• INTERNAL STORAGE now supporting five different modes:
  • uncompressed audio
  • LOSSLESS compressed audio
  • HQ LOSSY compressed audio (~ 400 kbps)
  • SQ LOSSY compressed audio (~ 256 kbps)
  • LQ LOSSY compressed audio (~ 128 kbps)
• EXPORT to OGG Vorbis compressed format
• EXPORT to WMA compressed format
• IMPORT OGG Vorbis format
• DRAG&DROP IMPORT: drag multiple files from desktop or Explorer for batch import.

• LOSSLESS AUDIO COMPRESSION: realtime compression/decompression during recording, importing, cd capture, processing and playback. Use the "Setup -> Use Lossless Compression" menu item to activate.A gold icon depicting a clamp is shown next to lossless compressed regions into the region list.
• EXTERNAL ENCODERS: ValveMaster now can control external command-line encoders to convert to any format when batch-exporting audio files.
• CDAUDIO IMPORT: direct import from audio cd's (tracks can be lossless compressed in realtime).
• MARKERS: unlimited markers for each region, with selectable text and icons.

• multiselection support for importing groups of files in a single step
• import reports, with detailed error messages
• compressed audio files can be decompressed (for accurate edits) or accessed directly (to save disk space)
• compressed files display a detailed waveform even without decompressing
• new Ranges History viewer (drag & drop over regionlist to create regions)
• new Duplicate & Freeze Dry/Wet region commands
• enhanced recorder, dual SMPTE counter for time left/elapsed
• more....

ValveMaster web section now open with early info on this new product here. The application is an audio-finalizer/assets-manager based on ProStationAudio technology. Fully realtime design, in the best tradition of AudioLabs products. Integrated audio-database allows to work on unlimited DSP varitions of audio masters without even opening a single file requester, waiting for rendering, nor taking disk-space. Designed for realtime handing of unlimited amounts of 32bit-deep / 2GB-sized audio files. Analog-feel overdrive, works above 0dB with no digital clipping for most flexible DSP processing ever.

As details about the recent agreement between Genesi and AudioLabs are getting of public domain, a F.A.Q. page is now online here to explain the terms of the deal.



More DSPSpeed results.

More DSPSpeed benchmarking results published: AMD Duron 1200.



ProStationAudio workshop

German magazine AmigaPlus ( www.amigaplus.de) will publish an interactive workshop about ProStationAudio starting with their September issue (9). The project will cover following issues for 4 or 5 months, Nico Barbat, editorial director of AmigaPlus, says.

The workshop will be developed by PSA's expert Marcus Steblei (see here some notes on Marcus' audio works at the Munich planetarium). Readers may take part by sending their own audio material.



New ASD-1 ALPS plugin

ASD-1 is a new recursive delay with echoes running at different speed and pitch than the master signal. DSP implementation, not reproductable with analog fx devices. Works with any version of ProStationAudio for AmigaOS. Speed can be manually modulated in realtime (for recording to disk "realtime modulation performances" a full version of ProStationAudio is needed). Download ASD-1 here.



Titanium 5.05 ready

After a few internal releases (5.0x), Titanium 5.05 is being delivered this week. The application is now available in a new, slim, format, with the binary reduced by 50% for better CPU caches, and JIT, handling. All the original features have been mantained, plus new ones added (MIDI playback, via external sequencer, now active also during recording, auto-sized rendering,..) and fixes.

New entry into the DSPSpeed page: Athlon Thunderbird 1400 OC 1533.



DSPSpeed results: Athlon XP 2000+ close to 40x PSA acceleration.

More DSPSpeed benchmarking results published: the AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU makes ProStationAudio fly 29 times faster (minimum, up to 38.8 times faster) than on a 68060 system.

DSPSpeed test by Nico Barbat of the AmigaPlus magazine, Germany. DSPSpeed measurements on the H&P Silverblue system.

DSPSpeed is a tool that contains actual code from the ProStationAudio realtime engine, to provide accurate speed benchmarks without installing the whole application.



AHI driver for the AD516 released by Chris Brenner.

Th Sunrize's AD516 has been one of the most interesting ZII audio boards. Unfortunately, until now, there weren't any drivers of any kind for this card, leaving owners in need for realtime software with the only option to use Studio16, the application developed for this hardware by Sunrize and bundled with the product.

Lack of detailed documetation, and the fact that Sunrize left the market, prevented from taking advantage from more modern non-linear editing software, developed years after Studio16. Until now.

Chris Brenner just relesed his new excellent AHI driver, avalable on aminet, that now allows AHI-compatible applications to access the AD516 A/D D/A converters (for SMPTE support, Studio16 is still the right tool). Several applications have been already tested and work fine.

Early reports about ProStationAudio and this new development say that the driver exhibits low-latency, extremely important to allow using mixing automation and the 30+ realtime DSP effects for ProStationAudio. More info soon, as they arrive.

To donwload the driver, search for "AD516" on aminet. Info about the developer are into the driver archive, don't forget to send him feedback.



More DSPSpeed results.

More DSPSpeed benchmarking results published: AMD Duron CPU.



ALPS update and WinUAE benchmark.

APS-1 and APR-1 updates for Titanium compatibility here.

Early DSPSpeed benchmarking results for WinUAE-JIT (0.8.17 R3) on the DSPSpeed page. WinUAE runs at approximately half-speed than Amithlon, but still provides awesome acceleration for PSA.



December 2001: DSPSpeed results.

Early DSPSpeed benchmarking results published on the DSPSpeed page.



December 2001: DSPSpeed, the official ProStationAudio benchmark tool.

DSPSpeed, the new benchmark tool, is now avalable for downloading. Its own new page is located at http://www.audiolabs.it/dspspeed.



November 2001: New Repulse driver for ProStationAudio.

New native ProStationAudio driver for the Repulse analog and S/P-DIF board. Just received from the board makers, Alien Design from Germany. Download the new RepulseInOut from the files area.



November 2001: Bars&Pipes MIDI sequencer back in development in Germany.

As many people state they were not aware of this, it's worth a reminder...

The source code for the excellent Bars&Pipes MIDI sequencer was released last year by its developers. The company, Blue Ribbon, was earlier bought by Microsoft to operate on different markets.

Alfred J. Faust, from Germany, cleaned the source code as a start for further development. The first new release, now called BarsnPipes, was ready in May this year. Current version is 1.06 (October 2001), enhacements over the original design include screen mode selection, gadtools requesters, fixes.

The product is made avalable by Alfred as freeware. You can visit his page and download the software here.



November 2001: ProStationAudio Titanium, demo update.

New ProStationAudio Titanium demo 5.01 available in the download section.

• fixed Play Object and Play Region (were routed to the wrong busses resulting in noise)
• correctly loads older format projects, useful for tutorials
• variable bitrate DSP plugins now fully supported
• added "mouse-over" help text for new console buttons

Ready... go! The new ProStationAudio Titanium demo is available in the download section. The complete version will be available starting early next week.




October 2001: New ProStationAudio architecture for 2002.

It's ready. The ProStationAudio architecture has been enhanced to make this non-linear editing software solution for AmigaOS even more powerful. And faster. The new version based on this design, ProStationAudio Titanium, is ready and will be on sale in a few days. While Amigas are wonderful systems, their main problem is lack of raw hardware horse-power: Titanium addresses this problem at design level, using optimizations independent on the host CPU, so that 68K (060 recommeded), PPC, and emulated 68K hardware benefit.

Major new features include:

Signal path layout: stereo sends/returns

• multiple sends per track, stereo.
• multiple aux busses, stereo.
• multiple DSP inserts for each return bus, stereo.
• returns can be muted and/or soloed.
• plugin sharing among multiple tracks reduces CPU load, with peak acceleration up to 1500% (when using 15 sends to the same aux bus).

• master DSP inserts have been extended to 6, for increased flexibility.
• using track inserts, multiple sends/returns, and master inserts, now each track's signal can pass through up to 18 DSP processors.

• sustained 200% acceleration on mixing and effects processing, using bitrate reduction
• modifies the bitrate of multiple streams in realtime during disk-streaming, no need to save audio files at lower bitrates for fast previewing..
• fully transparent, original bitrate restored just before the signals reach the audio output hardware, providing full compatibility with fixed-rate devices such as external D/A converters over S/P-DIF.
• quality drop is acceptable for most material.
• any previously saved project benefits, no updates needed
• automatically disabled when mastering and/or bouncing tracks, to preserve always perfect quality on the final work.
• can be toggled on/off in realtime for comparisons

• the channel bars layout has been optimized to display more tracks at once on screen.
• the screen is public and palette-sharing friendly: use tools like calculators, notepads, or web browsers to view tutorials, directly on the ProStationAudio screen.

ProStationAudio compatible with G-Rex PCI busboards by DCE and Terratec PCI audio boards . Frank Mariak, DCE's software designer of drivers for the G-Rex, confirms that drivers they just made for the 128i and 512i Terratec models have passed preliminary tests for analog I/O with ProStationAudio. Drivers for the 512i are being extended with S/P-DIF support.

G-Rex makers and AudioLabs are actively cooperating to provide the best compatibility between this new PCI busboard and ProStationAudio (a big thank you to Frank for his continued and accurate work).

The G-Rex PCI busboard, available in two models for the A4000 and A1200 is a solution developed specifically for owners of P5/DCE CyberStorm and Blizzard PPC and/or 68K CPU cards. The G-Rex 4000D replaces the stock A4000 backplane, offering slots for PCI and Zorro cards. ProStationAudio takes advantage as well of PCI graphic cards installed on the G-Rex

G-Rex 4000D PCI busboard

ProStationAudio 4.20 is ready, with enhanced support for ALPS plugins. Starting with 4.20 it's now possible to operate on plugin panels even when the timeline is stopped. This is possible as plugins are now fed by a new auxiliary timebase generator when the timeline is not running (main timebase generator in stand-by).

This enhancement is completely transparent to existing ALPS plugins, just upgrade to 4.20 and all your currently installed ALPS plugins will now be active continuously. A side effect of the new scheme is that now you can also interact with plugins whose insert slots are in "by-pass" mode (not possible previously).

ProStationAudio 4.20 for AmigaOS is on sale since today, customers are receiving their free update.




ProStationAudio Millennium, T8 and Remix compatible with SoundBlaster PCI boards.

ProStationAudio is successfully working with Creative's SoundBlaster PCI boards installed on Mediator busboards, under AmigaOS.

The software has just passed tests at an audio production facility, under daily working conditions. The test setup includes a Mediator PCI busboard, SoundBlaster 128 PCI, and VooDoo graphic card for displaying the ultra-hi-res PSA GUI.

Mediator 1200 PCI busboard

• Draco
• Amiga with one or two CPU, up to two graphic cards, two monitors and any AHI-compatible audio card or stock audio chip. Graphic and audio cards can be on Zorro or PCI busses.

Apparently some graphic board models don't handle masked images correctly. A update pack for ALPS plugins is now available to fix display problems with images placed on plugins' front panels. It uses a different masking method, now working with any model. Direct download here. Updating is as simple as decompressing the archive to the plugins drawer and rebooting.



ProStationAudio 4.10, 24bit import and enhacements.

Beyond 16bit audio.

The current trend in the audio industry is to propose alternatives to 16bit audio storage. Efforts are targeting opposite directions: uncompressed high resolution (24bit/96KHz) and high compression ratios (MPEG).

In order to keep up to date in handling data generated by latest Mac and Windows audio applications the new ProStationAudio 4.10 now can import and convert to 16bit for multitrack editing from:

• 24bit/96KHz (packed data, mono and stereo) AIFF (Macintosh)
• 24bit/96KHz (packed data, mono and stereo) WAV(Windows)
• Raw MP3 files
• WAV MP3 files (0x55 format)
• WAV MP3 files (0x50 format)
• Shoutcast live streaming MP3

ProStationAudio 4.05 is being sent to customers (free update) this week.

Drivers enhancement:

• support for native Repulse drivers, beside AHI Repulse drivers.

• workaround for mpega.library to allow PowerPC acceleration when importing MP3 files.
• fixed Cyberguard hit on PowerPC startup.

• new scheme for mastering in Flyer audio format.

• new keyboard shortcut (LAMIGA-Z/X) for moving the mouse pointer between two monitors.

AmigaActive issue 18 features a detailed review of ProStationAudio by Don Cox. A four-page analisys addressing technical topics in depth, explaining both strong and weak points. The product received the top rating and the AmigaActive Gold Award. Visit the AmigaActive web site for more info about the magazine and availability in your country.

Ordering ProStationAudio, customers now get a copy of AudioLab16 in bundle. AudioLab16 is a processing/editing application, described in detail in the products area of this web site. Offer available for a limited amount of time, cross-grade offers from AudioLab16 to ProStationAudio are expired.

The ProStationAudio documentation is now available also in Adobe Acrobat format. Material edited by the US partner, Experimetal Media Research Lab located in Sacramento, California.

The archive is available for downloading here.



Vinylizer: vinyl-disk emulation.

Vinylizer is a new plugin for ProStationAudio (any version) for creating vintage sounds by inserting disk artifacts (rumble and dust/scratches) in the signal flow. It features also pick-up head EQ presets.

The Vinylizer is available for downloading here.



Tube Pre Amp: energy maximizer with realtime vacuum-tube emulation.

Tube Pre Amp is a new plugin for ProStationAudio (any version). It allows to increase the signal loudness up to 15dB without introducing digital clipping.

New version of ProStationAudio: T8.

T8 includes all the features of Millennium in an 8 stereo track / 16 channel layout. Support for dual-CPU, dual monitor, dual graphic card, realtime multitrack disk-streaming and DSP processing (multiple plugins on multiple tracks), mixing automation, faders control from external MIDI mixers and hunderds of other features.

T8 is 235 US$. 26 DSP plugins included (64 bit EQ, compressors, effects).


A table comparing different ProStationAudio versions is published here.


ProstationAudio v4.01 released.

Maintenance update. Both Millennium and Remix versions.


New:

• editable root names for recording, with automatic indexing for easier management of multiple takes.
• case-independent project-structures handling, to allow making backups on ISO-normalized CD-R's.

• Arexx PRELOAD command is now async (didn't return control to Arexx).
• Icons display now compatible with any graphic board with any color depth.

Check here for a tutorial on how to use the new ProStationAudio v4.00 Arexx interface to trigger multitrack playback (with realtime effects and mixing automation) using an external SMPTE source (such as a video deck) and the AD516/AD1012 boards. The Arexx interface supports buffers' preloading for zero-latency triggering.


ProStationAudio v4.00 ready for release.

The new ProStationAudio v4.00 is complete. Supporting two CPU's, splitted interface on two graphic cards and two monitors, ProStationAudio v4.00 is the perfect NL-editing software for power users. Two versions available, Millennium and Remix.. The Millennium 4.00 demo can be downloaded from the download area.

New features include:

Arexx command set for transport control Multiple metrics: time, bars:beats, wordclock, film (16mm and 35mm) Multiple timerulers at once on the timeline, configurable Two mixing desk models: compact and extended Info bar for accurate measurement of ranges and views GUI access to marker, range and view banks fixes and enhancements

This is the 8th free upgrade since version 1.00. Please, all the customers contact Audiolabs now to update the email addresses database and receive their copy. ProStationAudio v4.00 Millennium is available as an electronic update to customers that already received the CDR set, and on CDR for customers that received an electronic version earlier. Free of charge.

Details of the new timeline

The new ALPS plugin pack for ProStationAudio is available for downloading. A total of 26 plugins are currently available, with more plugins to be released soon.

Latest plugin pack features 6 new realtime processors:

ProStationAudio Remix is available starting this week. This entry-level version includes almost all the features of the Millennium version in a two stereo tracks layout. Ideal for DJ's and MP3/CD collectors, Remix includes all the tools needed to split and reassemble music tracks, from BPM calculation to automatic on-the-beat loops creation, from MP3 import to automatic crossfades. The mixing console is fully automated so that you can operate on faders and save your performances to disk. Faders motion can be edited manually and/or graphically. Auditioning and recording from web radio stations is included as well.

Video editors and broadcasting radio operators too can take advantage of Remix as it can process voiceovers automatically. Just provide a dialogue track and a background music track: Remix takes care of performing the voiceover by modulating the music level in realtime according to the dialogue level (ducking). Add some EQ/compression and have your optimized voiceover rendered to disk at lightspeed.

Every realtime ALPS plugin is compatible with Remix, giving access to 64bit EQ, filtering and effects.



With the Euro vs USD exchange rate dropping continuously (Euro lost up to 25% since its introduction), ProStationAudio prices listed in USD have now been reduced (ProStationAudio is made in Europe). Check the new prices here.




Ten new ALPS plugins available. Four AEQx plugins are accelerated versions (up to 35% by using simmetric coeffs) of existing units, six are new stereo AEQSx EQ filters. All of them are compatible with every ProStationAudio version.



AudioLabs' promo video

The new AudioLabs promo video, produced by the Experimental Media Research Laboratory of Sacramento (California), is now online, downloadable in MPEG audio+video format. Check out the details about this cool artwork here.

ProStationAudio Millennium demo is online for downloading. The application will be presented next week, along with the new ProStationAudio family now featuring three products.

The Millennium demo includes a full implementation of iRec, live audio streaming capabilities. Thanks to iRec, the ProStationAudio mixing console input (RecBus) can be switched between a local audio board or a remote audio server, accessible via Internet or a LAN. Once connected (Miami or compatible TCP stack required), iRec lets you record live streams. During the streaming process, ProStationAudio allows you to monitor the incoming signal and record direct-to-disk.




ProStationAudio Millennium, preliminary info

ProStationAudio Millennium is completing the quality-tests phase. The new product introduces a new internal engine while preserving full compatibility with projects created with any other version of ProStationAudio.

With Millennium, ProStationAudio evolves from a 16:32 system (16-channel streaming/editing, 32-channel processing/mixing) to a 32:32 system. The new version handles stereo files on the timeline, requiring just one track for any couple of L/R channels.

A preliminary list of new capabilities includes:

• stereo editing, xfading and linking
• freehand audio scrubbing (including automation scrubbing) with forward/backward varispeed playback
• looped audio scrubbing (including automation scrubbing)
• timestretching and tempo matching
• several auditioning modes: region, object, track, timeline
• new region-list manager
• region-list autocleanup to get rid of unused regions
• configurable timeline look and very fast redraws
• BPM (tempo) management
• ...more...
  
  

  Millennium's timeline. In foreground the AudioConform window: timestretching and tempo matching

  
  
  
  
  November 1999: ProStationAudio v2.50!
  

  
  
  ProStationAudio got a new major update. Shipping now is the new powerful v2.50.
  
  New Features in v2.50
  
  

  PSA-AHI transdriver.	v2.50 supports two families of audio drivers for maximizing compatibility and flexibility. Beside the orginal AudioLabs drivers you can now use any AHI driver for realtime operations.
  Batch Import.	Select a directory and let ProStationAudio import all the audio files, unattended. Great for handling large MP3 collections or building effects libraries on removable media for audio/video production.
  Tone generation.	Generate pure tones in the 5Hz:24000Hz range. 64bit accuracy. Applications: test signals, striping of masters with sync tones.
  Sweep generation.	Generate tones that sweep continuously from/to any frequency in the 5Hz:24000Hz range. 64bit accuracy. Applications: testing of listening rooms and devices' frequency response, special effects.
  DTFM generation.	Generate DTFM (phone dialing) tones. Phone number requester with full control on pause, tone and break durations.
  EDL import.	ProStationAudio now can import Edit Lists. Create a script with a text editor and let ProStationAudio build the whole project for you, automatically. New ProStationAudio edit list format.
  EDL plugins.	EDL plugins allow to import EDLs from other systems. ProStationAudio comes standard with plugins for the Producer EDLs (Elite/SoundStage) and the Studio16 EDLs (AD516/AD1012).
  EDL overlay.	Import multiple EDLs to merge different multitrack projects.
  Nudging.	Nudging with variable step (numerical entry, range size or object size). Move audio objects accuratly using keyboard shortcuts.
  Extended MP3 support.	Extended MP3 support including now Wave mpegs and a gain requester for the decoder.

  
  
  October 1999: Audio for laser shows at the Munich Planetarium edited with ProStationAudio.
  

  
  
  ProStationAudio is used for post-production of audio tracks for live laser shows held daily at the Munich Planetarium. Read more in this interesting article describing also all the laser devices used at the planetarium of the Forum der Technik in Munich.
  
  

  
  
  
  October 1999: ProStationAudio v2.10 shipping.
  

  
  
  ProStationAudio v2.10 shipping to customers. New features include objects nudging with configurable step size, EDL import, new TC requester, several enhancements. The price for new customers is unchanged, users of older versions get this upgrade for free as usual.

  
  
  August 1999: ProStationAudio v2.01 demo released
  

  
  
  New ProStationAudio demo (v2.01) available in the files area. The updated documentation archive is online as well.

  
  
  July 1999: ProStationAudio v2.00 presented at AmiWest99
  

  
  ProStationAudio v2.00 was demonstrated at the AmiWest99 show, held in late July 99 in Sacramento, California. In the picture, Floyd Diebel, director of the Experimental Media Research Lab in Sacramento, at the AudioLabs booth (on the right, the monitor displays the ProStationAudio v2.00 GUI).
  
  

  
  
  Floyd presented two technical seminars (his StationID tutorial for ProStationAudio is available for downloading in the files area).
  
  The new release introduces realtime rendering, allowing users to create a mixdown on disk while auditioning the material at the same time. The mixdown process grabs any sound modification in realtime including changing the virtual tape speed on the fly for tape-style effects, editing any plugin parameter on the fly, operating any fader/pan/switch in the mixing console.
  
  The new Magic Wand tool makes creating ranges a breeze, by automatically analizying audio waveforms and recognizing music beats, silence, etc... Just touch any part of a waveform and the Magic Wand creates a perfect loop.
  
  v2.00 can now import MPEG audio, including the popular MP3 format. Imagine importing a set of MP3 files, overlapping them on the timeline to create automatic crossfades, adding some realtime effects to EQ or maybe expand the stereo field, then rendering to CDDA for mastering, all this without the need of any additional tool than ProStationAudio v2.00.
  
  
  
  
  July 1999: AEQx suite for ProStationAudio shipping
  

  The AEQx suite adds studio-accurate EQ capabilities to ProStationAudio.
  

  • 64bit audio processing for true analog feel
  • frequency sweeps from 2Hz to 20000Hz (13 octaves !)
  • frequency resolution: 1/12th octave
  • autotrimming
  The AEQx suite includes parametric, shelf, band & notch, low pass & hipass filters.
  
  Early AEQx plugins available in the download area.
  
  
  
  
  New delay-based ALPS plugin available
  

  New plugins available in the download area.
  
  

  AAD-1: Analog Delay

  Single-tap scheme with feedback loop. A gentle LP filter in the feedback loop forces detail loss after several repetitions, much like older analog units.

  TimeBox: FripperTronics emulator

  The dry signal is freezed periodically and mixed with time reversed replicas. Great for sounds with slow decay such as guitars, strings, synths. Interesting with vocals too.

  
  
  ProStationAudio v1.40
  

  ProStationAudio v1.40 released. The new version includes support for dual monitor display (with two graphic cards ot one graphic card and the onboard chipset), doubled editing modes with the new Overwrite and Insert selectors, several enhancements and fixes.

  
  
  StationID tutorial
  

  Check out the Station ID tutorial for ProStationAudio here . Floyd Diebel of the EMRL studio teaches you how to get started with PSA and feel like a wizard in just a few minutes.

  
  
  ProStationAudio v1.30
  

  ProStationAudio v1.30 is shipping. The new version features the first implementation of the new time accounting system for easy extimation of production costs. You can query PSA about the total time spent working on a project, including asking for a detailed report on each single operation (date, time and duration). Reports can be exported as text for printing.
  
  Additional new features include multi range management (10 store/recall slots), visual hotspots for objects alignment, optimized screen refreshes expecially at 1280x1024 and up, new menus for markers, ranges and views, new hotkeys, fixes.

  
  
  ProStationAudio PPC!
  

  ProStationAudio v1.20 is ready. The new version supports both single processor 680x0 systems and dual-processor 680x0+PPC systems. The demo is available for downloading in the files area.
  
  The AVO-1 plugin for voiceovers needed an update to work with ProStationAudio v1.20. The fixed version is already online for downloading.
  
  Every other ALPS plugin is fully compatible with v1.20.

  
  
  new ALPS plugins released.
  

  New ALPS plugins online here!
  

  APR-1:	Stereo Phase Rotator
  AFL-1:	Flanger

  
  The APR-1 is a spatializer that moves the stereo field around the listener. Panning is obtained by phase modulation.
  The AFL-1 is a flanger unit, implementing both direct and inverse phase feedback.
  
  
  ProStationAudio demo released.
  

  The demo version of ProStationAudio is available for downloading! ALPS plugins are online as well starting with dynamics processing (compression/gating), stereo field extension and voice over compression (ducking).

  
  
  ALPS plugins, early screenshots.
  

  Visit the new area dedicated to the ALPS plugins (under contruction). The plugins themselves will be downloadable from the WWW server in the near future.

  
  
  A guided tour into ProStationAudio.
  

  The ProStationAudio section of this site now contains detailed screencaps and technical notes.

  
  
  Early ALPS audio plugins available.
  

  Audio plugins following the new ALPS architecture, compatible with ProStationAudio , are becoming available.
  
  Early models, part of the new A-Series, include:
  
  

  ADD-1:	a Digital Delay unit
  ASE-1:	a Stereo Image Extender
  ADC-1:	a Compressor/Limiter/Gate

  
  Every ALPS plugin supports realtime processing and realtime interaction. ProStationAudio lets you wire multiple plugins in serial/parallel configurations.
  
  
  ProStationAudio supports NewTek Flyer audio editing.
  

  ProStationAudio now supports audio streams in the special format used by the Flyer, the video NL-editing system by NewTek. Contact AudioLabs to learn more about this new exciting way to expand you Flyer-based audio-video workstation.

  
  
  ProStationAudio prototype unveiled in the US.
  

  A prerelease prototype of ProStationAudio has been unveiled for the first time on August 26th 1998 in California, US. A technical meeting was held at Calweb Internet, in Sacramento, thanks to a collaboration between SACC and AudioLabs. We want to thank Jim Szutowicz, president of SACC, for his invaluable help in planning the event, and Floyd Diebel of EMRL for taking care of the advanced technical aspects.

  
  
  AutoMotion technology included in ProStationAudio.
  

  ProStationAudio now includes a full implementation of AutoMotion to control the integrated mixing console. AutoMotion is the new engine for realtime automation of audio faders and panpots motion by AudioLabs. AutoMotion takes care of recording and reproducing any action users perform during mixing sessions on a software-based, realtime, audio console.

  The engine supports up to 16 independent stereo channels at once, with any combination of read, write and overdub modes. Realtime automation overdubbing with automatic punch in/punch out when grabbing/releasing faders is supported as well as offline graphical editing. Automation modes (read, write, over, bypass) can be redefined in realtime by the operator, independently on each channel, during audio playback.

  
  
  Announcing ALPS (AudioLabs Plugins System).
  

  AudioLabs announces ALPS, the first professional audio plugins architecture for AmigaOS. With ALPS, users gain unlimited possibilities to expand and customize for their specific needs future applications by AudioLabs.

  ProStationAudio , AudioLabs' new NL-editing system for audio and automation streams, is fully compatible with the ALPS architecture.

  ProStation allows users to pick any ALPS plugins installed on their systems and assign them to individual NL tracks (track DSP inserts) or globally to the whole mixdown (master DSP inserts).

  The ProStation implementation accepts multiple, chained, ALPS plugins to build complex custom effects combining multiple DSP operators.

  
  
  ProStation, early screenshots.
  

  Visit the new section dedicated to the forthcoming ProStationAudio system (under contruction).