The Powerhouse is a "black box" type universal digital signal processor for
audio. Software is downloaded via Ethernet from a host computer. Control of the Powerhouse is also done via the host computer. The host computer
typically is a PC or Mac, but can also be a dedicated remote control
connected via Ethernet, RS232 or MIDI.

The DSP power and memory capacity of the Powerhouse allows for all kinds of signal processing tasks, including multichannel for surround and outboard, live applications, fast convolution, high sampling rate processing for mastering etc.

The Powerhouse contains 10 DSP chips which sit on modules and thus can be upgraded to the latest chips available. A 32 bit controller interfaces
between Ethernet and DSPs. Large RAM chips offer a total of 160 megasamples for audio storage. On the back of the unit there are 4 slots for audio I/O interface cards. Formats like AES/EBU, analog, Firewire etc. are supported.
Synchronization sources can be internal (all standard rates from 44.1kHz to
192kHz) or external via AES/EBU, Wordsync or one of the audio I/O
interfaces. External sync sources are not limited to the standard sampling
rates.

Currently we offer the Powerhouse for custom fast convolution projects like for e.g. virtual acoustics, reverberation, filtering. Inquiries are welcome.

One of the projects we contributed to is a virtual acoustics project conducted at the McGill University in Montreal, Canada:

http://www.music.mcgill.ca/thevirtualhaydn