Avalon / Avalon 2

Avalon by Steinberg was introduced in 1989. It is a Universal MIDI Sample Editor, which is capable of handling, for example, the Akai S1100's stereo samples of frequencies up to 48 kHz at 24-bit. Of course this is via MIDI, in it's Avalon 2 guise. Along with Steinberg's 16-bit D-A board, sound can be output at 16-bit. Two versions were produced, Avalon and Avalon 2 which followed in 1991, irrespective of sub versions. With Avalon 2, Steinberg introduced a Synthesis page, adding a modular software synthesizer to allow patching of modules to add to your samples, similar to that of Turbosynth. It also provided support via MIDI for the Akai S700, S900, S1000, S1100, Casio FZ-1, Dynacord ADS, ADD-one, Emu Emax, Emax II, Ensoniq EPS, Prophet 2000, Roland S-50, S-330, S-550, S-770 and Yamaha TX16W. Also, any Sampler that subscribes to the MIDI SDS format.

Overview

• Name: Avalon / Avalon 2
• Type: MIDI Sample Editor / Sound Generator
• Sample Format: N/A
• Sample Rate: N/A
• Sound Quality: N/A
• Hardware ADC: N/A
• ADC Connection Type: N/A

--Atari74user 23:06, 2 March 2016 (CET)

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