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  • 16 audio tracks
  • 32 Bit floating point audio engine
  • 44.1 to 192 kHz sample rate
  • 3-band parametric EQ &
  • 2 VST insert slots per channel
  • 3 VST master effect slots
  • ASIO low latency audio driver support
  • 4 KRISTAL Plug-In slots



PreSonus/KristalLabs unveiled Studio One!
Posted on 04/01/2009 by matthias
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Studio One, a new music creation and production application for Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista, developed by KristalLabs in cooperation with PreSonus has been unveiled at Musikmesse Frankfurt.

After three years of development, Studio One (formerly code-named K2) is a fresh and innovative new platform, that surely will kick ass the existing DAWs! If you started with KRISTAL Audio Engine, you will love its advanced possibilities and professional features. Your existing projects can be seamlessly imported into Studio One.

For more information, please visit the Studio One Website at PreSonus.com



K2 User Pre-Registration online!
Posted on 04/13/2007 by matthias
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K2 is the codename for a new music production tool, developed by KristalLabs.
You can register yourself now on K2 Product Page for e-mail notifications about this product.



User Forum moved to new server!
Posted on 12/01/2006 by matthias
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The KRISTAL User Forum has been moved to a new server.

It can be reached at kristalusers.net



KristalLabs takes over K2 code base!
Posted on 09/18/2006 by matthias
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KristalLabs Software Ltd., a privately held company co-founded by the lead developer of KRISTAL 1.0, Matthias Juwan, has taken over all rights on K2 source code. All the hard work invested in the K2 project over the past two years, will be used as foundation for developing new commercial-grade music production tools by KristalLabs.

For more information, please visit the K2 page or kristallabs.com



User Forum back online!
Posted on 05/01/2006 by matthias
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The KRISTAL User Forum is back online! After lots of troubles with insufficient disk space on our server and corrupt database tables, we have upgraded the forum software to a newer version and it seems to work fine now.



KRISTAL User Forum down!
Posted on 04/30/2006 by matthias
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The KRISTAL User Forum is currently down. We are trying to find a solution ASAP.



KAE 1.0 bundled with FCA202!
Posted on 12/19/2005 by matthias
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KRISTAL Audio Engine 1.0 is available together with Behringer's F-Control Audio FCA202, a cool Stereo I/O FireWire Audio Interface. Other software included: Ableton Live 4 Lite and Audacity... Read more



K2 page added!
Posted on 11/13/2005 by matthias
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A new K2 page has been added to give you up-to-date information regarding the development progress of Kristal 2.



KRISTAL 2 reached Alpha Status!
Posted on 08/01/2005 by matthias
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Development status report on the much anticipated KRISTAL 2.0 update... Read more



Artist page added!
Posted on 03/15/2005 by matthias
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To spice up this place a bit for you while we are working heavily on K2, a new Artists section has been added. Please share your musical creations with the community!



KRISTAL 2 - The Future
Posted on 12/24/2004 by matthias
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from KRISTAL Team!

A short update on what's going on behind the scenes... Read more



*Be careful!*
Posted on 08/07/2004 by matthias
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Believe it or not: there are in fact people out there wasting their time with "cracking" a free product. And even worse: we heard rumors a while ago of someone selling KRISTAL on eBay!

Please do not pay anything for KRISTAL, unless you intend to use it for commercial purpose or if you want to support future development! The one and only point of sale is this website!

If you feel like cracking your free copy of KRISTAL, please download the crack here - popup-free!



KRISTAL 1.0.1 Update
Posted on 06/04/2004 by matthias
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This is a maintenance update, no new features, some bugs have been fixed (see Version History for details).

Additionally, we now provide commercial licensing options for KRISTAL!



KRISTAL awarded by HRC!
Posted on 03/14/2004 by matthias
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Home Recording Connection (HRC) awarded KRISTAL 1.0 with the "HRC Recommended" badge! You can read the complete review here.



KRISTAL User Forum online!
Posted on 02/25/2004 by matthias
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The official KRISTAL User Forum is online! This is the place where KRISTAL users can meet to discuss all KRISTAL-related stuff and share their experience...



Thank you! / Server relocation
Posted on 02/19/2004 by matthias
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The KRISTAL Team would like to thank you all for the overwhelming feedback on KRISTAL 1.0! Check out your favorite music magazine the next weeks, maybe there appears something about us.

Kreatives.org will be moved to a new server within the next days. Please be patient if the website is unreachable for a short period of time.

Thank you!



Download at simtel.net!
Posted on 02/03/2004 by matthias
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Because our webserver is not able to handle all the traffic caused by KRISTAL downloads, we moved the primary download location to simtel.net.
There have been approximately 1000 downloads within the first 48 hours... good start ;)



Help page added!
Posted on 02/02/2004 by matthias
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There is a new Help/FAQ page online. Please check it out if you got stuck somewhere or before you ask us a certain question ;)



KRISTAL 1.0 *Final* released!
Posted on 01/31/2004 by matthias
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The Kreatives Group proudly announces the release of

KRISTAL Audio Engine 1.0 Final

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Please uninstall all previous beta versions and give it a try 'from scratch'.



KRISTAL 1.0 RC1 ready!
Posted on 01/26/2004 by matthias
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The beta phase for KRISTAL 1.0 is finally over, here is our first Release Candidate!!
All features and PlugIns are in there! Check out KristalChorus, KristalReverb, Kristalizer, the new KRISTAL LiveIN rack... etc.



Kreatives.org relaunched!
Posted on 01/13/2004 by matthias
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We finally made it! Kreatives.org has a brand new look & layout!

Check out our main site at www.kreatives.org



Tutorial Writers Wanted!
Posted on 01/03/2004 by matthias
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We need some more help to get the manual ready this month!
If you have some experience in writing technical documentation (English, preferably as HTML) and some free time, please mail to kristal@kreatives.org!!!



MERRY X-MAS!
Posted on 12/24/2003 by matthias
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The KRISTAL Team whishes MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2004!

We take some time-out during the holidays and are back at work in January. Stay tuned!



Beta 16 ready!
Posted on 12/17/2003 by matthias
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New cool things: OGG Vorbis support, Bouncing and a "Save to New Folder" feature!!

Because the manual and some PlugIns are not yet ready, we do not expect to 'ship' the final KRISTAL Audio Engine 1.0 this month. Next possible release date is January 2004!



Beta 15 ready!
Posted on 12/09/2003 by matthias
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Beta 15 is ready for download. Some more details have been improved (see Version History for a complete list).



Beta 14 released!
Posted on 12/03/2003 by matthias
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Beta 14 is ready for download. It is not the expected RC1 because some Plug-Ins and the manual are not yet ready...
Some final features have been added e.g. a global Timebase button (Musical/Linear), KRISTAL Waver can now export AES31 (please do some compatibility tests!), the generic VST editor has improved... and a cool VST MultiDelay is included in the installer!!!



Beta 12 (Editing improved)!
Posted on 11/18/2003 by matthias
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As promised, the editing features in KRISTAL Waver have been improved! A new Glue tool allows to "glue" parts together to a folder part. Multiple selection is supported for Move/Copy/Paste. The waveform is generated in background and displayed at a higher resolution...

Please test this version extensively and report any serious bugs. Next one is expected to be the first release candidate for KRISTAL Audio Engine 1.0!!!



Beta 11 released!
Posted on 11/06/2003 by matthias
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Beta 11 is ready for download!
It fixes some bugs which unfortunately came in with the last version and introduces some more editing features in KRISTAL Waver. Happy testing ;)



KRISTAL reviews?
Posted on 11/03/2003 by matthias
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If you find any reviews, tutorials, etc. about KRISTAL Audio Engine in a printed magazine,
we would be forever grateful if you could scan it and send it to kristal@kreatives.org.
(We already got the one from french Soundkeys magazine, thanks Eric!).



Webserver slow :(
Posted on 10/28/2003 by matthias
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The Kreatives.org webserver is currently f***ing slow, seems to be a problem at our hosting provider.



Beta 10 (some more ASIO fixes)
Posted on 10/28/2003 by matthias
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Some more ASIO problems are fixed, e.g. the emi 6|2 audio interface should finally work with Beta 10. Another cool thing is the new cut tool in KRISTAL Waver.
A big *THANK YOU* to all beta testers, who helped to isolate the problems!

The feature set of KRISTAL 1.0 is freezed. There are some more small things on the list which will be implemented, all other incoming requests have to be delayed until after the final 1.0 release.

Btw, anyone interested to help writing the manual... ;)



Beta 9 released!
Posted on 10/23/2003 by matthias
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Yet another version! ASIO recordings should be *really* in time now plus some more details have been improved. I will focus the further development on the editing features of KRISTAL Waver. Some more tools to come...



Beta 8 released!
Posted on 10/19/2003 by matthias
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Here we go...
some timing issues should be solved (recording, cycle and metronome) and the missing "Bars & Beats" ruler is finally there.



Beta 7 (24 Bit ASIO bug fixed?)
Posted on 10/14/2003 by matthias
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I received some reports that KRISTAL produces silence only with some 24 Bit ASIO cards (M-Audio Audiophile etc.). I hope this is fixed now in Beta 7. Please report...



Beta 6 (Win98 startup problem fixed)
Posted on 10/12/2003 by matthias
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Nobody is perfect... but I should have tested the installer on Win98 before uploading :( I made a quick fix and Beta 6 is available for download. However, there are still some strange things happening when running on old Windoze... I need some more time to sort them out.



Hello World (Beta 5 released)!
Posted on 10/12/2003 by matthias
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After a silent month for the public (and a work-filled one for the developers ;)) finally Beta 5 of KRISTAL Audio Engine 1.0 is available... at the same time with this brand new website!!!

Beta 5 is a big step step forward for the project. A lot of things have improved, just check out the Version History for details.




KRISTAL's awards:

HRC recommended



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