Peak Feature Comparison Chart

Feature Peak Studio XT Peak Studio Peak Studio LE
Mac OS X v.10.5 or higher (including 10.6 Snow Leopard) — contact BIAS for compatibility with previous versions of OS X. • • •
 
Recording  
up to 32 bit • • 24-bit max
up to 10mHz • • 96kHz max
Record timer • • •
Record Through Audio Unit plug-ins • • •
Record Through VST plug-ins • • •
Record Audio Unit instruments • • •
Record VST instruments • • •
Record Audio to Quicktime movie • • •
 
CD Mastering  
Playlist Included • • •
      Classical Editing (Centered crossfades) • •  
      List View Editing • • •
      Graphical Waveform Editing • • •
Full Redbook compliant CD burning • • •
ISRC codes • • •
CD Text, with support for Japanese characters • • •
CD Text • • •
UPC/EAN bar code • • •
Automatically generates PQ subcodes in real time • • •
Drag and drop to Playlist from Finder • • •
Customizable PQ page • • •
DDP 2.0 w/CD Text Addendum • •  
 
Looping Tools  
Perpetual Looper • •  
Loop Surfer • •  
Crossfade loop • •  
Guess Tempo • •  
Loop tuner • •  
 
File I/O Features  
Batch file Processing included • •  
Export Regions via Batch File Processor • •  
Export Regions • • limited
iTunes integration • • •
Podcast publishing • • •
DCAT Dithering • • other
Supports SMDI File Transfer with Hardware Samplers • •  
 
Supported File Formats  
AIFF • • •
Sound Designer II • • •
WAVE • • •
QuickTime w/Video playback • • •
MP4 (AAC) • • •
MP3 with Variable Bit Rate Encoding • • •
MP3 encoding • • •
MP2 • • •
Jam Image • • •
Sonic AIFF • • •
Paris • • •
Raw • •  
.snd (Sound Resource) • • •
.au • • •
Apple Lossless • • •
FLAC • • •
DDP 2.0 w/CD Text Addendum • •  
 
Plug-ins  
Audio Unit and VST • • •
Vbox™ - AU and VST routing, virtually unlimited plug-ins • •  
process audio through external hardware* • •  
Plug-in Inserts 5 5 3
realtime and offline plug-in "Bounce" • • •
 
Other  
Customizable Shortcuts • •  
"Pro Tools"-style Playback Key Commands • • •
Customizable Toolbar • •  
RAM based editing and processing - no hard drive access delay • •  
QuickTime movie support • • •
Technical Support VIA Phone AND email • • •
Printed Documentation • • optional
Sassafras K2 KeyServer Support • • •
Realtime Playback SRC Hi-Def Hi-Def Hi-Def
 
DSP Tools  
DSP processes available Over 40 Over 40 17
   Including...
      Add • •  
      Amplitude Fit • •  
      Auto Define Tracks • • •
      Bit Usage • •  
      Change Duration • • •
      Change Duration (Variable) • •  
      Change Gain • • •
      Change Pitch • • •
      Change Pitch (Variable) • •  
      Convert Sample rate USRC USRC USRC - limited
      Convolve • •  
      Crossfade Loop • •  
      Declipper • •  
      Envelope From Audio • •  
      Fade In • • •
      Fade Out • • •
      Find Peak • •  
      Gain Envelope • • •
      Harmonic Rotate • •  
      ImpulseVerb - Convolution Reverb • •  
      Invert • • •
      Loop Tuner • •  
      Mix • • •
      Modify Sample Rate • • •
      Modulate • •  
      Mono-to-Stereo • • •
      Normalize RMS • •  
      Normalize • • •
      Panner • •  
      Perpetual Looper • •  
      Phase Vocoder • •  
      Rappify • •  
      Remove DC Offset • •  
      Repair Clicks • •  
      Reverse • • •
      Reverse Boomerang • • •
      Stereo-to-Mono • • •
      Strip Silence • •  
      Swap Channels • •  
      Threshold • •  
      Voice Over Ducking • • •
SoundSoap 2 — One click noise reduction • † †
SoundSoap Pro — Advanced noise reduction • †  
Reveal — Seven powerful analysis tools • † †
PitchCraft — Realtime pitch correction/transposition • †  
Repli-Q — Spectral matching and balancing • †  
SuperFreq — 4, 6, 8 and 10 band Paragraphic EQ • †  
Sqweez -3 and -5 — Multiband compressor/limitors • †  
GateEx — Noise Gate & Downward Expander • †  
Freq-4 paragraphic EQ † † †
Sqweez-1 Compressor † † †
 
† PL "Peak Limited" Edition of plugin included (XT Edition includes full retail AU/RTAS/VST version compatible with most Mac/Win host applications.
 
Extras  
Includes SoundSaver — For Archiving And Restoring Tapes And LPs • • •
Includes MultiChannel Audio Editor
(Available soon as a free upgrade for all Peak Studio and Peak Studio XT Users)		 • •  
SFX Machine LT • • •
Sound Effects from Hollywood edge, Frank Serafine and Steve Cerilli • • •
Production Elements from Sound Ideas • • •
Audio loops from Power FX • • •
XILS Labs XILS3 Modular Synthesizer • • •
 
Editing Features  
Unlimited Undo/Redo • • •
Non-Destructive Editing • • •
Destructive Editing • • •
Cut/Copy/Paste Editing • • •
Replace • • •
Duplicate • •  
Insert • • •
Insert Silence • • •
Silence • • •
Delete • • •
Delete Except Audio • • •
Crop • • •
Markers • • •
Markers from Tempo • •  
Regions • • •
New Region Split • •  
Capture Region to Playlist • • •
Loops • • •
Dynamic Scrubbing • • •
High Resolution Tape-Style Scrubbing • •  
Guess Tempo • •  
Metadata editing • • •
Loop Surfer • •  
Pencil Tool (for Manual Waveform Editing) • • •
"Magic" Pencil Tool • •  
QuickTime Movie Sync • • •
Convert Markers to Regions • •  
Snap to Zero Crossings • • •
Snap to Bars/Beats • •  
Snap to CD Frames • • •
Snap to PS2 • •  
Snap to Xbox Loop Boundaries • •  
Snap to Custom Lengths • •  
Save Loop Flags in On/Off Position • • •
 
* Realtime Bounce through hardware uses Jack OS X
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