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Background on Studio Connections Initiative
"Studio Connections" Development Alliance
Steinberg and Yamaha Corporation continue a long standing relationship by
announcing a new strategic alliance to develop integrated solutions for all levels
of the music and media production market. The goal of the Studio Connections
project is to enable the strengths of both hardware and software to be
seamlessly combined to produce powerful, flexible and highly efficient audio
production systems.
First implementation stage of the Studio Connections open standard is the
integration and support of Yamaha’s Studio Manager and Total Recall for
compatible hardware devices. Future implementation stages will include audio
integration and parameter automation. Studio Connections is designed to be an
open standard. Other manufacturers already expressed their interest in the
format. A preliminary software development kit is currently available from
Steinberg and Yamaha.
Questions Answers
What is Studio Connections? STUDIO CONNECTIONS is the name of an initiative that is lead by Steinberg and Yamaha. The
What I can do with Recall solution You can save and recall all settings of your hardware products and software products by opening
What is the plan after Recall? STUDIO CONNECTIONS Initiative has already started the planning and technical investigation of
What is the difference between OPT
and VST
How does this differ from OPT from
Yamaha, which also aims to integrate
software and hardware?
How does mLAN fit into this system? mLAN technology is utilized alongside Recall as a separate, but complimentary technology. For
What markets does Studio
Connections target?
What is the relationship between
Yamaha and Steinberg?
When will Recall be released? The second half of 2004 – time with the release of Cubase SX3
Which Yamaha products will be
supported as Recall?
initiative intends to create industry standards for totally integrated system environments using
software and hardware products.
one integrated file in a DAW such as Cubase or Nuendo. Also you will have instant and organized
access to hardware editors.
the next solution.
OPT is an interface technology between host applications and hardware editors and transmits
mainly communication data like MIDI. VST is an audio/communication protocol between host
applications and audio effect PlugIns
audio and communication data.
In the Recall solution, some functions of OPT have been adopted to create OPT2. Also, a guideline
of user interface design has been defined to ensure compatibility of user interface by DAW
applications. And very importantly, the Recall solution is fully cross-platform, supporting Mac OS X
as well as Windows 2000/XP.
example, MIDI command communications will be handled via mLAN with products like 01X. Also
audio interfacing/networking is an important part of the studio system, although again, it is a
separate technology.
Wide range of Music/Audio production market as well as the post-production market.
Steinberg and Yamaha have a very close cooporative relationship. But neither company has an
equity investment in the other.
At the beginning of the Recall solution products like DM2000v2, 02R96v2,DM1000, 01V96, 01X,
Motif ES and SPX2000 are supported. Several products will follow.
/virtual instruments software, and transmits/ receives both
What Operating Systems are
supported?
Are firmware updates required to
support Recall?
When will the SDK opened? After completion and verification of the system solution, and completion of documentation work, the
Windows 2000, XP, Mac OSX
In some cases, firmware updates for hardware products may be required. We do not intend to
charge for firmware updates specifically to support the Recall functions. However, customers will
need to own the latest current version of firmware for some products. For example, DM2000/02R96
owners will need to have V2 firmware in order to receive any free updates related to Recall.
STUDIO CONNECTIONS initiative will make the technical information available to the industr y.
Targeting to release this information before the end of this year.
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