Avalon / Avalon 2

Avalon by Steinberg was introduced in 1989. It is a sample editor which is capable of handling, for example, the Roland S770's stereo samples of frequencies up to 48 kHz at 16-bit. Of course this is via MIDI, in its Avalon 2 guise. With Steinberg's 16bit D/A board, samples can be output at 16-bit in stereo. Two versions were produced, Avalon and Avalon 2 which followed in 1991, irrespective of sub versions. With Avalon 2, Steinberg introduced a Synthesis page, adding a modular software synthesiser to allow patching of modules to add to your samples, similar to that of Turbosynth. It also provided support via MIDI for the Akai S700, S900, S1000, S1100, Casio FZ-1, Dynacord ADS, ADD-one, Emu Emax, Emax II, Ensoniq EPS, Prophet 2000, Roland S-50, S-330, S-550, S-770 and Yamaha TX16W. Also, any sampler that subscribes to the MIDI SDS format.

Avalon 3 was in the making, essentially Avalon with compatibility for the Falcon. Oh how I wish this came to fruition! It went as far as being demonstrated by Steinberg, but it never saw release, thus Avalon ended with version 2.1 for the ST.

Overview

Name: Avalon / Avalon 2
Type: Sample Editor / Sound Generator
Bit Depth: Up to 16-bit
Sample Rate: Up to 48 kHz
Sound Quality: Mono / Stereo
Hardware ADC: No
ADC Connection Type: N/A

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