ADOBE AUDITION 3
This major new release provides a flexible production toolkit for recording, mixing, editing, and mastering audio. Features of this PC software include comprehensive audio mastering/restoration capabilities, VSTi virtual instrument support with MIDI piano roll editing, enhanced spectral editing options, fast fade and crossfade controls and advanced multi-core support. NAB booth: SL3220.
BIAS PEAK PRO 6
BIAS is now shipping Peak Pro 6 audio editing/processing/ mastering/delivery software for Mac OS X. New features include an enhanced playlist with advanced functionality (with new crossfade options and volume envelopes), expanded DSP sound design features, editing and delivery enhancements, user interface improvements and more, such as CD-TEXT, PQ editing, ISRC codes and DDP export. Pricing: Peak Pro 6, $599; Peak Pro XT 6 (includes Peak Pro 6, SoundSoap & SoundSoap Pro, Master Perfection Suite and DDP 2.0 Export) is $1,199. NAB booth: SL4630.
CEDAR DNS1500 RESTORATION SYSTEM
The DNS1000 ($6,974) made its mark by saving otherwise unusable audio for film and TV and audio forensic investigation, saving costs in ADR and looping. Taking the DNS1000 to the next level, the DNS1500 offers an improved chassis and updated processors, coupling the practical ergonomics of the DNS1000 with improved 2-channel performance and up to 100kHz capabilities for increased compatibility in today’s audio environments. NAB booth: N4920.
DIGIDESIGN PRO TOOLS 7.4
Pro Tools software is the industry standard for music and post-production, and with the revolutionary new Pro Tools 7.4 the art of sound gets a whole lot simpler. Pro Tools 7.4 software features the time-manipulating power of Elastic Time, which makes working with tempo- and time-based sessions easier, faster and more creative than ever. And new post-production workflows with Avid video systems greatly streamline the workflow between Pro Tools and Avid editors. NAB booth: N8425.
www.digidesign.com
FAIRLIGHT CC-1 MEDIA PRODUCTION ENGINE
This scalable processing card offers 8.5 GFLOPS of processing from a single PCIe card. The CC-1 leverages advances in FPGA-powered processing to execute a vast number of operations in parallel, requiring far fewer cycles than serial processing devices such as CPUs. The first released CC-1 engines are capable of delivering 230 channel paths, each with eight bands of EQ, three-stage dynamics processing, floating insert point with return, onboard HD video, 12 auxiliary sends and up to 72 user-definable mix buses. NAB booth: SL3210.
www.fairlightau.com
MERGING TECHNOLOGIES PYRAMIX 6
This 48-channel system combines with the Ramses controller and Oasis I/O boxes offering DSD and DXD recording with optional mic preamps. The multiformat Ramses MSC integrated record, editing, processing and fully automated mixing system is scalable from 16 to 256 I/O channels and tracks in eight to 24 (plus dual-operator, 48-channel) configurations. Support of VST plug-ins is standard as is support for sample rates from 44.1 to 384 kHz, plus 48-channel DSD and DXD option. NAB booth: SL2305.
www.merging.com
MOTU DIGITAL PERFORMER 6
Version 6 of MOTU’s flagship Mac audio sequencer software features a complete user interface redesign, XML file interchange with Final Cut Pro, track comping, support for interleaved Broadcast WAV audio files, enhanced support for operation as a software front end for Pro Tools HD systems, pre-rendering of virtual instruments, better support for third-party Audio Units (AU) plug-ins, the ability to “bounce and burn” directly to an audio CD and more. Price: $795. NAB booth: SL3827.
www.motu.com
OPEN LABS TIMBALAND SPECIAL-EDITION
Dressed in an arctic-white chassis, the Timbaland Special-Edition 37-key MiKo and 61-key Neko will stand out in any crowd. The Timbaland Special-Edition upgraded to 4 GB of RAM features E-MU’s new Proteus X2 streaming sound module Version 2.5 with more than 7,000 instruments, including the Ensoniq Urban Legends sound library containing the sounds from Ensoniq’s ASR/EPS/MR/ASR-X/ZR instruments. These sounds were specifically requested by Timbaland, and are only available in the Timbaland Editions, an Open Labs exclusive.
www.openlabs.com
SONY SOUND FORGE 9
New features in this Sound Forge upgrade include multichannel audio support, drag/drop editing between channels, wet/dry mix and crossfade options. New analysis tools include phase scopes, mono compatibility meters and multichannel-capable spectrum analysis. Other updates are channel and hardware meters, multichannel Windows Media format support and Dolby Digital AC-3 export. Windows XP and Vista are supported. The upgrade is bundled with CD Architect 5, Noise Reduction 2 and mastering plug-ins comprising a reverb, multiband compressor, IRC limiter and loudness maximizer, and a parametric equalizer. NAB booth: SL12413.
www.sonycreativesoftware.com
