BIAS Peak Pro 5.20 review
DownloadBIAS Peak the industry standard stereo audio editing, processing, and mastering application for the Macintosh is now better than ever.
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BIAS Peak the industry standard stereo audio editing, processing, and mastering application for the Macintosh is now better than ever.
From serious sound design for film, video, or multimedia, to rapid-fire broadcast editing, to music production and mastering limited only by your imagination, Peak Pro 5 does it better than anything else. Create unique dance loops and remixes. Optimize audio for Podcasting and Internet streaming. Dust off that pile of vinyl records or analog tapes and convert them to CDs, ultra-portable AAC (MP4) or MP3 files, or to just about any audio file format on Earth. Craft soundtracks or fix audio problems for digital video. Maximize your music's sonic quality — and then burn your final masters directly to CD — with 100% Redbook compatibility.
All that's just the tip of the iceberg. Dig in and hear for yourself exactly what Peak Pro 5 can do for you. It just might explain why more music and audio professionals depend upon BIAS Peak than any other competing product.
Here are some key features of "BIAS Peak Pro":
Fastest and most powerful nondestructive & destructive sample accurate mono and stereo editing, processing, and CD mastering application for OS X
Simultaneous document viewing with window tiling
Multithreaded processing and MP optimized
Unlimited Undo/Redo with graphic edit histories
Customizable display, key commands, tool bar
Reads/Writes AIFF, SDII, QuickTime, MP3, MP4, WAVE, AU, Sonic AIFF, JAM Image, Raw, DDP (optional), and more
Supports built-in Mac I/O and Core Audio compatible hardware
Read & write region, loop & reference markers
Integrated DSP Toolset, including Fade In/Out, Normalize, Gain Envelope, Reverse, Invert, Harmonic Rotate, ultra-accurate POW-r dithering, Convolve, Mix, Change Pitch, Panner, Find Peak, Invert, Strip Silence & more
Professional 100% Red-Book CD Mastering playlist featuring advanced waveform views, crossfades, real-time effects, PQ sub-codes, ISRC, CD Text and more.
Ultra high quality real-time and offline SRC (Sample Rate Conversion)
Up to 32-bit 10MHz, including 24 bit 96KHz (HD)
Advanced looping tools— including the highly acclaimed Loop Surfer, LoopTuner, Crossfade Loop & Guess Tempo
AU and VST effects & instrument support with ALC (Automatic Latency Compensation)
Dozens of high quality VST audioeffects plug-ins free and AU effects from OS X
Includes BIAS Sqweez compressor/limiter plug-in and BIAS Freq 4-band paragraphic EQ
Includes SFX Machine LT plug-in with 21 real-time special effects
Advanced VST/AU plug-in routing matrix via integrated Vbox SE
Automated Repair Clicks & Remove DC Offset
ImpulseVerb** — applies real room ambiance to any audio file — includes over 150 spaces
Supports all SMDI hardware samplers
Integrated Batch Processor
Change Duration DSP with Tempo Envelope and Transient mode — high-quality time compression/expansion without affecting pitch or smearing attacks
Recording notepad & timer
Threshold function automatically divides files by amplitude
Trigger playback & cueing of up to 10 audio documents using Mac keyboard
Advanced QuickTime/DV support with sample accurate synchronization
Auto-Define Tracks — divides LP/Tape recordings into single tracks for easy CD burning, export to iTunes and more
Use stand alone or integrated as an external editor launched from Deck, DP, Live, FCP, and more
Over 300 MB of high quality loops from PowerFX and Sound-FX-Design.
What's New:
Peak 5.2 is a Universal Binary and runs native on both Intel and PowerPC Macintoshes.
Peak Pro 5.2 uses an updated registration and authorization process, designed to give users the utmost in flexibility. The standard method for authorizing is serial number-based, and allows authorization of up to two computers – for example, a desktop Mac in a studio, and a laptop Mac for mobile use.
See the Read Me for a complete list of feature enhancements and bug fixes in Peak Pro 5.20.
Requirements:
G3, G4 or G5 desktop Apple Macintosh, iBook or PowerBook (>400MHz processor recommended)
Minimum 1024 x 768 screen resolution
Macintosh OS 10.3.9 minimum (CD Text requires 10.4 or greater)
256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
330 MB available disk space
18 ms hard drive (average seek time) or faster
QuickTime 6.0 or later
ImpulseVerb requires a G4 processor or faster
Support for third-party audio hardware may require compatible CoreAudio drivers
Available USB Port for included USB Key.
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