Universal Audio Tested TurboBox™ NA211A with Mac Systems

(Taipei, Taiwan—June 24, 2011) A solution has been provided by Netstor Technology for using up to three PCIe audio DSP accelerator cards in an external expansion system. In the tests with the Netstor TurboBox™ and its ExpressCard/34 and PCIe host adapter cards carried out by Universal Audio, the expansion chassis performed very well. The engineers were able to obtain maximum performance with three UAD-2 cards installed in the chassis, and achieve the maximum possible plug-in/instance counts without any additional host load.

Netstor’s TurboBox™ NA211A has been released for professional audio/sound developers and designers engaging in audio projects. Up to three audio DSP accelerator cards can be employed in Netstor’s TurboBox™ NA211A, providing perfect solutions to Macintosh systems including Mac Pro and MacBook Pro. TurboBox™ NA211A offers a solution to PCIe slot shortage on Mac Pro. Additional three PCIe slots are provided as soon as TurboBox™ NA211A connects to Mac Pro, solving immediately the problem of PCIe slot shortage on Mac Pro.

Netstor also releases a smaller version of TurboBox™ named TurboBox-mini™ NA221A. This smaller version, NA221A, is a one-PCIe-slot design, primarily to be used with MacBook Pro. TurboBox-mini™ NA221A is small, exquisite, and handy. It allows one PCIe audio DSP accelerator card to be installed inside NA221A. Connecting to MacBook Pro, it makes MacBook Pro be able to perform the ability and capability that is originally possessed only by Mac Pro.
For more information on TurboBox™, please see the report from Universal Audio: http://www.uaudio.com/blog/ua-tested-uad-expansion-chassis/
For information and specification of TurboBox™ NA211A, please visit the product page at: http://www.netstor.com.tw/_03/03_02.php?OTc=

About Universal Audio
Founded in the 1950s, Universal Audio, Inc. is a privately held company now based in Scotts Valley, California, the USA. It delivers new technologies in audio processing. The company’s main product UAD-2 accelerator card builds upon years of expertise in the field of digital signal processing. It is used by thousands of mastering engineers and professionals involved with handling large mixes of audio. For further information on Universal Audio, please visit: http://www.uaudio.com/

About Netstor
Netstor Technology focuses on the development of products on external SAS/SATA data storage and aims to provide users with reliable, cost-effective and high-performance SAS/SATA data backup solutions. Netstor develops complete storage product lines from desktop tower, 1U 4-bay to 4U 24-bay rackmount disk array enclosures. Netstor has worldwide distribution network covering IT, audio/video, telecom, DVR, CCTV, content creation as well as educational and scientific industries. For more information about Netstor, please visit http://www.netstor.com.tw