HD/CDRW

 

EZ Quest 
www.ezq.com

EZ Quest Boa 16x10x40 1394

EZ Quest Cobra 30GB

 

CD Cyclone

CD Cyclone CDRevo 12x10x32  1394

 

Ricoh

www.ricoh-usa.com

Ricoh MediaMaster MP9120A 12x10x32x8 CD/DVD

 

Sony 

www.sony.com

Sony Spressa 12x8x31 iLink

 

Video Capture Cards:

Formac 

www.formac.com

Formac ProTV Capture Card

Formac Studio Video Interface

Formac 16x10x40 1394

 

PCMCIA Laptop Audio Cards:

Echo Audio

www.echoaudio.com/

Echo Mono Laptop Adater

Echo MONO Laptop

Echo Layla Laptop

Echo Layla Laptop Adapter

 

RME Audio Cardbus Laptop Audio PCMCIA Type II Card

RME Audio DSP Cardbus and Digiface Laptop digital audio workstation

 

Digigram VXPocket Laptop 24-bit digital audio card

Digigram VXPocket 440 24-bit Four Channel Laptop


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Laptop PCMCIA Sound Cards

 

Echo Mona Laptop Adapter.......$189.00 www.8thstreet.com

Echo MONO Laptop.......$695.00 www.8thstreet.com

Professional Digital Multitrack Recording System

Echo Layla Laptop.......$695.00 www.8thstreet.com

24-Bit 96K Multitrack Digital Audio Recorder.
Echo Layla Laptop Adapter.......$695.00 www.8thstreet.com

 

RME Audio Hammerfall Cardbus Laptop Digital Audio PCMCIA Type II Card $285.00
RME Audio Hammerfall DSP Cardbus and Digiface Laptop Digital Audio workstation solution $889.00

 

Digigram VXpocket Laptop 24 Bit Digital Audio Card $499.00
Digigram VXpocket 440 Four Channel Laptop 24 Bit Digital Audio Card $699.00

 


 

 

CD-RWs

 

EZ Quest Boa Firewire 16X10X40  www.ezq.com $389 (outpost)

Data Transfer RAte: 19MB/s

Buffer: 2MB w/burn-proof

Access Time:  130ms

Internal drive interface: EIDE

Weight 6lbs.

Warranty:  1 year

Bundled with adaptec-Toast and EZ CD Creator

 

CD Cyclone CD Revo 12x10x32 FireWire CDrw

Weight:  4lbs   Warranty:  1 year

Buffer:  2MB  Access Speed:  150 ms  Burn Poof Technology

Additional featuresAnalog Audio out(L,R), usb port

 

Formac 16x10x40 1394  FDR-1016-1

$449  www.formac.com

Specs unreleased so far

 

Sony Spressa 12X8X31 CD-RW  www.sony.com/spressa ($399.95 SRP)

Incorporates iLink (FireWire) technology, allowing you to hot-swap the drive while the computer is on.  About 5 minutes to burn 650 MB CD.  Comes bundled with Sony's CD-burning softwar, Retrospect Express, and Mixman Studio.

 

Maxtor 1394 External Hard drive 80GB  www.maxtor.com

$399 Street price

Installer puts three FireWire programs on your hard drive:  a utility to test the drive, a benchmark program, and a testing tool to test the drives connection.

Mac Addict Benchtest:

Sustained data rates:  5 to10 MBps

Peak transfer rate:  about 20MBps

 

Ricoh MediaMaster MP9120A  www.ricohdms.com

$349 Street price

12/10/32/8 CD-RW/DVD

JustLink buffer-underrun protection prevents corrupt CD burns.  This technology allows the program to shut off, realign, and relight the drive's write laser if the drive's buffer runs out of data to write.

PCWorld Benchtest:  430MB on CD-r in 4 min, 58 sec; 100MB CD-rw in 27 sec


 

MIDI Interfaces

Mark Of The Unicorn Mac/PC MIDI Interface/Breakbox www.motu.com  $ (outpost)

MIDI I/O: 8

Serial I/O: 2

Foot Pedal: 1

Windows & Mac Compatible

USB or Parallel port version available


 

 

Hard Drives

EZQuest Cobra FireWire Hard Drive 40 GB www.ezq.com  $ (outpost)

Buffer:  2MB  RPM: 7200  Internal Interface:  ATA 100

Win98SE, ME, 2ooo, MacOS 8.6+

Weight: 6lbs  2-6pin ports

Transfer rates:  22MB/s    Warranty: 3 years

?30GB ATA/66,12-14MB/s?


 

Digital Video

 

Formac ProTv (MAC)

$139 SRP www.formac.com 

TV tuner, FM tuner, and video-capture card.  Bundled with Adobe Premiere 5.1 LE.  Capture works best at only 320 X 240.

 

Formac Studio  The FireWire TV/Video Digitizer $400

http://www.formac.com/2k/products/studio_products.html

Built-in Stereo TV and Radio Tuner (NTSC): Receive up to 125 TV channels with automatic channel identification. A special zapping feature allows you to preview the complete channel program at one glance. Convert your favorite movies straight into native DV for easy and fast editing

Capture analog and digital video: Formac studio provides input and output for Composite Video (RCA), S-Video and two FireWire interfaces. Simply hook up your VHS, S-VHS, VHS-C, Hi8, DV/D8 camcorder / VCR or DVD player and capture movies straight to your Mac - full-screen at 30 frames per second! Of course Formac studio supports all major movie formats such as 4:3, 16:10, 16:9 and 2.35:1.