TC Electronic Powercore PCI MarkII DSP Card

Manufacturer's Description for TC Electronic Powercore PCI MarkII DSP Card

The potent PCI card for inbuilt PowerCore plug-in acceleration
The PowerCore PCI mkII is a potent combination between 14 state-of-the-art processing plug-ins and 4 x 150 mHz DSPs. The plug-in bundle that comes with the PCI card, consists of the 14 plug-ins known from PowerCore FireWire, leaving you with a bunch of versatile and professional tools, and it sports the same performance as the rack-based PowerCore FireWire.

Designed by professionals, for professionals
PowerCore PCI mkII is designed for professional audio tasks, and with the included and optional plug-ins, it can be optimized for a variety of applications such as mastering, vocal processing and sound design. The PCI card is the obvious choice for any professional sound engineer or producer with a VST, AU or RTAS compatible audio system.

When you just want the sound of quality
For songwriters, composers and everybody else that care about sound quality and serious plug-ins, the PowerCore platform is the perfect match. The blue PCI mkII card delivers the sound of quality right into your studio. It complements the very highest of standards and excels via the unique and renowned tools that it has to offer. If you're looking for the ultimate tool that will enhance your creativity and give your productions superior audio quality, you should look no further.

It just can't get flexible enough
Integrating perfectly with most VST, AU and RTAS applications, TC Electronic secured your freedom to choose your favourite application for music or film editing. On top of that we're constantly supplying new and professional plug-ins, most notably 1:1 ports of original and undiluted algorithms from the System 6000. 3rd party developers are adding to the stack, which gives you the choice of the best tools and instruments around.

Included Plugins

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.

DeNoise
DeNoise is optimized for broadband noise removal, from tape hiss to static environmental noise. DeNoise is part of the optional plug-in Restoration Suite.

Dynamic EQ
Dynamic EQ is a new tool for any mixing or mastering situation. This virtual processor eliminates the shortcomings of static EQ by providing a dynamically applied equalization.

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
Tubifex includes three tube stages and a speaker simulator for truly convincing amp modeling. Each of the three stages is based on a classic 12AX7 design.

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. zZounds is an authorized dealer of TC Electronic and TC Helicon products.

System Requirements
 
PC
PowerCore Software
Windows XP
PIII/500 or better
256 MB RAM
VST compatible host application
PowerCore PCI requires a full length PCI-slot and a 3.3 Volts PCI Bus (spec. 2.2).
PowerCore FireWire requires a 400 MBit FireWire connector.

Mac
PowerCore Software
MaxOS X (10.2 or higher)
G3, G4 or G5
256 MB RAM
VST or Audio Units compatible host application
PowerCore FireWire requires a 400 MBit FireWire connector.

PowerCore Compatibility

PowerCore and VST
PowerCore is compatible with all VST host applications, such as Nuendo, Ableton Live, Cubase, Wavelab, Acid, Sound Forge, a number of film- & post applications and more.
This means that you can use all PowerCore plug-ins within these programs.

PowerCore and AU
PowerCore is compatible with Apple's Audio Units (AU) format.
This means that PowerCore plug-ins will run in all AU compatible host applications such as Logic, GarageBand and a number of film- & post applications.

PowerCore and RTAS (ProTools)
PowerCore is compatible with RTAS (ProTools) via a so called wrapper.
This means that in order to run PowerCore plug-ins from within ProTools, you'll need to obtain the wrapper. The wrapper is able to translate the VST format into RTAS, and this means that you can use all PowerCore plug-ins within RTAS compatible host applications, such as ProTools.