Wavebyte Announces GFX Engine 1.3

June 19, 2006

Wavebyte today announced the release of GFX Engine 1.3. GFX Engine 1.3 enables guitarists to practice and perform on their PC, in real-time, using a standard sound card. Plug your guitar into your sound card's line-input, construct a chain of Wavebyte GFX Plug-ins from the GFX Engine's effect-chain editor, press power, and you're jamming! Key Features

Built on WDM Kernel Streaming Architecture for low latency
Chain up to 40 Wavebyte GFX Plug-ins in series
Individual effects can be used multiple times, i.e. pre-eq and post-eq for distortion with one GFX Equalizer
Select the audio input/output from one or more sound cards, choosing from a list of compatible audio formats
Arrangement of effect GUIs by windowing options such as tiling and overlap.
Input and output level peak-meters
Application priority settings to avoid unwanted audio interrupts from other concurrent applications
Save effect chains, storing effect settings and window settings
Chain editor allows manipulation of new or previously saved chains
Latency display shows current sound card buffer latency

Availability and Pricing
GFX Engine 1.3 is available for free as a download from the Wavebyte website. System Requirements

Microsoft® Windows® 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP
Sound Card with WDM driver
Microsoft® DirectX® Media 5.2 or higher
500 MHz Pentium processor or 100% equivalent
32 MB RAM
16 bit Graphics Card

Product Specifications

Graphics Resolutions: 16, 24, 32 bit
Sample Rates: 8,000 – 96,000 kHz
Sample Formats: 16 bit
Internal DSP: 16 bit
Plug-in Connections: mono to mono, stereo to stereo

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For more information, visit their web site at http://www.wavebyte.com/.

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