as the DSP-FX. During this time the DSP-FX has gained worldwide acceptance and
become the standard in the industry for providing world-class quality effects
processing.
The DSP-FX Plug-Ins excel in the five most important aspects:
Quality, Efficiency,
Compatibility, Ease of Use, Price
Quality
"I found the effects to be very high quality, and would not
hesitate to use them in any project."
Mix Magazine (Dave Tosti-Lane)
The most important aspect of any audio effect is how well it sounds. While sound
quality can be extremely subjective, the general consensus from both reviewers and users
alike is that the sound quality of the DSP-FX Plug-Ins compares very favorably to the top
effects processors available at any price. In fact, Electronic Musician Magazine gave the
DSP-FX it's top sound quality rating of five stars.
One important factor contributing to the exceptional sound quality is the fact that
all of the effects internally use 32-bit floating point arithmetic for all calculations.
This gives the effects an incredibly low noise floor without the harsh "digital" sound
associated with most other processors and plug-ins which use 24-bit fixed point
arithmetic.
The other factor is the quality of the algorithms themselves. The Power Technology
engineers have spent over ten years developing and improving the algorithms. In addition,
many of the world's top producers and recording engineers have assisted Power Technology
in refining the algorithms. We invite you to download a free demo version and hear for yourself the exeptional
quality of the DSP-FX.
Efficiency
"You should have no problem running over 5 effects on a fast
computer, and depending on the host application maybe even get it up to 20 or more like I
did!"
Composing/Recording/Mastering (Andre Oosterkamp)
One of the most common questions we hear is: "How many simultaneous effects will I be
able to run?" You will be happy to learn that at Power Technology we believe that no
matter how good an effect is, it is useless if it bogs down your entire computer.
Therefore we make it a priority that our plug-ins run absolutely as efficiently as
possible. Typically the DSP-FX Plug-Ins use less than half the of the CPU power that is
required to run other Plug-Ins.
The following chart documents the efficiency of the DSP-FX:
| Plug-In |
CPU % (900 Mhz) |
Num. Simultaneous Effects |
| DSP-FX AcousticVerb |
2.3% |
42 |
| DSP-FX StudioVerb |
3.6% |
27 |
| Waves Trueverb |
6% |
15 |
Compatibility
The DSP-FX Plug-Ins are the most versatile effects available. They can be "plugged-in"
to virtually all of the popular PC recording programs, or they can be run in two
different "stand-alone" modes. When you purchase any DSP-FX plug-in you will be able to
use the effect in all of the following modes:
- DirectX Plug-In:
Use directly within Sound Forge, Cakewalk, Cubase-VST, WaveLab, CoolEdit Pro, Samplitude
2496, Samplitude Pro, Logic Audio, Sonic Foundry Acid, SAW32, SAWPlus32, SAWPro, SEK'D
Red Roaster, Ensoniq PARIS, WaveConvert Pro and any other application that supports the
DirectX plug-in architecture.
- SAW Native Plug-In:
Use directly within SAW32, SAWPlus32, and SAWPro
- Winamp Plug-In:
Use directly within Winamp to improve the sound quality when playing MP3 files.
- Stand-alone ".WAV" Processing:
Process any .wav file in real-time and save the processed signal into a new .wav
file.
- Stand-alone "Live" Processing:
Turns your computer and soundcard into an outboard effects processor. Any DSP-FX plug-in
can be used to process the "live" stereo inputs of your soundcard, and in real-time send
the processed sound to the soundcard stereo outputs.
Another unique and powerful feature the DSP-FX is the use of MIDI control. Simply
connect any standard MIDI controller to a DSP-FX Plug-In and you will be able to adjust
all DSP-FX parameters with the physical controls. Also you can use your favorite MIDI
sequencer to "automate" the parameter changes of any DSP-FX Plug-In.
Ease of Use
"The DSP-FX provides a visual interface which is extremely easy
to use and shows everything you need to know about the parameters in a single
glance."
EQ Magazine (Wade McGregor)
All of the DSP-FX Plug-Ins feature extremely easy to use and intuitive font-ends. In
addition to providing standard knobs and faders for controlling the parameters, all
DSP-FX Plug-Ins provide a graphical representation of your effect settings. This is very
useful for "visualizing" exactly what the effect is doing to your signal.
Many customers are also very happy to find out that the DSP-FX Plug-Ins DO
NOT require the use of a dongle. Dongles are hardware keys used by many other
manufactures (Waves, Steinberg, etc.) to prevent the use of their software on more than
one machine at a time. The problem is that dongles can be very troublesome to install and
often cause the user's printer and other software to malfunction or stop working
altogether.
Price
"The DSP-FX Virtual Pack offers a lot of power for the
money."
Composing/Recording/Mastering (Andre Oosterkamp)
Please take a look at the DSP-FX Price List and you will be
surprised to see just how affordable the DSP-FX Plug-Ins are.
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