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TC Electronic PowerCore Compact (No Longer Available)

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Portable FireWire DSP for Computer Audio Systems with 12 Processing/Instrument Plug-Ins

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Portable Power For Artists and Studios On the Move!

When you need to take your studio with you, wouldn't it be great to have your processing power with you as well? TC Electronic's PowerCore Compact was made for your musical lifestyle. The PowerCore Compact is small enough to fit in a bag next to your laptop, but powerful enough to give your CPU a break from having to feed power-hungry plug-ins. Even if you want to stay home, the PowerCore Compact is the perfect companion to your desktop audio system! Simply connect the PowerCore Compact, pull up any one of the 12 included plug-ins and get started! PowerCore Compact at a glance:
  • The completely portable solution
  • Perfect companion to your laptop or desktop audio system
  • Plenty of power to run plenty of plug-ins
  • VST or AU compatibility
  • 12 powerful plug-ins included for FREE
Purely portable! PowerCore Compact is a portable solution, well suited for laptop production environments on the road. With the FireWire connectors and the external power supply it only takes seconds to connect your PowerCore Compact, giving you instant access to serious processing and production tools. Compact tools to add to your computer Run all the renowned PowerCore plugs on the PowerCore Compact, without straining your hosts CPU. Spanning from classic and mega reverbs, delays, chorus, EQs, Compression over guitars amp simulation to vocal processing and old school synthesizing, you have a complete production setup. With the renowned Master X3 and the Filtroid plug-ins, and the innovative Character plug-in from Noveltech, you have some of the best processing found anywhere - and all of it is included right out of the box! Compact DSP power With two 150 MHz Motorola DSPs and one 266 MHz PowerPC you have enough power for most production tasks where mobility is paramount. Integrating seamlessly with most VST and Audio Unit host applications, the PowerCore Compact adds subtle power for demanding processing, taking the load of your laptop or tabletop PC or MAC. Unlimited flexibility PowerCore Compact delivers the ultimate grade of flexibility. It integrates smoothly with most VST or Audio Units applications securing that all processing is possible and in correlation with your favorite music and film editing application. Hook up to 4 PowerCore Compact's into the same system via the FireWire connectors, combine it with the PowerCore FireWire for even more power, or hook it up to a system already running with PowerCore Element installed. For maximum flexibility we designed the PowerCore Compact to be highly portable. All you need to get your production environment on the move is a PowerCore Compact, a laptop and a plane ticket! Powerful plug-ins right out of the box! With 12 powerful plug-ins right out of the box, the PowerCore Compact gives you all the tools you need for productions on the road and in the studio. Additional plug-ins can be added at any time from our ever-growing bulk of optional plug-ins. Great effort have been put into the design and the PowerCore Compact is the preferred choice when portability and instant access to powerful tools is an issue. Plug-Ins Included with TC Electronic PowerCore Compact: 24/7•C - Convincing vintage compression and limiting using one of the most desired vintage models for PowerCore. Character - Character represents a new approach to getting great sound virtually instantly. The audio processing employs both the frequency response and the dynamic properties of the input source in a highly time-varying sense. Chorus•Delay - Modulation Multi-FX that recreates the 1210 Spatial Expander with its unique modulation images like Chorus, Flanging and Slap Delay with very flexible routing and filtering facilities. ClassicVerb - Classic Verb adds warm, lush reverb effects often associated with big expensive hardware processors. EQSat - EQSat Custom is a very clean sounding and carefully crafted EQ-model for any application including mastering. Filtroid - With its dual filters and extensive modulation capabilities, Filtroid brings the sound of analog filter banks to PowerCore. MasterX3 - Virtual Finalizer Knock out Punch for any mixes or masters. Period. MasterX3 is the virtual incarnation of the TC Electronic Finalizer, the standard mastering processor in the pro audio field. MegaReverb - Hi-end Reverb based on years of ongoing research and the core technology of the TC Electronic M5000 hi-end studio processor. PowerCore 01 - This mono-synth will deliver results similar to the famous SH-101, with some added features like velocity and drive. Tubifex - The new Tubifex guitar amp simulator brings the total number of virtual processors included with PowerCore to 10. It includes three tube stages and a speaker simulator for truly convincing amp modeling. Vintage CL - Vintage Compressor*Limiter delivers Hi-quality compression and limiting on each channel - up to 28 Vintage CLs can be run on one PowerCore card. VoiceStrip - This complete voice processing channel includes all tools required for vocal sound adjustment: Compression, De-Essing, a dedicated Voice EQ, Lo Cut Filter and Gate.

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