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Bias Peak Pro XT 5 XTended Technology Edition Audio Editing Software (Mac Academic Ve

BIAS Peak Pro XT 5 includes Peak Pro 5 — the industry standard stereo audio editing, processing, and mastering application for Macintosh — plus the highly acclaimed SoundSoap and SoundSoap Pro restoration plug-ins, and the new Master Perfection Suite all at an amazing price!

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 loops and remixes. Optimize audio for Podcasting and Internet streaming. Convert vinyl LPs or analog tapes to CD, MP4 (AAC), MP3, AIFF, .WAV, SDII, QuickTime, JAM image, Sonic AIFF and more, including DDP*. Craft soundtracks or fix audio problems for digital video. Maximize your music's sonic quality — and then burn your final masters to CD with 100% Red Book compatibility.

Peak Pro XT 5 is simply the most comprehensive stereo audio production and mastering tool available on the Mac. Discover for yourself why more music and audio professionals depend upon BIAS Peak than any competing product.

* Peak Pro DDP (Disc Description Protocol) Extension is an available option.

Peak Pro 5 Features:

• 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 of-fline 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

SoundSoap Pro Features:

• Fastest, most advanced noise reduction & audio restoration solution available
• Compatible with most plug-in hosts from Adobe, BIAS, Cakewalk, Digidesign, Emagic, MOTU, Sonic Foundry and others
• Supports VST, RTAS, DirectX & Audio Units plug-in formats
• Mac OS X & Windows XP compatible
• Unsurpassed combination of performance, speed, & control -- all with minimal unwanted sonic artifacts
• Integrated approach offers four noise reduction & audio restoration tools in a single plug-in; interface suggests order of operations to achieve optimal results
• Total store/recall of all parameters
• ABCD Compare function offers instant comparison of up to four different settings
• Hum & Rumble tool effectively eliminates buzzing & hum from RFI, EMI & other sources; 20 - 500 Hz w/Q (Hum & Rumble), and up to 10 harmonics (Hum); also reduces low-frequency & subsonic rumble
• Click & Crackle tool is ideal for digital transfers of vinyl records; also a great problem solver for pops & other brief, transient problems
• Broadband provides deep, sonically transparent elimination or suppression of tape hiss, tire noise, wind, HVAC noise, fluorescent lighting noise & other continuous broadband problems; operates across 512 distinct audio bands (controlled by 12 Threshold & reduction sliders with grouping capability); also features attack, release, & tilt knobs for greater control
• Noise Gate effectively silences noise that falls between desired program material; also useful for creating a variety of extreme special effects
• Real-time spectrogram provides constant, global visual monitoring of spectral noise; color coding lets users discern problem areas & make required adjustments, while listening to & watching the immediate results
• "Noise Only" button allows the user to hear, on a global level, only what is being removed
• Bypass function bypasses processing either globally or for each tool
• Thumbnail view shows each tool's parameters with a minimum of screen real estate

SoundSoap 2 Features:

• Reduces clicks & crackles, hiss, hum & buzzing, rumble & most other noise — without harming the audio you wish to preserve
• The ideal audio companion for almost any MiniDV, Digital8, or other digital camcorder; video editing software; audio CD burning software; digital audio workstation; audio enabled website; presentation software; or other multimedia application
• Use SoundSoap as a standalone application. Or run it as a fully integrated plug-in with any compatible Audio Units, DirectX, RTAS or VST host program — contact BIAS for latest host compatibility information
• SoundSoap's easy & intuitive workspace makes cleaning audio a snap — while its unique Wash Window shows how well it works
• Use SoundSoap's one-step Learn Noise button to automatically reduce noise — or use its manual controls for more advanced applications
• Includes Enhance slider for additional tone control
• Standalone version works with most QuickTime or Windows Media compatible audio or video file (AVI, DV, .WAV, SDII, AIFF, MP3, MP4 & many more)
• Preserve Voice button helps reduce noise (and other audio) outside of the range of the human voice
• Hum removal optimized for 60 Hertz (North America, etc.) or 50 Hertz (Europe, Australia, etc.)
• Noise Only mode lets you listen only to the noise being removed & is ideal for fine-tuning SoundSoap's controls

The Master Perfection™ Suite:

Pitchcraft
A real-time pitch correction/transposition plug-in that fixes out-of-tune vocals or other single voice instruments easily and with minimal artifacts, thanks to a powerful new pitch-shifting algorithm. Using other combinations of controls, humorous, eerie, and even supernatural effects can be obtained, making PitchCraft a great sound design tool as well.

Reveal
Seven powerful analysis tools in a single plug-in interface — Oscilloscope, Peak and RMS Power History, Spectrogram, Pan Power, Spectral Analysis, Lissajous Phase Scope and Peak and RMS Level Meters. An "all" view displays every tool in a single window. Additionally, users can select any tool as desired via a tab style interface, or simply click on a tool to expand its view.

SuperFreq
A mastering-quality 4, 6, 8 & 10-band parametric graphic equalizer that includes everything for professional caliber equalization, including -18dB to +18dB Gain Values; 0.1 to 30 "Q" (bandwidth) values; sweepable frequencies from 20Hz to 20kHz, individual band bypass buttons; 24dB stereo input/output meters; and filters including Peak, Notch, High Shelf, Low Shelf, High Cut, and Low Cut.

Repli-Q
Repli-Q's primary function is to match the EQ of one source to another target signal, but the flexibility offered in the plug in allows even more. By learning the EQ profiles of the source and target signal, Repli-Q allows the degree of matching and smoothing to be manipulated. Repli-Q provides a spectral matching function, as well as the ability to improve an improperly equalized track. Repli-Q can also help ensure equally optimized playback in multiple listening environments.

Sqweez-3 & -5
Two powerful multiband compression/limiter plug-ins that incorporate advanced new linear phase equalization algorithms from BIAS. Both offer graphic per-band viewing/editing of threshold and EQ. Each band may be solo'd and/or bypassed individually, and a convenient "auto gain" button compensates for loudness variations. A variable "digital ceiling" slider controls the clipping headroom of the integrated soft clip function.

GateEx
A new professional quality Gate/Expander plug-in. Featuring waveform and graph displays and a suite of advanced parameter controls, GateEx effectively removes signals below an assignable threshold while the integrated downward expander helps reduce residual unwanted content.

System Requirements:

• G4 or G5 desktop Apple Macintosh, iBook or PowerBook (>400MHz processor recommended)
• Minimum 1024 x 640 screen resolution
• Macintosh OS 10.3.9 minimum (CD Text requires 10.4 or greater) 10.4 or better recommended
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
• 425 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.