Meet the next indispensable addition to your professional workflow. Sample-accurate and nondestructive editing in a mouth-watering interface make Soundtrack Pro the must-have tool for pro audio engineers and sound designers alike. Enjoy more than 50 effects from Logic Pro and over 5,000 Apple Loops.

Extended information

Introducing Soundtrack Pro, Apple’s revolutionary audio editing and sound design application. With an innovative Action-based waveform editor, multitrack editing, as well as repair and restoration capabilities, you can design and edit audio with total creative flexibility. More than 50 effect plug-ins and over 5000 sound effect and music Apple Loops make Soundtrack Pro the professional choice for precise audio control.

Edit with Actions - The innovative waveform editor gives you extensive audio file editing capabilities and lets you perform nondestructive, sample-accurate manipulations of audio in a ground-breaking interface. Reorder, modify, suspend or delete any audio edit or process to design the perfect sound. Easily identify and repair common audio problems such as background noise, clicks, pops and hum.

Sculpt the Perfect Sound - Create pristine mixes, new musical sounds, innovative sound effects and high-quality dialogue using professional effect plug-ins. Choose sound effect and music Apple Loops ranging from explosions and transitions to subtle ambience and instrumentals.

Complete Your Sonic Palette - Enjoy a comprehensive toolset. Soundtrack Pro gives you a familiar mixer interface with hardware control surface support to interact with your project’s mix. Use beat- or time-based markers or import scoring markers directly from Final Cut Pro 5 to perfectly sync your soundtrack.

Technical specifications

Precise Audio Control:
* Nondestructive, sample-accurate editing of mono and stereo audio files
* Action Layers to modify, reorder, suspend or delete any audio edit, plug-in or process at any time
* All included plug-ins and Audio Units plug-ins can be applied to supported audio files as actions
* All included plug-ins and Audio Units plug-ins can be applied to supported audio files as real-time effect chains
* Real-time effects applied to audio files can be bounced to actions
* Intelligent analysis, repair and restoration functions for:
o Clicks and Pops
o Power Line Hum
o DC Offset
o Phase
o Clipped Signal
o Silence
* Audio time stretching without affecting pitch
* Ambient Noise Print to quickly replace unwanted noises from live recordings
* Background Noise Removal including noise print
* Sample ruler units in sample value, normalized, percent and decibel view
* Snapping to ruler ticks, zero crossings and markers
* Support for bit depths up to 32-bit float
* Support for sample rates from 2kHz to 192kHz
* AIFF, WAV, MP3, SDII, NEXT, QuickTime and STAP (Soundtrack Audio Project) file playback support
* Export files non-destructively as STAP files or destructively as AIFF, WAV, SDII or NEXT
* Selection history
* Waveform and frequency spectrum views with linear and logarithmic display
* Animated waveform feedback
* Mini waveform view

Advanced Sound Design:
* Processes including:
o Fade in/Fade out
o Normalize
o Amplitude Adjust
o Silence
o Invert
o Swap Channels
o Mono Conversion
o Resample
o Generate silence, white noise, pink noise, sine wave, sawtooth wave, square wave, or triangle wave.
* Support for Audio Units plug-ins
* Audio Units presets available to all Audio Units compatible applications
* More than 1,000 Sound Effect Apple Loops
* More than 3,500 Musical Apple Loops
* Powerful Search Engine
* Support for Apple Loops, AIFF, WAV, MP3 and ACID sound and music libraries


Comprehensive Audio Toolset:
* Multitrack timeline with tracks, outputs and busses
* Multiple multitrack and audio file projects open at once
* Mixed sample rates supported in multitrack projects
* Time or beat based tracks
* Time and beat rulers
* Time ruler in HH:MM:SS, seconds, samples, frames, drop frame, non-drop frame
* Loop clip transposition
* Loop clip speed adjustments (quadruple, double, normal, half, quarter)
* Adjustable automatic or manual crossfades
* Momentary mono switch
* Automatable master tempo and key
* Console style mixer interface
* Control Surface Support (Mackie protocol)
* Resizable video tab
* Powerful browser for locating content quickly
* Automation of most mix and effect parameters with read, touch and latch modes [solo, mute and post-fader send not automatable]
* Pre or post fader send busses for application of common effect plug-ins to multiple tracks
* Outputs for single fader control of multiple tracks to one stereo output or across multiple hardware outputs
* Support for multi-channel audio output devices
* Beat, time and end of song markers
* Multitake recording with take selection in multitrack timeline
* Customizable window layouts

Integrated Workflow:
* AppleScript scriptable and recordable (executable from Soundtrack Pro, Final Cut Pro 5 or as AppleScript droplets for batch processing)
* Mac OS X v10.4 Automator actions for creation of complex multi-application workflows
* Support for video formats up to HD resolutions
* Integrated Video tab in Multitrack and Waveform views
* Output to SD and HD1 video monitors (via firewire or PCI card)
* HD1 or SD output using DCD (Digital Cinema Desktop2) to second cinema display
* Send and receive MIDI time code and beat clock for synchronization with hardware and software
* Integration with Final Cut Pro 5, DVD Studio Pro 4, and Motion 2
* Roundtrip audio file editing with Final Cut Pro 5 and Motion 2
* Support for Final Cut Pro scoring markers


Included Effects:
Dynamics:
* Adaptive Limiter
* Compressor
* DeEsser
* Expander
* Limiter
* Multipressor
* Noise Gate

Distortion:
* Bitcrusher
* Clip Distortion
* Distortion
* Distortion II
* Exciter
* Overdrive
* Phase Distortion

EQ and Filter:
* AutoFilter
* Channel EQ
* Fat EQ
* High Cut
* High Pass Filter
* High Shelving EQ
* Linear Phase EQ
* Low Cut
* Low Pass Filter
* Low Shelving EQ
* Match EQ
* Parametric EQ
* Soundtrack Pro Autofilter

Modulation:
* Chorus
* Ensemble
* Flanger
* Modulation Delay
* Phaser
* Scanner Vibrato
* Tremolo

Reverb/Delay:
* PlatinumVerb
* Soundtrack Pro Reverb
* Space Designer
* Stereo Delay
* Tape Delay

Miscellaneous:
* Denoiser
* Gain
* Pitch Shifter II
* Ringshifter
* Spectral Gate
* Stereo Spread
* SubBass
* Vocal Transform