BIAS Peak — the world’s most popular stereo audio editing, processing, and mastering application for the Macintosh — is now better than ever.

Extended information

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.

Technical specifications

Fastest & most intuitive waveform editing available on any platform
Displays multiple documents simultaneously
Multithreaded processing and compatible with multi-processor (MP) Macs
Unlimited Undo/Redo with independent graphic edit history for each audio document
User-definable display size & color
Record audio directly or import all QuickTime-compatible audio formats
Supports built-in Mac I/O, plus OS X and Core Audio-compatible audio hardware
Easily create, edit, read & write region, loop & reference markers
Automated Redbook (Disk-at-Once /DAO) CD burning direct from the Playlist as well as any audio document window
Full DSP (Digital Signal Processing) Toolset, including Fade In/Out, Normalize, Gain Envelope, ImpulseVerb**, Reverse, Invert, Harmonic Rotate. Rappify, ultraaccurate Pow-r™ dithering, Convolve, Reverse Boomerang, Convert sample rate, Mix, Change Pitch, Panner, Amplitude Fit, Find Peak, Bit Usage Graph & more
Sophisticated playlist featuring advanced crossfades, real-time effects, & Nudge Regions window
Bit depths up to 32-bit
Sample rates up to 10Mhz
Master Volume Fader
Advanced looping tools— including the highly acclaimed Loop Surfer, LoopTuner, Crossfade Loop & Guess Tempo

AudioUnit Plug-in support
VST plug-in support*
Over 25 VST audio effects plug-ins bundled free
Includes new BIAS Sqweez procaliber compressor/limiter VST plug-in and BIAS Freq 4-band paragraphic EQ
Advanced VST audio effects routing matrix via integrated Vbox support (Vbox SE included)
Automated Repair Clicks & Remove DC Offset
ImpulseVerb** — instantly applies recorded room ambiance to any audio document
Supports all SMDI hardware samplers
Reads/writes multiple file formats — even MP3 and AAC (MP4)
Full-featured batch processing options — including Export Regions & much more
Change Duration DSP function allows high-quality time compression/expansion without affecting pitch
Recording notepad & timer
Threshold function automatically divides files into discrete regions based on amplitude
Trigger playback & cueing of up to 10 audio documents using Mac keyboard
Dynamically resizable and customizable toolbar & keyboard shortcuts
Advanced QuickTime movie & DV (digital video) clip support features better-than-frame accurate synchronization of audio & movie playback, even during selection & scrubbing
Supports DV standard (16-bit/48kHz) without additional hardware

G3, G4 or G5 desktop Apple Macintosh, iBook or PowerBook (>300MHz processor recommended)
Macintosh OS 10.2 minimum
256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
80 MB available disk space
18 ms hard drive (average seek time) or faster
QuickTime 5.0 or later
ImpulseVerb requires a G4 processor or faster
Support for third-party audio hardware may require compatible CoreAudio drivers