NORWOOD, Mass., May 1 (UPI) -- Analog Devices said Monday its SHARC processors were being used in sound modules that recreate popular vintage keyboard sounds.
Analog said the 40-bit floating-point resolution of the SHARC allows audio developer CreamWare to recreate old-style keyboards such as the Hammond B3 tonewheel organ, a jazz and gospel staple in the 1950s and 1960s that is considered to be simply too large for many professional musicians to take on the road.
The B4000 ASB developed by CreamWare employs an Analog floating point of 2126x and 2136x that recreates the analog circuitry of the organ that was last produced in the 1970s. The SHARC processes audio at a true 32 bits with floating point resolution at 40 bits.
"The ASB product family ... precisely models the 'analog' sound that musicians love and have become accustomed to," said Analog's Jerry McGuire.
