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From: "Vercoe, Scotty" 
To: "'CSOUND'" 
Subject: Analog Devices Extended Csound 8/97
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 22:49:47 -0400
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We know that many of you have been wondering about the status of the
Analog Devices'  Extended Csound project.

Here is an update of our progress, our strategy, and how we see it
affecting the market.   We will send you the next update by October
10th.

If you have seen one of our demonstrations (ICMC '96,  AES '96, AES '97,
WINHEC '97, SEAMUS '97), you will appreciate the incredible power and
flexibility Extended Csound provides.  Our new hardware platform (the
Extended Csound PCI Development board) will provide even more MIPS to
run algorithms and support digital multichannel I/O capabilities.

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When will the new hardware and software be available and how much will
they cost?

It has always been our plan to provide a reference design to enable
commercial board vendors to manufacture boards and software developers
to write applications.  We are currently negotiating with several boards
suppliers to offer the hardware.  Until these negotiations are
completed,
please contact us.  We have decided to manufacture a specific number of
these cards in-house and make them available to all currently identified
software developers and board manufacturers.  Thus, we will ship an SDK
to every identified sound designer who wants one by October 1, 1997.  We
plan to make an SDK available to everyone who wants one until the boards
are available from commercial manufacturers.

What does the SDK kit consist of?

Extended Csound PCI Development board
	ADSP-2106x SHARC DSP including 2 Mbyte SRAM, 40 MIPS, 120 MFLOPS,
32-bit
floating-point performance, 10 DMA channels, all on-chip
	6 out, 2 in SPDIF
	6 analog out, 4 in (optional daughter board)
	MIDI in/out
Windows 95 GUI
API
Extended Csound executables
Launcher application
Manual
Example and test instruments
Extended Csound Tutorials
Benchmarks
Bill of Materials
Installation documents
How to make the transition from public to Extended Csound efficiently
and under MIDI control
All necessary cables
Directory names
Analog Devices technical and developer support contacts
List of recommended games, MIDI apps, and MIDI files
Technical differences between public and Extended Csound
A definitive book on Public Csound, edited by Richard Boulanger,
published
by MIT Press, sent separately in January, 1998
SHARC specifications
*SHARC tools (optional)

To cover a portion of the cost of these hand-coded cards, ADI will offer
them at a published list price of $1000.

*For developers requiring SHARC DSP tools, there will be a small
additional fee.  These tools enable linking of custom opcodes and
programming aids for the SHARC DSP.