MYKERINOS - High Performance PCI Audio Card

 

 MYKERINOS

 

Merging's Mykerinos mothercard is a high performance 32 bit floating point Digital Audio PCI Card with digital mixing and effects processing powered by Philips Trimedia VLIW processor.

One core feature of Mykerinos’ architecture is to break it into two parts: the portion that plugs into the PCI connector of the PC and the I/O daughter card that contains the physical connectors to the outside world. This allows for potentially many system applications without committing the design to any specific I/O configurations.

 KEY FEATURES

 

  • Handles up to 64 inputs and outputs as well as 64 playback and record streams to/from your PC.
     

  • Extremely low latency processing (typical 2.7 ms at 48kHz), ideal for live events, dubbing, re-recording and voice-overs.
     

  • Runs at 2.8882MHz (DSD), 384, 352.8 (DXD), 192, 176.4, 128, 96, 88.2, 64, 48, 44.1 and 32 kHz in 16, 24 and 32 bits encompassing all needed formats for SACD, DVD-A, DVD, HD-CD, CD and more.
     

  • On-board stereo 24bit / 96kHz monitoring output.
     

  • Highly flexible modular I/O architecture can be tailored to user's needs by the use of dedicated daughter boards including ADAT, AES/EBU, SDIF, TDIF and/or MADI formats within the form factor of a single half length PCI slot. This I/O modularity offers a unique opportunity to meet a wide range of market requirements
     

  • Built-in SMPTE/EBU timecode reader/generator including LTC and VITC with timecode insertion in a video window. Great for video Post-production.
     

  • Ultra low jitter clock, with lock to Video (Auto detect PAL/NTSC), HDTV (all common rates), Audio, Wordclock or Internal, answers all Audio for Video requirements.
     

  • Multiple card interconnection through HDTDM (High Definition Time Domain Multiplex) Bus provides 128 bi-directional audio channels and supports up to 8 Mykerinos boards in parallel or daisy chain mode.
     

  • Unique virtual console, freely customizable and fully automated providing mono, stereo and surround mixing. Ample power to manage very large consoles with aux busses, send/returns, monitoring busses, multiple concurrent mix versions and so much more.

  • Based on 2nd generation Philips Trimedia 32 bit floating point processing VLIW technology

  • High Performance (> 400 MFlops sustained, 800 MB/s SDRAM interface, etc.)

  • Support for all sampling rates from 32 kHz up to 384 kHz (needs full version of Pyramix above 48 kHz)

  • Open Plug-In (all C-code) architecture supporting  Surround-sound, SACD and DVD formats

  • Very high performance card capable of high track playback (up to 64 tracks) and vast I/O capabilities (up to 64 channels)

  • Available at various performance/price points ranging from MYK-MB1 (144MHz, 16MB) to MYK-MB5 (200MHz, 32MB)