The NT operating system offers STUDI/O user several benefits and options not available from Windows 95. NT provides a full 32-bit protected memory environment for 32-bit applications, which leads to greater stability. When running NT, STUDI/O users will be able to make use of multi-processor motherboards, which will deliver increased CPU headroom for digital effect plug-ins. Additionally, users will have a wider range of choices for high-speed hard disk access; for example, many RAID disk arrays run only under NT.

"Since the future of PC based digital audio workstations lies with full 32-bit operating system, Sonorus feels that the development of an NT driver is necessary," comments Sonorus Head of Software Engineering Joe Majeske. "We decided to develop an NT 4.0 driver because the release of NT 5.0 has been delayed and because our users — with whom we have always worked closely — want an NT driver now."

STUDI/O is a 16-channel 24-bit digital audio PCI card that allows recording engineers and home studio owners to input/output up to 16 channels of 24-bit digital audio in parallel from a PC or Macintosh to a pair of Alesis ADATs using standard fiber-optic cables. With the addition of Word Clock in

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& out, ADAT timecode input and MIDI timecode input via Sonorus' Sync Backplate (suggested retail price - $149.00), STUDI/O can be synchronized within a professional digital studio environment to a master clock generator.

Under Windows NT STUDI/O's operation is compatible with a wide range of recording software, including Cakewalk Pro Audio 7.0, Cool Edit Pro from Syntrillium, Samplitude Studio 4.0x, and Samplitude Studio 24/96 from SEK'D, SAWPlus32 from Innovative Quality Software ("IQS"), Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge and Acid, and Steinberg's WaveLab.

More information about Sonorus, Inc. products is available on the Web at http://www.sonorus.com or via email at info@sonorus.com. STUDI/O is a trademark of Sonorus, Inc. BRC is a registered trademark of Alesis Corporation. Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.