TC Electronic PowerCore PCI MKII

Introduction 
The potent PCI mkII & Express card for built-in PowerCore plug-in acceleration
The PowerCore PCI mkII fits into a standard PCI/PCI-X slot and the PowerCore Express fits into a PCI Express slot - that's the only difference between the two cards. Both of them come with the same amount of plug-ins and feature set and they are a potent combination between 14 state-of-the-art processing plug-ins and 4 x 150 mHz DSPs. The plug-in bundle that comes with the PCI and the Express card, consists of the 14 plug-ins known from PowerCore FireWire, leaving you with a bunch of versatile and professional tools, and it sports the same performance as the rack-based PowerCore FireWire.

Designed by professionals, for professionals
PowerCore PCI mkII and PowerCore Express are designed for professional audio tasks, and with the included and optional plug-ins, they can be optimized for a variety of applications such as mastering, vocal processing and sound design. The PCI card and the Express card are the obvious choice for any professional sound engineer or producer with a VST, AU or RTAS compatible audio system.

When you just want the sound of quality
For songwriters, composers and everybody else that care about sound quality and serious plug-ins, the PowerCore platform is the perfect match. The blue PowerCore PCI mkII card and the black PowerCore Express card deliver the sound of quality right into your studio. It complements the very highest of standards and excels via the unique and renowned tools that it has to offer. If you're looking for the ultimate tool that will enhance your creativity and give your productions superior audio quality, you should look no further.

It just can't get flexible enough
Integrating perfectly with most VST, AU and RTAS applications, we've secured your freedom to choose your favourite application for music or film editing. On top of that we're constantly supplying new and professional plug-ins, most notably 1:1 ports of original and undiluted algorithms from the System 6000. 3rd party developers are adding to the stack, which gives you the choice of the best tools and instruments around.



Included Plug-ins
PowerCore Compact delivers an array of powerful tools right out of the box; the twelve virtual processors included feature the most complete collection of dynamics processing available.
24/7•C
Convincing vintage compression and limiting using one of the most desired vintage models for PowerCore.

Character
Character represents a new approach to getting great sound virtually instantly. The audio processing employs both the frequency response and the dynamic properties of the input source in a highly time-varying sense.

Chorus•Delay
Modulation Multi-FX that recreates the 1210 Spatial Expander with its unique modulation images like Chorus, Flanging and Slap Delay with very flexible routing and filtering facilities.

ClassicVerb
Classic Verb adds warm, lush reverb effects often associated with big expensive hardware processors.

EQSat
EQSat Custom is a very clean sounding and carefully crafted EQ-model for any application including mastering.

Filtroid
With its dual filters and extensive modulation capabilities, Filtroid brings the sound of analog filter banks to PowerCore.
MasterX3
- Virtual Finalizer Knock out Punch for any mixes or masters. Period. MasterX3 is the virtual incarnation of the TC Electronic Finalizer, the standard mastering processor in the pro audio field.

MegaReverb
Hi-end Reverb based on years of ongoing research and the core technology of the TC Electronic M5000 hi-end studio processor.

PowerCore 01
This mono-synth will deliver results similar to the famous SH-101, with some added features like velocity and drive.

Tubifex
Tubifex includes three tube stages and a speaker simulator for truly convincing amp modeling. Each of the three stages is based on a classic 12AX7 design.

Vintage CL
Vintage Compressor*Limiter delivers Hi-quality compression and limiting on each channel - up to 28 Vintage CLs can be run on one PowerCore card.

VoiceStrip
This complete voice processing channel includes all tools required for vocal sound adjustment: Compression, De-Essing, a dedicated Voice EQ, Lo Cut Filter and Gate.


System Requirements

Mac:
Desktop, iBook or PowerBook
G4 or G5, 733mHz or better
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
512 mb Ram or more

FireWire and Compact:
400 MBit FireWire connector (IEEE 1394)

PCI mkII and Unplugged:
A free PCI/PCI-X slot

PowerCore Express:
A free PCI Express slot

VST, Audio Units or RTAS*) compatible application such as Logic, Nuendo, Live or Digital Performer

PC:
Desktop or laptop
Pentium 4, 1.4 Ghz or better
Windows XP or higher
512 mb Ram or more

FireWire and Compact:
400 MBit FireWire connector (IEEE 1394)

PCI mkII and Unplugged:
A free PCI/PCI-X slot

PowerCore Express:
A free PCI Express slot

VST, Audio Units or RTAS*) compatible application such as Nuendo, Cubase SX, Sonar or Live.

*) RTAS (ProTools) is supported via the VST to RTAS adapter from FXpansion (optional). Read more about PowerCore Compability below.

Currently we cannot recommend using the PowerCore with AMD X2 dual core systems. Currently the PowerCore platform does not support Intel Macs. 


PowerCore Compatibility

PowerCore and VST
PowerCore is compatible with all VST host applications, such as Nuendo, Ableton Live, Cubase, Sonar, Wavelab, Acid, Sound Forge, a number of film- & post applications and more.
This means that you can use all PowerCore plug-ins within these programs.

PowerCore and AU
PowerCore is compatible with Apple's Audio Units (AU) format.
This means that PowerCore plug-ins will run in all AU compatible host applications such as Logic, GarageBand and a number of film- & post applications.

PowerCore and RTAS (ProTools)
PowerCore is compatible with RTAS (ProTools) via a so called wrapper.
This means that in order to run PowerCore plug-ins from within ProTools, you'll need to obtain the wrapper. The wrapper is able to translate the VST format into RTAS, and this means that you can use all PowerCore plug-ins within RTAS compatible host applications, such as ProTools.

The VST-RTAS wrapper is available from a company called FXPansion: www.fxpansion.com