TC Electronic reveals high-end PowerCore 6000

By Ben Rogerson
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First the UAD-2, now this

The PowerCore 6000 has an awful lot of grunt under the hood.
The PowerCore 6000 has an awful lot of grunt under the hood.

TC Electronic has lifted the lid on a new addition to its PowerCore range: the PowerCore 6000. As well as being able to run PowerCore plug-ins, this also features processors from the company's acclaimed System 6000.

Sitting inside this rack-mountable unit are eight FreeScale DSP engines - the same as those in the System 6000. The inclusion of an SRAM memory design means that the PowerCore 6000 is capable of running the high-quality reverb and delay algorithms from the aforementioned system.

The new product features a total of seven System 6000 algorithms: VSS3 Stereo Source Reverb, Nonlin2, DVR 2 Digital Vintage Reverb, MD3 Stereo Mastering, Brickwall Limiter, UnWrap stereo to 5.1 conversion and TapFactory.

This is clearly a piece of serious studio gear, a fact that's reflected in the €2999 price tag. It's set to ship this month with the PowerCore 3.2 software and supports the VST and AU plug-in formats.

If you want to find out more, check out the TC Electronic website.

Ben Rogerson
Ben Rogerson

I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it.