Sonic Core is a German developer of digital audio systems,
/ref> that in 2007 took over some of the assets of Creamware
Creamware is a cream-coloured refined earthenware with a lead glaze over a pale body, known in France as '' faïence fine'', in the Netherlands as ''Engels porselein'', and in Italy as ''terraglia inglese''.Osborne, 140 It was created about 175 ...
, and continues to support, manufacture and develop the Scope DSP
DSP may refer to:
Computing
* Digital signal processing, the mathematical manipulation of an information signal
* Digital signal processor, a microprocessor designed for digital signal processing
* Yamaha DSP-1, a proprietary digital signal ...
hardware platform and associated software that was originally developed by that company.
The company released the Scope Xite-1 in 2009, but unlike older Scope products developed by Creamware that were internal PCI cards the Xite is an external rack unit, combining a high-end audio interface with a powerful DSP-based audio accelerator farm based on newer DSP chips than the older Scope platform used, but compatibility with older software is maintained by also providing a farm of 6 processors from the original cards. Interfacing with a host computer is done using a PCIe
PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), officially abbreviated as PCIe or PCI-e, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and AGP bus standards. It is the common mo ...
card or an ExpressCard. The company has also released pay-for updates to the Scope software platform, thus enabling owners of older Creamware cards to use software written for newer products and run the cards under newer versions of Microsoft Windows
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.
Updates for other products that were originally developed as additional Scope components by Creamware have also started to show up, version 4 of the Modular Synthesiser was made available in December 2009 as a paid upgrade but the company has also been helping third parties that have written software for the Scope platform to release their software as hardware products, the Solaris
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* ''Solaris'' (novel), a 1961 science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem
** ''Solaris'' (1968 film), directed by Boris Nirenburg
** ''Solaris'' (1972 film), directed by ...
that is manufactured by John Bowen is the result of such a collaboration.A Solaris Demo and a video interview by Gearwire with John Bowen - Youtube
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References
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External links
Sonic Core HomepageThe Planetz Forums
Discussion group about the Sonic Core Scope DSP platform
Devez.org - A Scope user resourceDedicated site for the S, C Modular synthesizerScope Wiki
Technology companies of Germany