BIAS introduces Peak Pro 6
(No Ratings Yet)
Loading ...BIAS Inc. introduces Peak Pro 6, the evolution to the award-winning pro audio editing, processing and mastering software for Mac OS X with Universal compatibility for PPC and Intel-based Macs. After eleven years of development, Peak Pro 6 offers more creative potential than ever before, whether you’re a musician, composer, sound designer, audio editor, podcast producer, web designer or mastering engineer. Reliably mature, yet always inspired, feature rich, yet flexible and friendly, by itself or along-side your favorite DAW, Peak Pro 6 streamlines your workflow with industry renowned sonic quality and precision.
Jason Davies, VP Sales & Marketing for BIAS said: “We’re thrilled to introduce version 6 of Peak Pro. Existing Peak users will be pleased to see that over one-hundred new features and enhancements have been implemented, while new customers will be amazed to learn how adding Peak Pro 6 to their digital audio toolset offers even more features and benefits than ever before. Whether you need to record and master audio directly to CD, design sounds, sample libraries and loops, or save time processing and delivering high quality audio, Peak Pro 6 is a must-have companion for anyone working with digital audio on a Mac.”
So what’s new in Peak Pro 6:
Advanced Playlist Editing & Mastering
- Mastering & “Classical Editing” Cross-Fade Modes: Overlap/Gap & Centered cross-fades optimize workflows.
- Volume envelopes: easily & precisely edit volumes across entire regions, fades & cross-fades.
- Custom Default Fades: create, save & load your favorite cross-fade shapes & apply them automatically.
- Controls: pre/post roll audition, insert new event at play-head, edit sync between source document and region & more.
- Playlist waveform zooming tools: zoom to sample level, auto-zoom to cross-fade, zoom out all the way.
Editing, Processing & Sound Design Power
- Cache in RAM: ultra-fast RAM-based editing.
- Perpetual Loop DSP: ensures perfect “beat-free” sustained loops on monophonic sources. Ideal for creating instrument sample libraries.
- Voiceover Ducking DSP: dynamically lowers music level during voice over - ideal for Podcast authoring.
- Change Pitch & Convolve Envelope: apply dynamic changes over time.
- Change Duration options: algorithmic selection for optimizing results on vocals or musical content.
- Vbox Cross-synthesis Link: mix, convolve, vocode, modulate & magnitude multiply virtual instruments, audio, effects & live input for creative sound design.
User Interface Enhancements
- Global contrast control: allows customization of user interface from dark to light.
- Vbox: MIDI channel mapping, enhanced preset control & more.
- “Magnetic” windows: windows snap together for optimal screen management.
- Custom playlist UI: hide/show cross-fade controls & more.
- High-resolution meters: logarithmic metering with high-precision, user configurable standard calibrations.
Multiple Delivery Tools
- Advanced PQ sheet/text export: custom playlist reports include durations, index points, CD-TEXT info, notes, & more. Print, save to PDF, or export as a tab-delimited file.
- iTunes integration: quickly export audio documents or playlists directly to iTunes. Drag & drop audio between iTunes & Peak playlist.
- Metadata audio file support: read/write metadata for most major file types, including Broadcast WAVE.
- Podcasting: author & upload Podcasts directly from Peak.
- Default Save As: set file type, bit depth & compression.
Bias Peak Pro 6 will be available for $599 US SRP through authorized BIAS resellers and distributors worldwide and directly from BIAS. Also, beginning March 15th, 2007, all customers purchasing the full retail editions of Peak LE 5 and Peak Pro 5 will be eligible for free downloadable upgrades to Peak 6 when available in early Q3, 2007.
More info: http://www.bias-inc.com
Tags: adat, digital, effect, loops, mastering, synth, upgrade, virtual instrument, wavRelated posts
Tags: adat, digital, effect, loops, mastering, synth, upgrade, virtual instrument, wav