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Berkley Integrated Audio Software, Inc.
BIAS Peak Pro, the world's most popular stereo audio editing, processing, and mastering application for the Macintosh is now better than ever.
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
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
What's New
Version 6.2.0:
- Fixed a problem where exporting Regions to a document with more than 32 characters in the region name resulted in character truncation.
- Fixed a problem where importing a dual mono 8 bit file resulted in a file with corrupt audio.
- Fixed a problem where bouncing a Playlist to a file with name longer than 32 characters caused an error.
- Many more enhancements.
Requirements
- PPC / Intel
- G4 or better.
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Amadeus Pro+5
Wave Editor+2 
TwistedWave+1 
Adobe Soundboo...+1 
Sound Studio+1 
Apple Soundtra...+1
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| Downloads:18,367 |
| Version Downloads:3,871 |
| Type:Multimedia & Design : Audio |
| License:Demo |
| Date:25 Feb 2010 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $599.00 |
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BIAS Peak Pro, the world's most popular stereo audio editing, processing, and mastering application for the Macintosh is now better than ever.
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.
All that's just the tip of the iceberg. Dig in and hear for yourself exactly what Peak 4 can do for you. It just might explain why more music and audio professionals depend upon BIAS Peak than any other competing product.
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.
All that's just the tip of the iceberg. Dig in and hear for yourself exactly what Peak 4 can do for you. It just might explain why more music and audio professionals depend upon BIAS Peak than any other competing product.
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a2295964 reviewed on 19 Jul 2008
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Logic, Protools, WaveEditor, Sound Studio, Amadeus, Ableton Live...
I don't even do production on my Mac and I know about these apps - I'm sure others here know of more.
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Still, you have a fair amount of options, including some which you mentioned, plus DSP Quattro (there should be a v3 in the making, version 2.5 works fine for me though) and even Audacity for some basic stuff.
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As a professional audio editor I find this statement pretty hilarious. Pro Tools is the industry standard for audio editing, and if you buy the entry level Mbox 2 Micro, you get full access to the software and a bunch of bundled plug-ins for less than half the price of this RIDICULOUSLY overpriced software. Hardly an "expensive option".
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And regarding the price; I was comparing Logic, Pro Tools and Ableton Live to the other alternatives mentioned by Xenophile, like SoundStudio ($80), WaveEditor ($80) and Amadeus ($30/$40). You probably agree with me that Pro Tools (as well as Logic or Ableton Live) is an expensive option if you just want to be able to quickly open an audio file to normalize, reverse or trim it.
To be honest, my comment had nothing to do with Peak. As you say it is ridiculously overpriced. It was an addition to Xenophile's list of alternatives.
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Audacity, WaveEditor, Fission, Sound Studio, Macsome AE, WireTap Studio, Renoise, TwistedWave, XO Wave, Pro Tools & Tools LE, soundBlade, Metro, Logic & Logic Express, Amadeus, Melodyne, Soundtrack Pro, MU.LAB, Ardour, Cacophony, Sound Grinder..........
yes indeed, how do we manage to cope on the Mac platform?
Oh, nearly forgot mty favourite - Amadeus Pro does pretty much everything BIAS Peak does, but is $40.
What do I get for my extra $559?
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• BIAS Peak
• DSP Quattro
• SoundTrack + WaveBurner
• and now, WaveLab ;-)
Yes, BIAS Peak does stuff other sound editing apps don't do, but its interface is doo-doo. I have found other ways of getting my audio editing done.
Goodbye, BIAS Peak. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
This is the worst thing Bias has ever put out. Maybe eventually after we test it for them, they will release a stable professional application. I work in ProTools and the difference is night and day. That app works perfect, no anomilies, never ever crashes.
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tjreck reviewed on 23 Jun 2006
The fact that it requires a dongle makes this an unacceptable choice.
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Anonymous reviewed on 31 Aug 2005
Anonymous reviewed on 23 Aug 2005
1) It requires a dongle!
2) the Free Soap 2 offer is only for full retail purchase. Here is how I know...
I was approached with the pre-order offer and did so... The offer stated siply "Pre-order Peak Pro 5 now, get a free SoundSoap (a $99 value)". Well it's only true if you pay full retail! I don't see where it says upgrades excluded. In fact it says nothing until you eMail Sales inquiring about the absence of the free Soap 2. They will reply "The free SoundSoap 2 product is included for indivdiduals that purchased Peak 4.1 outright rather
than as an upgrade." (I assume they meant 5 not 4.1.)
SO DON"T GET ENTICED BY THEIR BAIT-AND-SWITCH TACTICS. It's a scam for upgraders.
I recommend checking out Wave Editor http://www.audiofile-engineering.com/
They did eventually agree to compensate me to keep me as a customer - rather than refund my total purchase price.
Anonymous reviewed on 01 Jun 2005
had to go back to vers.4.1.3
Anonymous reviewed on 01 Jun 2005
I bought DSP Quattro instead of Peak. DSP Quattro is better in most respects, plus it's capability of looping even the tiniest chunks of audio is outstanding. If the choice stands between Peak and DSP Quattro, I would definitely go for DSP Quattro instead. But there are two major drawbacks with DSP Q. The first one is that, whenever you start a new sound file, selecting 'New', you're forced to first name and save an empty file on the harddrive. That's bad, and it makes you ending up with lots of unneeded files. Especially when you're just going to fiddle around, testing some things out, without even planning to save it. Secondly, DSP Quattro has got some very uncomfortable editing schemes. For instance, you're copying some part of the audio by using Command-C, BUT (!) when trying to paste it in somewhere else by using the standard Command-V combination, it won't be pasted where you want it; it's actually pasted at the very beginning of the sound... So, DSP Quattro is awesome, but still lacks in these two respects. Peak is good, but I've heard of too many users experiencing that it crashes, for me to dare spending my money on it.
That's my take on the comparisons between Peak and DSP Quattro.
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If i hadn't already bought DSP Quattro, I wouldn't hesitate a second, buying what I believe is far better than both Peak & DSP Quattro alltogether, namely Apple's Sountrack !!!
Soundtrack is VERY cheap in relation to what you'll get. Man, I'm impressed. :) For $299 you'll get, among many great things, a MULTI track audio editor! You'll get a huge sound library! You'll get an application that is made by the masters themselves, when it comes to robust software and ingenious user interfaces. I will definitely start collecting money to buy it as soon as I can.
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/soundtrackpro/
Anonymous reviewed on 04 Mar 2005
its lack of competition is what keeps it that way.
check out the much more affordable DSP Quattro instead.
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They treat and punish customers like criminals and call this company policy:
"Dear Customer - of course we will take your money (lots of money)- but in our eyes you are potential criminal and you first have to proof the opposite…"
NO THANKS!
There are other great software companies and developers with a different policy and I'll be glad to give them my money!