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AMPEDNews / Hardware
Luxury MIDI-faderbox SAC 2K
29-Mar-00
SAC 2K SOFTWARE ASSIGNED CONTROLLER
The new MIDI-Controllerbox SAC 2K from the german company Raditec, doesn´t need to be installed or assigned MIDI-data, so that your musicsoftware supports it. The controller will be connected through the USB-bus, the software gets a welcome-greeting, and then your sequencer has a new userinterface. You can control now the volume, mute tracks, the EQ´s, dynamic-processors and effects. SAC 2K offers lots of keys, faders, LED´s and three 2x40 character-displays, which get permanently information from your musicsoftware, you need for musicproduction.
Of course this does make a lot of datatransfer necessary between the computer and the controller - another reason why Radikal Technologies uses the USB-bus. It offers besides the simple installation, the enormous advantage of speed towards normal MIDI-transfers.
The following companies are supporting, or are planning to support the new SAC 2K:
Emagic SEK'D Digidesign Steinberg Sonic-Foundry Cakewalk Native-Instruments Creamware Soundscape Bias MOTU
Technical Specifications:
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Userinterface-elements:
9x Touchsensitive Motorfader, 12x Rotary-Encoder with 31 Element Valuedisplay, 3x 2x40 Character Displays, 1x Locator-Display, 9x Track-Select keys, 8x Mute/ Solo key, 10x keys to select Mixer-Parameter (Pan, Send/Insert Switch, Send/Insert 1-4, 4 EQ-Switch), 6 keys for Track-category-choice (Audio, MIDI, Input, Instrument, Bus, Group), 4 keys for trackgroup-choice (1-8, 9-16, 17-24, 25-32), 12x Software Navigation keys, which can be also used for similar number-input, 5x Channel-Strip keys, 5x keys for Play/Record control (Play, Record, Stop, Rewind and Forward), 1x Shuttle Wheel, 4x Marker keys, 1x Scrub-key, 1x System key, 1x Shift key
Communication:
USB-Bus via HID-protocoll or MIDI-System-Exclusive
Connections:
USB-Interface with Input and 4 time HUB to connect further USB-gear, MIDI-Interface with MIDI-In, Out, Thru, Powersupply-connector
Size:
620mm x 335mm x 85mm
Price: 3500 DM (German Mark) (app: $US 1750.-)
Submitted by Tom Finegan
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