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Bias Peak 4

From serious sound design for film, video, or multimedia, to rapid-fire broadcast editing, to music production limited only by your imagination, Peak 4 does it better than anything else. Create unique dance loops and remixes. Optimize audio for Internet streaming. Dust off that pile of vinyl records 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 own replication-ready audio CDs.

 



                
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Bias Peak 4 Features:


Fastest and most intuitive waveform editing available on any platform

Displays multiple documents simultaneously

Multi-threaded processing and compatible with multi-processor (MP) Macs

Unlimited undo / redo with independent graphic edit history for each audio document

User-definable display size and color

Record audio directly or import all QuickTime-compatible audio formats

Supports built-in Mac I/O, plus OS X and Core Audio-compatible audio hardware

Easily create, edit, read and write region, loop and reference markers

Automated Redbook (Disk-at-Once / DAO) CD burning direct from the Playlist as well as any audio document window

Full DSP (Digital Signal Processing) toolset, including fade in / out, normalize, gain envelope, ImpulseVerb**, reverse, invert, harmonic rotate. Rappify, ultra-accurate Pow-r(TM) dithering, convolve, reverse boomerang, convert sample rate, mix, change pitch, panner, amplitude fit, find peak, bit usage graph and more

Sophisticated playlist featuring advanced crossfades, real-time effects, and nudge regions window

Bit depths up to 32-bit

Sample rates up to 10Mhz

Master volume fader

Advanced looping tools -- including the highly acclaimed loop surfer, LoopTuner, crossfade loop and guess tempo

AudioUnit plug-in support

VST plug-in support*

Over 25 VST audio effects plug-ins bundled free

Includes new BIAS Sqweez procaliber compressor / limiter VST plug-in and BIAS Freq 4-band paragraphic EQ

Advanced VST audio effects routing matrix via integrated Vbox support (Vbox SE included)

Automated repair clicks and remove DC offset

ImpulseVerb** -- instantly applies recorded room ambiance to any audio document

Supports all SMDI hardware samplers

Reads / writes multiple file formats -- even MP3 and AAC (MP4)

Full-featured batch processing options -- including export regions and much more

Change duration DSP function allows high-quality time compression / expansion without affecting pitch

Recording notepad and timer

Threshold function automatically divides files into discrete regions based on amplitude

Trigger playback and cueing of up to 10 audio documents using Mac keyboard

Dynamically resizable and customizable toolbar and keyboard shortcuts

Advanced QuickTime movie and DV (digital video) clip support features better-than-frame accurate synchronization of audio and movie playback, even during selection and scrubbing

Supports DV standard (16-bit / 48kHz) without additional hardware

 

Recommended System Requirements:

G3, G4 or G5 desktop Apple Macintosh, iBook or PowerBook (>300MHz processor recommended)
Macintosh OS 10.2 minimum
256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
80 MB available disk space
Hard drive with 18 ms or faster average seek time
QuickTime 5.0 or later
ImpulseVerb requires a G4 processor or faster
Support for third-party audio hardware may require compatible CoreAudio drivers


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