KRISTAL Audio Engine

KRISTAL Audio Engine
Original author(s) Matthias Juwan
Developer(s) Kreatives
Initial release 31 January 2004 (2004-01-31)
Last release
1.0.1 / 1 June 2004 (2004-06-01)
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Type Digital Audio Workstation
License Proprietary Software
Website kreatives.org/kristal/

The KRISTAL Audio Engine (commonly referred to as KRISTAL or KAE) is a digital audio workstation for Microsoft Windows. It is free for personal & educational use, with licensing options for commercial use.[1]

The successor to this product became what is now known as Studio One.[2]

History

Initial Development

The original Crystal Audio Engine interface.

KRISTAL began development in 1999, as the university thesis project of Matthias Juwan. At that time it had a different look and feel, and it was known as the Crystal Audio Engine, a name derived from the song The Crystal Ship by The Doors.[3]

The initial version, renamed to KRISTAL Audio Engine, was released in 2004.[4]

K2

On 24 December 2004 the KRISTAL development team announced that they were working on the successor to the KRISTAL Audio Engine, based on a new infrastructure. Among other things, the development team planned to include cross-platform support for Microsoft Windows and macOS.[5]

The new software, known as K2, entered the Alpha development stage in July 2005.[6]

KristalLabs

The KristalLabs logo. Later used as the basis for the Studio One logo.

On 18 September 2006, it was announced that all work and rights to the source code of K2 had been taken over by KristalLabs Software Ltd., a private start-up company co-founded by KRISTAL lead developer, Matthias Juwan, and Wolfgang Kundrus, who had previously worked on Cubase, Nuendo and HALion.[2][7][8] Ownership for the original KRISTAL Audio Engine, however, did not transition to KristalLabs.[9]

PreSonus and Studio One

KristalLabs further developed K2 in cooperation with PreSonus, before becoming part of PreSonus in 2009.[10] The final result of the K2 development was re-branded and released as the first version of the PreSonus DAW, Studio One.[2] The former KristalLabs logo (representing a series of hexagons, like the one from the original KRISTAL logo, tessellated together) was used as the basis for the logo of Studio One.[11]

Functionality

The KRISTAL Audio Engine can support up to 16 channels of audio; however, it does not provide support for MIDI.[12]

The primary window of the application is a digital mixer, but it provides separate, built-in components for additional functionality, such as audio sequencing and live audio input/recording.[13] It provides built-in effects, such as EQ, chorus, delay and reverb, but also includes support for third-party VST plug-ins.[12]

The application uses 32-bit audio processing and supports both MME & ASIO drivers. In addition to its native Kristal project files, it also supports the use of WAVE, AIFF, FLAC and OGG Vorbis files.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "PC Freeware Sequencers & Editors". www.soundonsound.com. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  2. 1 2 3 "News - KRISTAL Audio Engine". www.kreatives.org. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  3. ↑ "Details - KRISTAL Audio Engine". www.kreatives.org. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  4. ↑ "Kristal Audio Engine v1.0 released". KVR Audio. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  5. ↑ "KRISTAL 2 - The Future - KRISTAL User Community - Powered by XMB". www.kristalusers.net. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  6. ↑ "KRISTAL 2 reached Alpha Status! - KRISTAL User Community - Powered by XMB". www.kristalusers.net. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  7. ↑ "Kundrus is Senior Developer for Software Architect - Music Connection Magazine". www.musicconnection.com. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  8. ↑ Randall, Brent (2009-04-29). "Interview with Jim Odom and Jim Mack- President Of Presonus". www.prorec.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  9. ↑ "K2 - KRISTAL Audio Engine". www.kreatives.org. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  10. ↑ "AudioFanzine met Studio One's technical director". Audiofanzine. 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  11. ↑ "Where Did The PreSonus Studio One Logo Come From?". Pro Tools Expert. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  12. 1 2 3 "Kreative's Kristal Audio Engine". www.homerecordingconnection.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  13. ↑ 2003, Matthias Juwan, Paul Sellars,. "KRISTAL Audio Engine :: Reference Manual :: 1.0". www.kreatives.org. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
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