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Now Shipping: Digidesign 64-bit Expansion Chassis
Press Release
2004-06-20

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Designed and built by MAGMA, the Digidesign 64-bit Expansion Chassis expands the capabilities of Pro Tools|HD Accel systems by freeing them from the PCI slot limitations typical of most host computers. With the Chassis incorporated into your Pro Tools|HD Accel system, you have access to all the DSP and video power you need for the most demanding music and post production projects.

The Digidesign 64-bit Expansion Chassis supports up to seven Digidesign PCI cards: a Pro Tools|HD Core card, and/or HD Accel cards and legacy HD Process cards for additional mixing and processing power. The Chassis makes full track counts in the Pro Tools|HD environment a reality — 192 tracks at 44.1/48 kHz, 96 at 88.2/96 kHz, and 36 at 176.4/192 kHz. A perfect complement to the modular, power-on-demand nature of Pro Tools, it also ships with an ample 400-watt power supply and extra cooling at no additional cost.

With the Digidesign 64-bit Expansion Chassis, MAGMA's patented PCI Expansion Technology is incorporated into a short "universal" PCI card, extending the PCI bus outside of the host computer. An included 1.5 meter flexible cable provides a high-speed communication link from your host computer to the Chassis, providing up to a 264 MB/second data transfer rate between your computer and the hardware within the Chassis.

Expanding a Pro Tools|HD system is a simple matter of installing HD Accel cards into the Chassis’ slots, rebooting your computer, and launching Pro Tools. Installation is quick and easy, with no special software needed. You simply install the Digidesign 64-bit Expansion Chassis host interface card in your computer’s first PCI slot and connect its cable to the Chassis interface card. Courtesy of MAGMA's patented PCI Expansion Technology, everything installed in the Chassis actually behaves as if inside the host computer, so you enjoy optimal data transfer rates and full track counts along with room to grow.

Features:

Includes seven 64-bit/33 MHz expansion slots

Supports higher Pro Tools|HD Accel track counts than with 32-bit chassis

The only expansion chassis qualified for full 64-bit performance with Pro Tools|HD & Pro Tools|HD Accel

Supports the Digidesign AVoption|XL system

Enables incremental growth of your Pro Tools system

Employs the latest expansion chassis technology from MAGMA

1.5 meter cable included

Quick and easy installation