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Flashback Features

Patent Pending.

Functional Features:

• Streaming/frozen dual-buffer switchover design never misses a sample between buffer freezes

• Overflow feature allows Flashback to continue capturing new audio once buffer is full

• Audio captured and written at true bit depth and sample rate of session

• Unique design combines RTAS for audio capture and AudioSuite for track-writing operations

• Adjustable buffer size from 1 to 15 minutes

• Stereo and mono capability

• Optimized CPU usage with zero performance-to-delay correlation

• Unique design uses RTAS to capture audio and AudioSuite to write it to track

• Dual buffer switchover design never misses a sample between freeze events

• Supports sample rates up to 192 kHz

• Supports all standard hardware controllers

• Currently available for Macintosh - Windows version coming soon!

Technical Notes:

Memory and CPU Performance - Flashback is a RAM Hog, to be sure! After all, Flashback is capturing high-fidelity audio in core memory. But RAM is relatively inexpensive - much cheaper than speciality cards. And it is often underutilized. The gain is well worth the pain!

On the other hand, Flashback is incredibly CPU-efficient! As a matter of fact, there is no correlation between CPU performance and buffer size, thanks to the optimized buffering algorithm. Once Flashback is running, it is a light load on your host processor.

Both Intel and PowerPC Compatible - Flashback is a "Universal Binary", meaning it is ready to run on a either an Intel- or PowerPC-based (G4/G5) Macinstosh, using the same executable file. So you can drop it in your plug-in folder on a new Intel Mac or a G4 or G5 and it will work just as well on any of these boxes.

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