AudioPort Host

Computing Platforms Supported:
Windows XP Home/Pro, Service Pack 2 or 3, Windows Vista or Windows 7. AudioPort runs in a 32-bit OS; it will run in 32-bit
mode within a 64-bit OS or you can patch it with jBridge to get 64-bit memory addressability in the AudioPort Host.
The AudioPort plug-in does not work in a 64-bit version of Windows. The Host computer should be Pentium IV 3.0 GHz or faster.

Plug-ins Accepted:
Most 32-bit VST or VSTi samplers, virtual instruments, synths
and effects (as long as the effect doesn’t require an audio input from something external to its VST host). 64-bit versions if
jBridge is used along with a 64-bit version of Windows.

Input:
Does not accept digital audio input. Plug-ins within AudioPort
Host can accept MIDI communication from locally connected MIDI hardware devices (such as keyboards) or from Midi over LAN
ports (via Ethernet) or local (same computer) connections.

Output:
32 channels of digital audio, up to 192 kHz 24 bits per channel, sent via TCP/IP protocol via Gigabit Ethernet. While the license permits four simultaneously run AudioPort Hosts, only one AudioPort Host (and hence max 32 channels) may be running
on any given host computer.

Compatibility:
Works with Tascam GigaStudio plug-in (or with Standalone if it is wrapped in the FX-pansion VST adaptor), Kontakt 3 or 4, Spectrasonics STylus RMX (not Atmosphere or Trilogy, though), East-West Play VST.

AudioPort Plug-ins

Computing Platforms Supported:
Same as AudioPort Host plus Apple Macintosh OS 10.4 or 10.5 on G4, G5 or Intel cpu. Has not been tested on notebook models. One license permits instantiation of as many plug-ins as you wish on a single PC or Mac.

Plug-in Formats:
VST for PC. VST and AU for Mac.

Plug-in Function:
Each plug-in accepts up to 2 channels of digital audio from one AudioPort Host. Plug-ins are associated with each Host by means of IP addressing. Plug-ins must be instantiated on input-enabled stereo audio tracks.

Input:
Plug-ins are able to receive that audio via the same LAN on which the AudioPort Hosts send out the digital audio. The first two channels from each AudioPort host also convey sync data between Host and Plug-in.

Output:
Digital audio in the same format generated at the Host end from flows through the audio track of the sequencer or DAW program in which the plug-in has been instantiated.

Compatibility:
Tested and verified with Logic, Ableton and Digital Performer on a Mac; Cubase, Nuendo, and Ableton on a PC. Not compatible with ProTools, even if “wrapped.”

Latency:
As low as 4.6 mSec on Intel Core2Quad 3.6 GHz CPU with 2 channels & dedicated LAN. More channels, more traffic, or slower computers will increase latency.