Medea Announces AudioRack scsi -- High-Performance, Low-Cost, 19" Rack-Mount Storage for Digital Audio Workstations.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers AES Convention LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2000 New Rack-Mount Version Joins Medea's Desktop AudioRaid scsi Solution to Give Users a Choice of Fast, Economical Disk Arrays That Best Suit Their Studio Setup Medea Corp., manufacturer of award-winning storage subsystems, today announced AudioRack scsi, a 19" rack-mount, disk array designed to support professional-level digital audio workstations (DAWs) at a fraction of the cost of competing audio storage solutions -- as low as $22/GB (street price). AudioRack scsi disk arrays, available in four- and eight-drive single-channel and eight-drive, dual-channel Ultra2 SCSI See Ultra SCSI. configurations, are optimized to support today's professional DAWs. In a single-channel configuration, Medea's proprietary Audio Stripe Technology (AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. ) and integrated hardware RAID controller A disk controller card that supports one or more RAID configurations. Originally only for SCSI drives, RAID controllers have become very popular for PATA and SATA drives. See RAID. enable AudioRack scsi to support 64-tracks of 24-bit/96KHz audio. When used in conjunction with a dual-channel SCSI adapter See SCSI host adapter. , the eight-drive AudioRack scsi will support up to 128-tracks of the highest quality audio. Working with AudioRack scsi is a breeze. Each AudioRack scsi channel appears to the DAW as one large SCSI disk drive with a single SCSI ID (hardware) SCSI ID - The unique address of a SCSI device. SCSI IDs range from 0 to 7 for 8-bit SCSI systems, 0 to 15 for 16-bit and 0 to 31 for 32-bit systems. The SCSI adaptor is usually assigned ID 7. A device's SCSI ID is often set by switches on the device. . Users simply record all of their audio tracks to AudioRack scsi -- no more juggling between multiple storage devices. Since any ambient noise can disturb the audio production process, AudioRack scsi is designed for ultra-quiet operation. "Medea has been very successful in supplying low-cost and easy-to-use storage solutions for nonlinear video editing Editing video in the computer. Also called "nonlinear editing" (NLE), digital nonlinear systems provide high-quality post-production editing on a desktop computer. However, some detail may be lost if lossy compression is used to store the images (see lossy compression). applications with the VideoRaid line of arrays. With our AudioRaid and new AudioRack scsi arrays, we have taken our proven RAID controller technology and applied it to the requirements of professional digital audio workstations," said Roger S. Mabon, director of marketing for Medea. "The result is a storage system that will support the editing of up to 128-tracks of high-quality audio at street prices as low as $22/GB." AudioRack scsi attaches to any Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. or Macintosh-based DAW equipped with an Ultra2 SCSI host adapter Also called a "controller" or "host bus adapter," it is a device that connects one or more peripheral units to a computer. It is typically an expansion card that plugs into the bus. IDE and SCSI are examples of peripheral interfaces that call their controllers host adapters. See host. . As audio storage requirements grow, AudioRack scsi modules can be easily daisy-chained together for storage capacities up to 4.5 terabytes for an amazing 60 hours of 64-track, 24-bit/96 KHz sessions. AudioRack scsi disk arrays are available in four-drive 60 GB and 120 GB capacities and have list prices of $2,999 and $3,799, respectively. Eight-drive solutions include 120 GB and 240 GB versions with list prices of $4,299 and $5,999, respectively. AudioRack scsi is available from authorized distributors, value-added resellers (VARs) and mail-order suppliers. Call Medea toll free at 888/BY-MEDEA for a list of these resellers. Medea Corp., with headquarters in Westlake Village, Calif., designs and manufactures high-performance, low-cost storage subsystems optimized for digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. and Internet streaming media applications. Corporate headquarters are located at 5701 Lindero Canyon Road, Bldg. 3-100, Westlake Village, Calif., 91362. Telephone: 818/597-7645. Fax: 818/597-7643. Internet: www.medeacorp.com. AudioRaid scsi, AudioRack scsi and VideoRaid are trademarks of Medea Corp. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Visit Medea at AES in Booth No. 1420. |
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