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www.proaudioreview.com The Voiceover Ducking DSP analyzes the amplitude of a voiceover and automatically adjusts volume of the background audio. This feature is ideal for podcast authoring when a voiceover needs to be mixed with background music. The Change Pitch and Convolve Envelope feature applies dynamic changes over time. Pitch Envelope allows pitch changes to be controlled with a user-customizable envelope. It is perfect for creating special pitch-based effects over time. Convolve Envelope offers dynamic control over the amount of convolution being applied over time and is excellent for creating new sounds by mapping the harmonic spectrum of one file over another. The Change Duration options allow algorithmic selection for optimizing results with vocals or musical content. The Vbox Link allows a cross-synthesis between virtual instruments, audio, effects, and live input with real-time mix, convolve, vocode, modulate and magnitude multiply modes. The proprietary Dither Cloning Audio Technology (DCAT) provides ultra-accurate emulation of the most popular dithering technologies as well as parameter controls to adjust, pre- view, and apply frequency and attenuation skew. As in previous editions, POW-r dithering is included. Cache in RAM provides a fast editing option that stores audio in RAM. This avoids disc-access holdups when working with large files and drastically increases processing speed for many DSP operations. Peak Pro is frequently used for CD, web, video, and gaming audio file preparation. Version 6 adds new export capabilities while streamlining integration between other applications. Advanced PQ sheet/text export now includes custom playlist reports with durations, index points, CD-TEXT info, notes, etc. This data can be printed, saved to PDF, or exported as a tab-delimited file. Audio documents and playlists can be quickly exported directly to iTunes, and files can be dragged and dropped between iTunes and Peak playlists. The “Send To iTunes” option also allows files — or entire playlists — to be encoded using iTunes automatically, if desired. The Default Save As feature stores frequently used file type, bit depth, and compression settings in the Save As dialog. Peak can read and write to all major file types (AIFF, SDII, QuickTime, MP2, MP3, MP4, FLAC, WAVE, Broadcast WAVE, AU, Sonic AIFF, JAM Image, Raw, DDP, and more). It also supports the reading, writing, and even editing of metadata (audio information stored within the file such as artist, title, and SMPTE start time) for the most major of file types — MP3, FLAC, AIFF, WAVE, and Broadcast WAVE. The Peak Pro Production Pack is a powerful assembly of audio plug-ins, utilities, and content. It includes BIAS Reveal LE, BIAS SoundSoap LE, WireTap Pro, a 1-year membership to Broadjam.com, AMG’s “ONE” sample player (content-limited edition), and tons of content from PowerFX, Hollywood Edge, and Sound Ideas. The LE editions of SoundSoap and Reveal integrate exclusively with Peak on Mac OS X, while the retail editions are cross-platform and compatible with thirdparty AU, RTAS/AS, and VST hosts. WireTap Pro from Ambrosia is an excellent application for capturing system/Internet audio with no loss of quality or additional cable connections. AMG’s “ONE” sample player is a real-time sample playback instrument featuring a limited selection of quality loop content. http://www.Broadjam.com http://www.parts-express.com/catalog http://www.parts-express.com/catalog

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ProAudio Review - December 2008 Contents Technically Speaking New Studio Products Opinion: Mastering Matters Review: BIAS Peak Pro XT 6 Review: Zaxcom Fusion ENG Mixer and Multitrack Recorder Review: Sound Devices 788T 8-Track Digital Audio Recorder Review: Universal Audio UAD-2 Solo DSP Accelerator Review: Chandler Limited Germanium Compressor Review: RME ADI-8 QS A/D-D/A Converter Feature: Converters and Clocks: Engineers on Their Choices New Live Products Opinion: From the Road Review: Yamaha IM8 Series Mixing Consoles Review: NTI Digirator DR2 Digital Audio Signal Generator Review: Sencore SoundPro SP495 Audio Consultant Test Set Single Slice

ProAudio Review - December 2008

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