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Phil Rees Music Tech Ltd. ceased trading in December 2006.
The commercial parts of this site have now closed.

Philip has taken over the site and intends to redevelop it as a not-for-profit internet resource on music technology and related subjects.

The product directories make available the archive information from the database of our old online music computer store:

Music sequencer software product directory
Audio interfaces product directory
MIDI interfaces product directory

Music Tech magazine review

Music Tech reviewed one of our Pentium M desktop PCs in the December 2005 issue. This went on sale on 17 November.

The introduction to this article by Hollin Jones is:
"Computer noise can ruin an otherwise perfectly good recording. but noise is not something that will worry owners of the new Pentium M Desktop from Phil Rees.".

The reviewer says that "it is the quietest PC we have ever used". In summary, the system is described as "incredibly quiet" and of "solid construction". It is awarded 8/10.

The verdict of this review is: "A good performer, well specified and unbelievably quiet. A serious contender if noise is an issue.".

Intel Pentium M mobile processors have great compatibility, and benchmark extremely well, with audio and music applications. They produce far less the heat than equivalent desktop processors, and so can be cooled much more quietly.

There is now an adaptor that lets us fit Pentium M processors into compatible desktop motherboards. This means that you get all the features of a high-spec desktop motherboard, but in a system which can be virtually silent!

Details of our next generation of virtually silent Pentium M desktop PCs

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Here is a PCI-based soundcard with a stylish brushed-aluminium breakout box, providing phantom-powered mic inputs and quarter-inch, balanced inputs and outputs. There are co-axial and optical S/PDIF ins and outs, optical ADAT input and output, a MIDI In and Out and a front-panel headphone output with its own volume knob.

There are two inputs on the front panel with individual trim knobs, three-LED input level meters, and phantom power, and are capable of accepting mic, line or instrument inputs, automatically adjusting accordingly.

In addition to the two analogue inputs, the Gina 3G breakout box has six balanced analogue outputs.

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The USB MIDISPORT 2x2 is a compact multi-port MIDI interface providing 32 x 32 MIDI channel addressing. The 2x2 is ideal for connecting a number of MIDI devices to your computer, as well as avoiding signal corruption associated with long MIDI Thru chains.

Bus-powered operation means that you can use it anywhere. Standalone functionality means the device can be switched to give MIDI through connections, even when the host computer is off.

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