New England Digital Synclavier PostPro
New England Digital's digital post-production audio workstation
Description
Technical
Specifications
Processing
| DSP engine | Système Direct-To-Disk (tour dédiée) piloté par ordinateur Macintosh (interface graphique + interface temps réel RTP) |
|---|---|
| Max sample rate | 65,535 kHz |
| Bit depth | 16 bits |
| Architecture | Station Direct-To-Disk : tour d'enregistrement/lecture multipiste sur disque dur, pilotée depuis un Macintosh via une interface graphique et une interface temps réel (RTP). |
Surface
| Motorized faders | No |
|---|---|
| Touchscreen | No |
Recording
| Onboard recording | Yes |
|---|---|
| Recording type | Direct-To-Disk (disques durs SCSI) |
| Tracks | 16 pistes Direct-To-Disk à accès aléatoire, verrouillées au timecode (nombre exact de voies à vérifier : la fiche 500sound indique 4 pistes extensibles à 16). |
Networking
| Networking & protocols | AES/EBU |
|---|---|
| Redundant PSU | No |
| Redundant networking | No |
Other
| Sample Rate | Fréquence d'échantillonnage variable (env. 1 à 100 kHz, valeur par défaut ~50 kHz) selon la documentation constructeur. |
|---|---|
| Digital Io | Formats numériques pris en charge : AES/EBU, S/PDIF, SDIF (Sony) et ProDigi, transfert de une à deux pistes à la fois. |
| Storage | Disques durs SCSI (Wren IV et ultérieurs) ; sauvegarde sur lecteur WangDAT. |
| Sync | SMPTE / synchro machine, autoconform sur liste de montage (EDL CMX), striping SMPTE. |
Diagrams
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Software
- Logiciel PostPro (application Synclavier sur Macintosh)Recording, cue-editing, sequencing, autoconform (CMX EDL import) and SMPTE-sync environment specific to the PostPro system.
Other screenshots
Accessories
Other
- Tour Direct-To-Disk (DTD)
Dedicated multitrack disk record/playback tower, the hardware core of the PostPro.
- Disques durs SCSI (Wren IV et ulterieurs)
Primary audio storage for the system.
- Sauvegarde WangDAT
DAT tape backup drive referenced in the system documentation.
Documents
Editorial & artists
Our take
History & design
The Synclavier PostPro is the post-production variant of New England Digital's Direct-To-Disk system. It pairs a hard-disk multitrack record/playback tower with a Macintosh control station, forming a digital editing workstation for sound-to-picture: dialogue editing, Foley, effects and film and television music.
Descended directly from the Synclavier lineage (polyphonic sampling and hard-disk recording), the PostPro stands out for its random-access operation, SMPTE timecode lock and autoconform from CMX edit decision lists. On the digital side it interchanges with the outside world via AES/EBU, S/PDIF, SDIF and ProDigi. Storage relies on SCSI hard drives with WangDAT backup. Some precise specifications (exact channel count, per-channel resolution) remain to be confirmed from period documentation.
- Sydney A. Alonso — Co-fondateur, conception matérielle
- Cameron W. Jones — Co-fondateur, conception logicielle
- Jon Appleton — Co-créateur du concept Synclavier (Dartmouth College)
Notable users
- Glen Glenn Sound
Etablissement de post-production a Los Angeles, pionnier de l'usage du Synclavier tapeless pour le bruitage et les effets sonores film/TV.
- Skywalker Sound (Lucasfilm)
Utilisateur majeur de systèmes NED (Synclavier, Direct-To-Disk 16 pistes, PostPro) en post-production son.
Links
- Archive Wikipedia - New England Digital en.wikipedia.org
- Press article Perfect Circuit - History of the Synclavier perfectcircuit.com
- Personal site 500sound - PostPro Features (site patrimonial) 500sound.com
- Manufacturer Synclavier Digital synclavier.com
- Press article Vintage Synth Explorer - NED Synclavier vintagesynth.com
- Archive Internet Archive - Synclavier manuals & docs archive.org
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