Peak Pro 6

The Evolution Of An Award-Winning Standard.

Whether you're a musician, composer, sound designer, audio editor, podcast/multimedia producer, or mastering engineer, Peak Pro offers more creative potential than ever before. Reliably mature, yet always inspired. Feature rich, yet flexible and friendly. By itself, or with your favorite DAW, Peak Pro streamlines your workflow with industry renowned sonic quality and precision.

NEW Features in Peak Pro 6

Advanced Playlist Editing & Mastering

• Mastering & "Classical Editing" cross-fade modes: Overlap/Gap & Centered cross-fades provide workflow optimization.
  
• Volume envelopes: easily & precisely edit volumes across entire regions, fades & cross-fades.
  
• Custom default x-fades: create, save & automatically apply your favorite x-fade shapes.
  
• New 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 Looper DSP: ensures perfect "beat-free" sustained loops on monophonic sources — great 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 with vocals or musical content.
  
• Vbox cross-synthesis link: mix, convolve, vocode, modulate & magnitude multiply virtual instruments, audio, effects & live input for creative sound design.
  
• Advanced dither modeling system: ultra-accurate emulation of most popular dithering technologies

User Interface Enhancements

• Sleek new user interface — includes global contrast control, magnetic windows and more
  
• Vbox MIDI channel mapping, enhanced preset control & more.
  
• Custom playlist user interface: hide/show cross-fade controls & more.
  
• High-resolution meters: logarithmic metering with high-precision, user configurable standard calibrations.
  
• Support for Frontier Design's Tranzport wireless remote controller (contact BIAS for additional control surface compatibility info)

Multiple Delivery Tools

• Advanced PQ sheet/text export: custom playlist reports with durations, index points, CD-TEXT info, notes, & more. Print, save to PDF, or export as a tab-delimited file.
  
• Quickly export audio documents or playlists directly to iTunes.
  
• Drag & drop audio between iTunes & Peak playlists.
  
• Metadata support: read and write "tags" (artist, album, etc.) for major file types.
  
• Author & upload audio podcasts directly from Peak (.Mac/FTP).
  
• Default Save As: set preferred file type, bit depth & compression.
  
• Save as MP2 & FLAC file formats.

Also includes the Peak Pro Production Pack — over $300 value!

• BIAS Reveal™ LE: suite of 7 audio analysis tools.
  
• BIAS SoundSoap™ LE: powerful, "one-click" audio cleaning solution.
  
• BIAS Freq™-4: 4 band paragraphic EQ.
  
• BIAS Sqweez™-1: compressor/limiter/expander.
  
• BIAS Vbox 3: plug-in routing matrix.
  
• WireTap Pro: capture Internet and system audio with no loss of quality or additional cable connections.
  
• SFX Machine LT: real-time VST plug-in with 21 unique & special effects.
  
• 32 VST effects (delay, limiter, vocoder, de-ess, tone generator, and more) from Maxim Digital Audio.
  
• Hundreds of top quality audio loops from PowerFX.
  
• 100+ high quality sound effects from Hollywood Edge.
  
• 1 year free membership from Broadjam.com — online promotional tools for serious musicians. Build your musical career on Broadjam.com.
  
• AMG's "ONE" sample player: real time sample playback instrument featuring a limited selection of quality loop content.
  
• 100 high quality production elements from Sound Ideas.

Features & Specifications

Work professionally with a high-end feature set

• Record up to 32-bit/10MHz
  
• Customizable toolbar & keyboard shortcuts
  
• Jog/shuttle/tape-style scrubbing
  
• Waveform playlist editing optimized for fast "take" and track assembly
  
• Ultra-fast RAM based editing & processing — no hard drive access delay
  
• Unparalleled loop creation tools

Integrate easily with other applications

• External editor/processing/mastering companion for Cubase, Digital Performer, Final Cut, Live, Logic, Pro Tools & many more
  
• Send audio to iTunes from document/playlist

Process with the highest fidelity

• Industry-leading DSP tools & artifact-free resampling
  
• Dithering from BIAS & POW-r™ for distortion-free bit reduction
  
• Export regions & batch processing
  
• AU/VST plug-in support and Vbox™ effects routing matrix

Deliver professional CDs, podcasts, & more

• Burn 100% Red Book CDs with CD-TEXT, cross-fades & more
  
• Publish & upload audio podcasts
  
• Save as AIFF, .WAV, QT, SDII, AAC, MP2, MP3, FLAC & more

Product Highlights

• Ultra-fast integrated stereo/mono recording, editing, processing, mastering & delivery tool
  
• Up to 32-bit/10MHz, including 24-bit/96kHz & 192kHz (HD)
  
• Simultaneous document viewing with auto tiling/stacking
  
• Multi-threaded processing & MP optimized
  
• Destructive/non-destructive editing, with unlimited undo/redo & graphic edit history
  
• Customizable display, key commands & tool bar
  
• Reads/Writes AIFF, SDII, QuickTime, MP2, MP3, MP4, FLAC, WAVE, Broadcast WAVE, AU, Sonic AIFF, JAM Image, Raw, DDP (optional), & more
  
• Supports built-in Mac I/O and Core Audio compatible hardware
  
• Read/write/copy/paste region, loop & reference markers
  
• Integrated DSP Toolset, including Fade In/Out, Normalize, Gain Envelope, Reverse, Invert, Harmonic Rotate, POW-r dithering, Convolve, Mix, Change Pitch, Panner, Find Peak, Invert, Strip Silence, Voiceover Ducking, Perpetual Looper & more
  
• 100% Red-Book CD Mastering with crossfades, real-time effects, PQ sub-codes, ISRC, CD-TEXT and more.
  
• Ultra high quality real-time & offline sample rate conversion
  
• Advanced looping tools — including the highly acclaimed Loop Surfer, Loop Tuner, Crossfade Loop & Guess Tempo
  
• AU/VST plug-in effects & virtual instrument support
  
• Automated Repair Clicks & Remove DC Offset
  
• ImpulseVerb sampling reverb — applies real room ambiance to any audio file & includes over 150 virtual spaces
  
• Supports all SMDI hardware samplers
  
• Integrated Batch Processor
  
• Change Duration DSP with Tempo Envelope & 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 — automatically divides LP/analog 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 Digital Performer, Live, Final Cut Pro, and many others
  
• "Snap to" Zero Crossings, Bars/Beats, CD Frames, Sony PS2, Microsoft Xbox, Custom
  
• Peak Pro 6 incorporates a host of cutting edge DSP technologies developed in-house at BIAS, including USRC™ (Ultimate Sample Rate Conversion), CLNR™ (Corrective Linear-phase Noise Reduction), DCAT™ (Dither Cloning Audio Technology), and PHAT™ (Partial Harmonic Audio Technology)

System Requirements

• G4, G5, or Intel-based Mac (>400MHz processor recommended)
  
• Mac OS X v. 10.4.3 or higher — including Leopard (contact BIAS for compatibility with earlier versions of Mac OS X)
  
• Minimum 1024 x 768 screen resolution
  
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB or more recommended)
  
• 330 MB available free disk space
  
• 18 ms hard drive (average seek time) or faster
  
• QuickTime 6.0 or later
  
• Support for third-party audio hardware may require compatible Core Audio drivers