SHARC Selected for WAVEDRUM Synthesiser
08 November 2011
KORG selected ADI’s SHARC processor as DSP engine within its WAVEDRUM Mini, a new portable percussion synthesiser available worldwide .
By leveraging ADI’s ADSP-21375 SHARC 32-bit floating point DSP processor at the heart of the WAVEDRUM Mini, KORG has pioneered a next-generation, portable, battery–powered version of its percussion synthesiser, the WAVEDRUM WD-X, launched in 2009. Designed for musicians “on-the-go,” the WAVEDRUM Mini combines a unique, patent-pending sound source system, which allows the musician to express the full gamut of musical articulation, from subtle nuances to dynamic and aggressive playing styles.
Sonically richer and more sensitive, this second generation WAVEDRUM uses ADI’s SHARC floating point audio processing power to faithfully reproduce the extremely realistic percussion sounds and a wide dynamic range of acoustic musical instruments. By leveraging SHARC’s floating point architecture, the KORG audio system is able to implement specialised algorithms that take advantage of SHARC’s speed and memory architecture to ensure optimal audio fidelity.
When KORG began developing the WAVEDRUM Mini, the company looked for a high-performance compiler with superb floating-point arithmetic processing power and a code-generating tool with excellent optimisation capabilities. KORG selected ADI’s ADSP-21375 SHARC 32-bit floating-point DSP processor, enabling its engineers to rapidly implement audio algorithms developed and evaluated on a PC for the Waveform Mini’s DSP system, while maintaining arithmetical accuracy.
Using ADI’s VisualDSP++ 5.0 and ADZS-HPUSB-ICE development tools and the ADSP-21375 evaluation kit, KORG’s audio engineers were able to unlock the full power and value of their audio design, and ensure exquisite sound quality that surpasses the expectations of even the most discerning audiophiles.
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