Specifications


  Format Channels Included plug-ins Connectivity
Duende Mini Compact desktop box 16
(upgradeable to 128)		 EQ & Dynamics Channel FireWire
Duende PCIe PCIe card 32
(upgradeable to 128)		 EQ & Dynamics Channel
Stereo Bus Compressor		 High-bandwidth PCIe
Duende Mini Expanded Compact desktop box 32
(upgradeable to 128)		 EQ & Dynamics Channel
Stereo Bus Compressor		 FireWire
Duende Mini Studio Pack Compact desktop box 32
(upgradeable to 128)		 EQ & Dynamics Channel
Stereo Bus Compressor
Drumstrip & Vocalstrip
X-EQ & X-Comp		 FireWire
Duende PCIe Studio Pack PCIe card 32
(upgradeable to 128)		 EQ & Dynamics Channel
Stereo Bus Compressor
Drumstrip & Vocalstrip
X-EQ & X-Comp		 High-bandwidth PCIe

Using Multiple Duende Units
You can run two Duende’s (any combination of Mini or PCIe) on a single computer.
The maximum channel count for a single computer is 128 channels, regardless of how many Duende units you have installed.


System Requirements


Duende supports sample rates from 44.1kHz to 96kHz. Running two FireWire Duende units requires two independent FireWire busses. Duende PCIe requires One available PCIe card slot. Duende Mini requires one available FireWire/IEEE1394 400Mbit port. Recommended VST, AudioUnit or RTAS host application*


V2.x Minimum System Requirements V3 Minimum System Requirements - 64 Slot Operation
PC
  • Intel Pentium IV/AMD 1GHz or higher
  • 512Mb of RAM (1Gb recommended)

MAC
  • Apple Macintosh G4 or G5 (933MHz or higher)
  • OSX 10.4.11 or higher
  • 512Mb of RAM (1Gb recommended)
 PC
  • 64 Slot Operation - Intel Core2 running at 2.0 GHz or higher (or comparable CPU)
  • 128 Slot Operation - Intel Core2 running at 2.0 GHz or higher (or comparable CPU)
  • 2GB of Ram (or higher)
  • Duende V3 does not support Pentium or Celeron

MAC
  • Intel MAC running at 1.83 GHz or higher
  • 2GB of Ram (or higher)
  • Duende V3 does not support Power PC Macs.

For best performance your system should meet the minimum requirements for your selected host application.

* Steinberg Cubase Sx3, Cubase 4, Nuendo and Wavelab 6, Apple Logic Pro 8, Cakewalk Sonar 5, Ableton Live 6, Digidesign Pro Tools LE and M-Powered 7 through the use of VST-RTAS wrapper.