03/13/07

Ships Major Update to ChannelStrip for Pro Tools

(March 14, 2007) – Metric Halo is pleased to announce that the version 2.2 updates for ChannelStrip|TDM and ChannelStrip|RTAS are now available. The 2.2 update is freely available to all registered OS X users of ChannelStrip and provides a large number of significant enhancements and bug fixes.

Metric Halo’s ChannelStrip has been an integral part of the sound of myriad Grammy-award winning, Gold and Platinum records, hit TV shows and blockbuster movies. Originally developed in 1998, ChannelStrip was the first plug-in to bring classic large format console-style channel processing to Pro Tools. With the first 48-bit EQ on the platform, ChannelStrip has been the critical tool for getting “the sound” for thousands of professional recording engineers, producers, composers and musicians world-wide.

ChannelStrip 2.2 is a Universal Binary, and supports Pro Tools 6.4 – 7.3 on both PPC and Intel Macs. ChannelStrip 2.2 also provides complete support for HD|Accel DSPs and PCIe cards on all Mac platforms. In addition to extending ChannelStrip support to PCIe cards and HD|Accel DSPs, ChannelStrip continues to support Mix and HD systems.

ChannelStrip TDM 2.2 features a brand new DSP allocation engine. The new DSP allocation engine removes the source of DAE errors that some customers encountered when opening and closing multiple sessions during a single launch of Pro Tools, and now provides reliable operation for unlimited instantiation/deinstantiation cycles.

New features include:

• Support for plug-in clip-light and system wide clip indicator reset
  
• Support for Accel chips and 192k on TDM Accel systems
  
• Complete page table support for all supported control surfaces
  
• UB support for TDM and RTAS
  
• 16/8/4 mono instances per Accel chip at 1x/2x/4x rates
  

Notable bug fixes include:

• Fix for Gate bug at 96k on Mix and HD systems
  
• Fix for lack of support of PCIe systems
  
• Fix for DSP chip allocation bug
  
• Fix for window resize bug
  

According to B.J Buchalter, V.P. of R&D at Metric Halo, “The 2.2 release of ChannelStrip for Pro Tools systems is the best release we have had since the original introduction of the product. We know that ChannelStrip is the ‘go-to’ plug-in for a huge number of Pro Tools users and that the lack of support for many of Digidesign’s newer technologies was getting folks down. We are happy to be able to say that ChannelStrip now supports all current Pro Tools technologies and is completely rock solid. With this release we are re-affirming our commitment to the Pro Tools community, and to our loyal customers.”

It’s an Accelebration!
In order to celebrate this major release, Metric Halo is holding a ChannelStrip Accelebration. For a limited time, (from March 14 to April 14, 2007) Metric Halo is reducing the price of new ChannelStripTDM licenses to $499 and new ChannelStripRTAS licenses to $249 – a 25% savings!

How to get it
The ChannelStrip 2.2 update is available immediately as a FREE download from Metric Halo’s website at http://www.mhlabs.com, for registered owners of OS X ChannelStrip licenses.

OS 9 Customers need to upgrade to an OS X license before they can take advantage of the improvements to ChannelStrip. Upgrades are available for $149 from the Metric Halo upgrade site http://www.mhsecure.com/upgrade. The original OS 9 serial number is required to complete the upgrade.

For new customers, ChannelStrip is available from Metric Halo authorized dealers and direct from Metric Halo (https://www.mhsecure.com/sales/). If you want to try before you buy, take advantage of a free 12-day fully functional demo available from https://www.mhsecure.com/DemoCentral.

Based New York’s Hudson Valley, Metric Halo provides the world with high-resolution metering, analysis, recording and processing solutions with award-winning software and hardware.
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