KRISTAL Audio Engine
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| Original author(s) | Matthias Juwan |
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| Developer(s) | Kreatives |
| Initial release | 31 January 2004 |
| Final release | 1.0.1
/ 1 June 2004 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Digital audio workstation |
| License | Proprietary Software |
| Website | kreatives |
TheKRISTAL Audio Engine(commonly referred to asKRISTALorKAE) is adigital audio workstationforMicrosoft Windows.It is free for personal & educational use, with licensing options for commercial use.
The successor to this product became what is now known asStudio One.
History
[edit]Initial Development
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KRISTAL began development in 1999, as the university thesis project of Matthias Juwan. At that time it had a different look and feel, and was known as theCrystal Audio Engine,a name derived from the songThe Crystal ShipbyThe Doors.[1]
Following a publicbetaperiod, the initial version, renamed to theKRISTAL Audio Engine,was released in 2004, under the developer name of Kreatives.[2]
K2and KristalLabs
[edit]On 24 December 2004 the KRISTAL development team announced that they were working on the successor to the KRISTAL Audio Engine, based on a new infrastructure. The development team planned for this successor to include cross-platform support for bothWindowsandmacOS.[3]The new software, known asK2,entered theAlpha development stagein July 2005.[4]
On 18 September 2006, it was announced that all work and rights to thesource codeofK2had been taken over by KristalLabs Software Ltd., a private start-up company co-founded by KRISTAL lead developer, Matthias Juwan, and Wolfgang Kundrus, who had previously worked onCubase,NuendoandHALion.[5][6][7]Ownership for the original KRISTAL Audio Engine, however, did not transition to KristalLabs.[8]
PreSonus and Studio One
[edit]KristalLabs further developedK2in cooperation with the American music technology company,PreSonus,before becoming part of PreSonus in 2009.[9]Following this acquisition, the final result of theK2development wasre-brandedand released as the first version of the PreSonus DAW,Studio One,for macOS and Windows.[5][10]The former KristalLabs logo (representing a series ofhexagons,like the one from the original KRISTAL Audio Engine logo,tessellatedtogether) was used as the basis for the logo of Studio One.[11]
Since this time, all versions of Studio One have been developed and released by PreSonus.
Functionality
[edit]KRISTAL is free for personal & educational use, with licensing options for commercial use.[12]
The primary window of the application is adigital mixer,but it provides separate, built-in components for additional functionality, such asaudio sequencingand live audio input/recording.[13]It includes built-in effects, such asEQ,chorus,delayandreverb,but also supports the use of third-partyVSTplug-ins.[14]It can support up to 16channelsof audio; however, it does not provide support forMIDI.[14]
The application uses32-bitaudio processing and supports bothMME&ASIOdrivers. In addition to its native Kristal project files, it is also compatible withWAVE,AIFF,FLACandOGG Vorbisfiles.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Details - KRISTAL Audio Engine".Kreatives.Retrieved16 April2018.
- ^"Kristal Audio Engine v1.0 released".KVR Audio.3 February 2004.Retrieved24 April2018.
- ^"KRISTAL 2 - The Future".KRISTAL User Community.Retrieved16 April2018.
- ^"KRISTAL 2 reached Alpha Status!".KRISTAL User Community.Retrieved16 April2018.
- ^ab"News - KRISTAL Audio Engine".Kreatives.Retrieved16 April2018.
- ^"Kundrus is Senior Developer for Software Architect".Music Connection.26 May 2015.Retrieved16 April2018.
- ^Randall, Brent (29 April 2009)."Interview with Jim Odom and Jim Mack- President Of Presonus".ProRec.Archived fromthe originalon 13 February 2010.Retrieved2 March2010.
- ^"K2 - KRISTAL Audio Engine".Kreatives.19 September 2006.Retrieved18 April2018.
- ^Teignos, Los (2 January 2013)."AudioFanzine met Studio One's technical director".AudioFanzine.Retrieved20 March2018.
- ^"PreSonus announces Studio One".KVR Audio.2 April 2009.Retrieved14 March2019.
- ^"Where Did The PreSonus Studio One Logo Come From?".Pro Tools Expert.Retrieved17 April2018.
- ^Walker, Martin."PC Freeware Sequencers & Editors |".Sound on Sound.Retrieved16 April2018.
- ^Juwan, Matthias."KRISTAL Audio Engine:: Reference Manual:: 1.0".Kreatives.Retrieved23 April2018.
- ^abc"Kreative's Kristal Audio Engine".Home Recording Connection.Retrieved18 April2018.
