PowerCore X8 - Reviews - Music Tech Magazine

With ever faster CPUs in studio computers, is there still a need for outboard DSP? Mike Hillier plugs in to find out...

Price: £949.00
Manufacturer: TC Electronic
Website: http://www.tcelectronic.com

TC Electronic’s PowerCore series is one of the most well-supported outboard DSP options on the market. The latest model – the PowerCore X8 – is the successor to the popular PowerCore FireWire, doubling the onboard CPU and S-RAM to a total of eight Motorola DSP chips and eight RAM chips respectively, enabling you to run more instances of each plug-in.

Score: 8

This review first appeared in Music Tech Magazine issue 61
Filed under Home, Hardware, Hardware Effects, Reviews

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