Duende Classic, Mini, and PCIe hardware

Please note SSL ended manufacture and support of Duende hardware in 2010.

Duende was designed for 32-bit OS and will not work on modern 64-bit OS.

macOS 10.7 Lion (July 2011) is the last macOS to support a 32-bit kernel.

System Requirements

Please refer to the software user guides for specific system requirements.
PCIe requires one PCIe slot.
Mini requires one FireWire/IEEE1394 400 Mb port.
Duende supported sample rates from 44.1 kHz through 96 kHz.
Running two FireWire Duende requires two independent FireWire busses.

V3 minimum requirements

Please refer to the software user guides for specific system requirements.

PC

• Intel Core (no Pentium or Celeron)
• Windows 32 bit
• 2 GB RAM

macOS

• macOS 10.5.6 through 10.7 32 bit only
• Intel Mac 1.8 GHz (no Power PC)
• 2 GB RAM

V2 minimum requirements

Please refer to the software user guides for specific system requirements.

PC

• Windows 32 bit
• Intel Pentium IV/AMD 1 GHz or higher
• 1 GB RAM

macOS

• Apple Macintosh G4 or G5 Power PC (no Intel)
• macOS 10.4.8 Tiger (April 2005) or higher 32-bit
• 1 GB RAM

Using multiple Duende together
You can run two Duende’s (any combination of Mini or PCIe) on a single computer.
The maximum channel count for a single computer is 128 channels regardless of how many Duende are installed.

Install Guides
Duende Classic install guide
Duende Mini install guide
Duende PCIe install guide

User Guides
Duende V3 User Guide
Duende V2 Classic User Guide
Duende V2 Mini User Guide
Duende V2 PCIe User Guide

Drumstrip User Guide
X-EQ User Guide
X-Comp User Guide
Vocalstrip User Guide
X-Verb Reference Guide

Downloads

Mac

Duende Mac 3.5.2 - September 2010 Click here
Duende Mac 3.1.0 - September 09 Click here
Duende Mac 3.0.3 - July 09 Click here

Duende Mac 2.6.0 - December 2008 Click here
Duende Mac 2.5.9 - October 08 Click here
Duende Mac 2.5.6 - June 08 Click here
Duende Mac 2.5.3 - March 08 Click here
Duende Mac 2.4.1 - January 08 Click here
Duende Mac 2.3.0 - December 07 Click here
Duende Mac 2.2.0 - October 07 Click here
Duende Mac 2.1.0 - August 07 Click here
Duende Mac 2.0.0 - April 07 Click here

Duende Mac 1.5.0 - December 06 Click here

PC

Duende PC 3.5.2 - September 2010 Click here
Duende PC 3.1.0 - September 09 Click here
Duende PC 3.0.2 - July 09 Click here

Duende PC 2.5.9 - October 2008 Click here
Duende PC 2.5.4 - June 08 Click here
Duende PC 2.5.2 - March 08 Click here
Duende PC 2.4.1 - January 08 Click here
Duende PC 2.3.0 - December 07 Click here
Duende PC 2.2.0 - October 07 Click here
Duende PC 2.1.0 - August 07 Click here
Duende PC 2.0.0 - April 07 Click here

Duende PC 1.5.0 - November 06 Click here

Specifications