Rain Recording Element T2 Desktop Audio Computer

Essential Elements. Element was designed to perform. In a professional studio your digital audio workstation is the core of operations so it better work right every time. Element and Element 64 were engineered to prevent audio engine seizure and dropouts in digital audio applications so you can concentrate on what really matters. Rigorously tested in the most demanding live and studio environments and purposefully designed to be consistent, stable and reliable, Element keeps cool and quiet through the session.

Room to Grow. As your studio evolves, so should your DAW. With Element and Element 64, Rain engineers looked to the future optimizing each system to harness advanced technology that will grow with you. Each offers expansion via features like PCI Express slots and RAID-0 Arrays. With its 64-bit architecture, Element 64 is able to address huge amounts of RAM, technology that will become increasingly pertinent as more soft synths and plug-ins are engineered to utilize it. Both systems employ all aluminum chassis and advanced cooling systems to stay virtually silent without overheating.

Element T2
Element's 2GB of 667MHz memory and dual 250 SATA II hard drives (300 Mbps throughput) run just about any audio hardware and software on the market today. This version of our Element Audio PC with its dedicated streaming audio drive is completely ready and capable of recording 32 tracks of audio, running numerous instances of effects plug-ins and virtual instruments.

Quiet Cool.… read more Deep inside Element sits a cooling system as advanced as it is quiet. Using heat-sensor circuitry to control the cooling fan's speed in relation to core temperature, heat is moved away from the processor efficiently and without creating excess noise. So even in a smaller studio where the CPU is placed near a microphone, Element stays virtually silent keeping the recording as clean as it should be. In addition, Element's aluminum skin easily dissipates heat before it builds up.

The Complete Solution. Though Rain recommends the purchase of an external USB, FireWire or PCI sound card, Element's onboard, high quality 2 channel (8.1 Surround) audio card from Intel paired with SONAR LE (included) is capable of recording, mixing and playback functionality. Also included free are copies of Cakewalk SONAR LE, TASCAM GigaStudio Solo, PCDJ professional DJ mixing and NERO CD/DVD burning software. Just open the box and start creating.

Plug and Play. The Element is designed to grow with you. Eight USB 2.0 ports and 6 FireWire 400 ports take any audio interface you need to get the job done. Four PCI slots provide the freedom to expand. Hook up a second monitor with the included dual video card and burn CDs and DVDs with the standard DVD±RW/CD-RW Optical Drive.

All Element and LiveBook products are pre-configured with the following items:
Support by RainCare. RainCare is a comprehensive support system that extends the complimentary coverage for Rain Recording computers. Including world-class phone support, online research & support resources, Rain's quick response email network, and 3rd party integrated support RainCare covers your system for 2 years. Purchase RainCare at the same time as your Element or LiveBook and take advantage of the discount.

Cakewalk SONAR LE is the feature-rich recording software for aspiring musicians and producers getting started with PC-based recording. Cakewalk, the makers of SONAR, the definitive audio production environment on the Windows platform, has become synonymous with musical technology that balances power with ease of use. In SONAR LE, Cakewalk brings you a host of powerful recording tools based on their award-winning SONAR audio and MIDI technology. With SONAR LE you have everything you need to make your own multi-track recordings.

Key Cakewalk SONAR LE features include:
An easy to use, intuitive interface

Record it all with 64 audio and 256 MIDI tracks

Pristine audio quality up to: 24-bit / 192 kHz

14 studio-quality real-time audio effects and 6 MIDI effects

Making backing tracks fast with: audio loop construction tools with ACID-format loop support

Get that professional mix with a dynamic mixing console view

Create MIDI Drum parts with a multi-port graphical drum editor

Edit all of your MIDI with an easy to use multi-track piano roll view

Edit and print your music and with staff notation that includes lyrics and chord changes

Add more effects and instruments support for DirectX/DXi, VST/VSTi, and ReWire 2.0

Build arrangements fast with Cyclone DXi groove sampler

Get fat classic synth tones with Dreamstation DXi virtual analog soft synth

Sync up with other hardware in your studio with MIDI clock and MTC slave

PCDJ Be the DJ Professional Disc Jockey mixing software. Mix music like a professional DJ using a PC or laptop, and save those mixes directly to your Element or LiveBook, with PCDJ Be the DJTM music recording and mixing software from Visiosonic. Comprised of two digital audio music players, Be the DJ allows you to play two songs simultaneously, fade between those songs, manipulate their sounds and then record the entire mix down to a single digital audio music file. So instead of listening to one track after another, you can easily make a mix of your best songs and record it live to a single MP3 or WMA file that can be saved to your Rain Recording Audio PC. With a full-featured 'recordcase', organizing music files and loading the twin players is a piece of cake! Additionally, a Jukebox mode lets you auto mix through a list of selected tracks or play through a particular style like Jazz or Rock. An exciting beat match feature allows you to match the beats of each song just like a real DJ. So what are you waiting for - make the smart choice, switch to PCDJ and start DJing like a pro.

Record your mix compilation live in high-quality audio

Supports MP3, WAV, WMA and DRM file formats Cross fade, blend and mix between songs with the mix slider

Match the beats of two songs with the 'beatmatch' button

Speed up or slow down a song with the pitch slider

Organize a complete music library by genre or name

Gigastudio Solo: The Worlds most Powerful Sampler--TASCAM Gigastudio Solo is the feature-rich sample player software for aspiring musicians and producers getting started with PC-based recording. TASCAM, the makers of Gigastudio, the world's most powerful sampler environment on the Windows platform, has become synonymous with musical technology that balances power with ease of use. In they are now bringing you a host of powerful sample playback tools based on TASCAM's award-winning Gigastudio technology. With Gigastudio Solo and the audio hardware it comes bundled with, you now have everything you need to make your own multi-track recordings.

An easy to use, intuitive interface

Record it all with 16 midi channels

Pristine audio quality up to: 24-bit / 96 kHz

Import your favorite GigaStudio sounds

96 voice polyphony

Build arrangements fast with the midi mixer window

Included Giga Piano II LE

32 MIDI channels

Over 3 gigabytes of content

Sync up with other hardware in your studio with MIDI clock & MTC

Nero Express 6. is a new and innovative wizard based recording application based on the main application Nero. With the main essentials included such as data, audio, copy, and video, it will also work with the DVD-RW, and DVD+RW drives.

Audio Plug-In interface

VCD/SVCD menu creation

"Verify" option

Overburning

90/99/120 min CD-R support

Online/Offline database

DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW support

Support for ISO9660:1999

Intelligent compilation size status bar

Manual setting for DVD media

Tree-view in data project

Verification is now available for Audio CD, Video CD and Super Video CD

CD/DVD duplication

Audio CD

DVD-Video

MP3 / WMA CD/DVD

Video / Super Video CD

miniDVD

CD Extra

Mixed Mode CD

Bootable CD/DVD

CD Text

Unlimited decoding in WAV, MP4-AAC, VGF und WMA

30x MP3/mp3PRO encoding

Realtime Audio Filter

Intel High Definition Audio. Intel has worked with the audio industry to develop a new specification for integrated audio that is capable of delivering the features and high-end performance of an add-in audio card. Intel High Definition Audio (Intel HD Audio) is capable of playing back more channels at higher quality than previous integrated audio formats.

Intel HD Audio is capable of delivering the support and sound quality for up to eight channels at 192 kHz/32-bit quality. In addition, Intel HD Audio is architected to prevent the occasional glitches or pops that other audio solutions can have by providing dedicated system bandwidth for critical audio functions.

Microsoft* has chosen Intel HD Audio as the main architecture for their new Unified Audio Architecture* (UAA), which provides one driver that will support all Intel HD Audio controllers and codecs. Intel HD Audio also provides Improvements that support better jack re-tasking. The computer can sense when a device is plugged into an audio jack, determine what kind of device it is, and change the port function if the device has been plugged into the wrong port. For example, if a microphone is plugged into a speaker jack, the computer will recognize the error and can change the jack to function as a microphone jack. This is an important step in getting audio to a point where it 'just works' -- users won't need to worry about. read less