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Since its introduction in 1990, the Digital Audio Labs CardD has been a standard for audio fidelity in the recording and broadcast industries. Even through unprecedented advances in computing and digital audio technology, CardD has maintained its position as the leader in sonic excellence. Why? Because the design principles on which CardD was built are as valid today as they were nearly a decade ago. Now, apply that same engineering discipline, the same meticulous attention to detail, to the latest higher bit depth/sampling rate technology. Introducing CardDeluxe,the newest member of the Digital Audio Labs CardD family. With a PCI interface and no compromise 24/96 balanced analog and S/PDIF digital all on a single card, the CardDeluxe brings high-end audio performance within reach of almost any budget. |
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Click here to check out the CardDeluxe FAQ Click here to download the CardDeluxe Literature. 
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CardDeluxe Support: One of the best new features of the CardDeluxe is the ability to configure more than one card in a system, to increase the number of analog, or digital, inputs and outputs. If you had 4 free PCI slots, you could run 4 CardDeluxes; if you had 6 free PCI slots, you could run 6 CardDeluxes, and so on. Plus, the fact that the cards can sample lock together means that they essentially act as one device. It would be possible to set up a 24bit/96khz SurroundSound audio production system, using 3 CardDeluxes, for as little as $1785 MSRP (street price will vary). The only physical connection that is required for the cards to slave together is a 20 pin ribbon cable, that runs between the cards inside the computer. No need to waste a digital input and output just to setup the cards to act as master and slave. In addition to the ease of the physical multi-card setup, a user can switch which card is the master, and which is the slave, in software. This means that a DAT machine hooked up digitally to one CardDeluxe could be configured as the clock master, then a user could switch the master card over to a digital input from an external A/D converter, or effects processor, without any physical change to their setup. The other bonus of the CardDeluxe's muti-card capability is WavSync. Read on... |
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WavSync™: We developed our new WavSync feature to ensure users of multiple CardDeluxes that they'll never have to lose any audio when recording, or playing, on multiple inputs or outputs, using multiple cards. To the right, you can see the effects of not having WavSync. Let's say, for example, that you are playing back four tracks of audio and want to punch-in an additional 6 using three CardDeluxes. When you actually hit record, ALL ins start at the same time, as opposed to one input being "opened", then the next being "opened", then the next, and so on. Without WavSync, there is a slight delay in the start time from one input to next and so on down the line. WavSync, however, doesn't only apply to recording. Playback is also effected by this delay. Merely trying to playback multiple tracks on multiple outs, using products without WavSync, will result in the same delays. Systems without WavSync suffer from this "stairstep" effect because they do not synchronize their .wav drivers. Thus, when you go to punch-in, you could lose as much as a second or more of audio on the last track! Digital Audio Labs' WavSync offers users the amount of control and attention to detail that our customers have enjoyed for years. Without WavSync  With WavSync 
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CardD and CardDeluxe are registered trademarks of Digital
Audio Labs, Inc.
For any questions, please contact info@digitalaudio.com
Digital Audio Labs
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