BIAS Peak - 2.6 User Manual

Software User’s Guide

Version 2.6

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Contents

Chapter 1: Introducing Peak 3

Welcome! ............................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Peak Features:........................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Who Is Peak Designed For?................................................................................................................................................... 4

What’s New in Peak 2.6? ........................................................................................................................................................ 4

New in Peak 2.5 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Minimum System Requirements .......................................................................................................................................... 4

Maximizing Peak Performance.............................................................................................................................................. 5

About Your User’s Guide ...................................................................................................................................................... 5

About Peak LE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Using Online Help ................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring Peak 11

Installing Peak ........................................................................................................................................................................ 11

Authorization ......................................................................................................................................................................... 12

Making Audio Connections .................................................................................................................................................. 12

PCI and PCMCIA Audio Cards ................................................................................................................................................................. 13

Using the Inputs and Outputs of a Third-Party Audio Card .................................................................................................................. 14

ASIO and DAE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15

USB and Firewire Audio Interfaces ...................................................................................................................................... 15

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................. 15

Chapter 3: Peak Basics 19

Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................... 19

A Brief Explanation of Digital Audio..................................................................................................................................... 19

About Disk-Based Recording and Editing ............................................................................................................................20

Creating a New Peak Document........................................................................................................................................... 21

Opening Existing Audio Documents.................................................................................................................................... 21

Opening “Dual Mono” Files .................................................................................................................................................. 22

Dragging and Dropping Folders, Disks, and CD Audio Tracks .......................................................................................... 23

Saving and Closing Documents ............................................................................................................................................ 23

Using the Save As... and Save A Copy As... Commands ......................................................................................................................... 24

Peak Windows and Palettes .................................................................................................................................................. 25

Peak Audio Document Window .............................................................................................................................................................. 26

The Peak Cursor Palette ..........................................................................................................................................................................26

The Contents Palette ...............................................................................................................................................................................27

Setting Preferences................................................................................................................................................................ 27

Setting Peak’s Playback Parameters ........................................................................................................................................................ 28

Show Marker Time ................................................................................................................................................................................... 29

Auditioning ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 29

Blending ....................................................................................................................................................................................................30

Choosing Colors for the Audio Document Window.............................................................................................................................. 30

The Toolbar ............................................................................................................................................................................ 33

Quitting Peak ......................................................................................................................................................................... 34

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................. 35

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Chapter 4: Playback and Recording 39

Recording and Playback using the Apple Sound Manager ................................................................................................. 39

Preparing Peak for Recording ............................................................................................................................................... 39

Proper Levels for Recording .................................................................................................................................................................... 39

Record Settings ...................................................................................................................................................................... 40

The Record Dialog ................................................................................................................................................................ 43

Recording ............................................................................................................................................................................... 44

Importing a Track From an Audio CD (CD Audio Extraction) ........................................................................................... 45

ASIO ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 47

Installing ASIO Drivers .............................................................................................................................................................................47

Playback with ASIO................................................................................................................................................................ 47

Recording with ASIO ............................................................................................................................................................................... 48

Digidesign’s DAE ................................................................................................................................................................... 49

Configuring DAE ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 50

Special Notes for Digidesign systems equipped with an dedicated SCSI bus ..................................................................................... 50

Playback of audio documents using DAE with Peak ..............................................................................................................................50

Recording audio documents using DAE with Peak ............................................................................................................................... 50

Playing Audio with Peak ........................................................................................................................................................ 51

The Transport Buttons ............................................................................................................................................................................. 51

Triggering Playback of Multiple Audio Documents ............................................................................................................................... 52

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................. 52

Chapter 5: Editing 55

Editing Audio with Peak ........................................................................................................................................................ 55

The Audio Document Window............................................................................................................................................. 55

An Audio Waveform ................................................................................................................................................................................. 56

A Selection ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 57

A Marker.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 57

A Loop ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 58

Audio Between Adjacent Markers ........................................................................................................................................................... 58

Audio Info Area ........................................................................................................................................................................................58

Audio Info dialog ......................................................................................................................................................................................58

The Info Strip .........................................................................................................................................................................58

Cursor Location Display .......................................................................................................................................................................... 59

Progress Bar .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 59

Time Display ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 59

Meters ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 59

Selecting Audio ...................................................................................................................................................................... 60

Auditioning Audio ................................................................................................................................................................. 61

Scrubbing ............................................................................................................................................................................... 61

Using Unlimited Undo and Redo ......................................................................................................................................... 63

Using the Edits Command to Undo a Series of Actions ........................................................................................................................ 63

Essential Editing Functions ...................................................................................................................................................64

Scratch Disks ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 64

Clearing the Clipboard to Reclaim Disk Space ...................................................................................................................................... 64

Cutting Audio ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 64

Deleting Audio .........................................................................................................................................................................................65

Copying Audio .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 65

Pasting Audio ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 65

Replacing Audio .......................................................................................................................................................................................66

Inserting Audio ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 66

Cropping a Selection ............................................................................................................................................................................... 66

New Document from Selection ...............................................................................................................................................................66

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Silencing a Selection ................................................................................................................................................................................ 66

Inserting Silence into a Document ......................................................................................................................................................... 67

Show Edits ............................................................................................................................................................................. 67

Using Crossfades and Blending to Smooth Edits ................................................................................................................ 67

Creating Fade-ins and Fade-outs .......................................................................................................................................... 69

Creating and Using Markers ................................................................................................................................................. 70

Creating Markers ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 71

Regions ................................................................................................................................................................................... 73

Creating Loops ...................................................................................................................................................................... 74

Crossfading Loops ................................................................................................................................................................. 75

Using Loop Surfer™ ............................................................................................................................................................. 77

Using the Guess Tempo and Threshold commands to find tempo .....................................................................................................78

Using the Loop Tuner ........................................................................................................................................................... 79

Exporting Regions ................................................................................................................................................................. 79

Editing QuickTime Soundtracks in Peak ............................................................................................................................. 81

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................. 82

Chapter 6: Playlists and CD Burning 85

Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................... 85

Regions ................................................................................................................................................................................... 85

Creating a Playlist .................................................................................................................................................................. 87

Modifying Playlist Events ......................................................................................................................................................................... 89

The Nudge Regions Dialog ...................................................................................................................................................................... 90

Applying Plug-In Effects to Playlist Events ........................................................................................................................... 90

Creating a New Audio Document from a Playlist ................................................................................................................ 91

Exporting the Playlist as a Text Document .......................................................................................................................... 91

Saving and Opening Playlists ................................................................................................................................................ 92

Burning Audio CDs from Peak Playlists ............................................................................................................................... 92

Peak’s Playlist and Toast ........................................................................................................................................................................... 92

Regions and the JAM Image file format .................................................................................................................................................. 93

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................. 93

Chapter 7: DSP 97

Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................... 97

Processing Audio with Peak’s DSP tools .............................................................................................................................. 97

Peak’s Audio Processing Tools .............................................................................................................................................. 97

Add ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 97

Amplitude Fit ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 98

Change Duration ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 98

Change Gain ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 99

Change Pitch ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 100

Convert Sample Rate ............................................................................................................................................................................... 100

Convolve ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 101

Crossfade Loop ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 101

Dither ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 102

Invert ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 102

Fade In & Fade Out ..................................................................................................................................................................................102

Find Peak .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 103

Gain Envelope .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 103

Loop Tuner ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 104

Mono To Stereo/Stereo To Mono ............................................................................................................................................................ 104

Mix ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 105

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Modulate ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 106

Normalize ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 106

Panner ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 107

Phase Vocoder .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 107

Rappify ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 108

Repair Click ...............................................................................................................................................................................................108

Repair Clicks ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 108

Remove DC Offset ....................................................................................................................................................................................110

Reverse Boomerang ................................................................................................................................................................................. 110

Reverse ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 110

Swap Channels ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 111

Threshold .................................................................................................................................................................................................111

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................. 112

Chapter 8: Plug-Ins 115

Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................... 115

Processing Audio with Premiere and AudioSuite Plug-Ins ................................................................................................. 115

Adobe Premiere Format Plug-Ins ......................................................................................................................................... 115

Installing Adobe Premiere Plug-ins ......................................................................................................................................................... 115

Premiere Plug-in Memory Settings ......................................................................................................................................................... 116

Premiere Plug-In Preview Time ............................................................................................................................................................... 116

RealTime Premiere Plug-In Processing ................................................................................................................................................... 117

Premiere Envelope ................................................................................................................................................................................... 117

TDM Plug-Ins ......................................................................................................................................................................... 118

Bouncing your TDM plug-in assignments .............................................................................................................................................. 119

Using TDM plug-ins with the Batch File Processor ...............................................................................................................................119

AudioSuite Plug-Ins ............................................................................................................................................................... 120

VST Plug-Ins ........................................................................................................................................................................... 120

Bouncing your VST plug-in assignments ................................................................................................................................................ 121

Recording though VST plug-ins .............................................................................................................................................................. 121

Using VST plug-in with the Batch File Processor ................................................................................................................................... 122

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................. 122

Chapter 9: Batch File Processor and Apple Events 125

Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................... 125

Batch File Processor .............................................................................................................................................................. 125

Peak’s Audio Librarian Tools ................................................................................................................................................. 128

Apple Events™ Support .......................................................................................................................................................................... 128

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................. 130

Chapter 10: Samplers 133

Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................... 133

Working with SMDI Samplers............................................................................................................................................... 133

SMDI Samplers supported in Peak ......................................................................................................................................................... 133

(at time of printing): ................................................................................................................................................................................ 133

SMDI Samplers ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 133

A note about the Yamaha A3000 ............................................................................................................................................................. 136

Working with the Roland S-760 Sampler ............................................................................................................................. 136

Working with AKAI samplers ................................................................................................................................................ 138

MIDI Sample Dump Standard .............................................................................................................................................. 139

MIDI Sample Dump Standard

Error Messages & Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................................................ 140

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Working with Ensoniq EPS16+ and ASR-10 Samplers ....................................................................................................... 141

How Samples are stored in Ensoniq Samplers ......................................................................................................................................141

Ensoniq Sampler Dialog Basics ............................................................................................................................................................... 142

Auditioning Wavesamples already in the Ensoniq Sampler .................................................................................................................. 143

Changing Parameters and Keyranges ..................................................................................................................................................... 143

Ensoniq List Menu ....................................................................................................................................................................................143

Ensoniq Info Menu ...................................................................................................................................................................................145

Ensoniq Options Menu ............................................................................................................................................................................ 145

Ensoniq Error Messages and Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................... 145

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................. 146

Chapter 11: Peak Menus 149

File Menu ............................................................................................................................................................................... 149

New ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 149

Open... ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 149

Close ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 150

Close All .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 150

Save ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 150

Save As... ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 151

Save A Copy As... ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 151

Import CD Track ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 151

Import Dual Mono ................................................................................................................................................................................... 152

Export Dual Mono .................................................................................................................................................................................... 152

Export Regions ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 152

Export as Text... ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 153

Batch Processor... ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 153

Recently Opened Documents ................................................................................................................................................................. 154

Quit ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 154

Edit Menu ............................................................................................................................................................................... 155

Undo ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 155

Redo .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 155

Edits... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................155

Cut ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 155

Copy .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 155

Paste .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 156

Replace ......................................................................................................................................................................................................156

Insert ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 156

Insert Silence ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 156

Silence ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 156

Delete ........................................................................................................................................................................................................156

Delete Except Audio ................................................................................................................................................................................ 156

Crop .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 156

Clear Clipboard ........................................................................................................................................................................................156

Select All ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 156

Insertion Point at Selection Start/End .................................................................................................................................................... 157

Set Selection ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 157

Select Loop ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 157

Previous Selection/Next Selection .......................................................................................................................................................... 157

Action Menu........................................................................................................................................................................... 157

Zoom Out ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 157

Zoom In .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 157

Increase Vertical Zoom ............................................................................................................................................................................ 158

Decrease Vertical Zoom ...........................................................................................................................................................................158

Fit Selection .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 158

Zoom Out All the Way.............................................................................................................................................................................. 158

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Zoom at Sample Level ............................................................................................................................................................................. 158

Zoom at Sample Level (End) ................................................................................................................................................................... 158

Snap Selection to Zeros ........................................................................................................................................................................... 158

Loop This Selection .................................................................................................................................................................................158

Nudge Loop Backward ............................................................................................................................................................................ 158

Nudge Loop Forward ............................................................................................................................................................................... 158

New Marker .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 158

New Region .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 159

Markers to Regions .................................................................................................................................................................................. 159

Nudge ........................................................................................................................................................................................................159

Go To .........................................................................................................................................................................................................160

Loop Surfer ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 160

Guess Tempo ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 160

Audio Menu ........................................................................................................................................................................... 161

Rewind ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 161

Play ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 161

Play Selection ............................................................................................................................................................................................161

Play w/Auditioning ................................................................................................................................................................................... 161

Pause ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 161

Stop ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 161

Stop & Extend Selection .......................................................................................................................................................................... 161

Fast-Forward ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 161

Record ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 161

Record Settings ........................................................................................................................................................................................162

SMPTE Sync .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 165

Arm External Sync .................................................................................................................................................................................... 165

Hardware Settings .................................................................................................................................................................................... 165

DSP Menu .............................................................................................................................................................................. 166

Convert Sample Rate ............................................................................................................................................................................... 168

Mono To Stereo/Stereo To Mono ............................................................................................................................................................ 169

Reverse Boomerang ................................................................................................................................................................................. 173

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Sampler Menu........................................................................................................................................................................ 174

Send to Sampler ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 174

Revert from Sampler ................................................................................................................................................................................ 174

Send All to Sampler ................................................................................................................................................................................. 174

Revert All from Sampler ........................................................................................................................................................................... 174

AKAI Sampler ............................................................................................................................................................................................174

Ensoniq Sampler Transfer ........................................................................................................................................................................ 174

Roland S-760 Sampler .............................................................................................................................................................................. 175

E-mu, Ensoniq ASR-X, Kurzweil, Peavey, Yamaha Sampler ...................................................................................................................175

SMDI Sampler ...........................................................................................................................................................................................175

MIDI SDS .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 175

Plug-Ins Menu ........................................................................................................................................................................ 176

Preference Menu ................................................................................................................................................................... 176

Time Units ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 176

Sample Units .............................................................................................................................................................................................176

Colors ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 176

Use Loop in Playback ............................................................................................................................................................................... 177

Scroll During Play ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 177

Move Waveform During Playback ........................................................................................................................................................... 177

Compute File Max dB .............................................................................................................................................................................. 177

Show Edits ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 177

Show Marker Times ................................................................................................................................................................................. 177

Show Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 177

Auto-Import Dual Mono .......................................................................................................................................................................... 178

Audio Info ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 178

Dynamic Scrub Time ............................................................................................................................................................................... 179

Auto Snap To Zero ....................................................................................................................................................................................179

Fade In Envelope .....................................................................................................................................................................................179

Fade Out Envelope ..................................................................................................................................................................................179

Sampler... .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 180

DSP Preferences ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 180

Movie Sound Tracks ................................................................................................................................................................................. 180

Playback Preferences ................................................................................................................................................................................180

Plug-In Memory ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 181

Shortcuts & Toolbar ................................................................................................................................................................................. 181

Auto-Balloon Help ....................................................................................................................................................................................182

Speak Help ...............................................................................................................................................................................................182

Window Menu ....................................................................................................................................................................... 182

The Toolbar .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 182

The Peak Cursor Palette ..........................................................................................................................................................................183

The Contents Palette ...............................................................................................................................................................................183

Movie .........................................................................................................................................................................................................183

Playlist ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 183

Tile Windows ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 184

Stack Windows .........................................................................................................................................................................................184

Links Menu............................................................................................................................................................................. 184

Help Menu ............................................................................................................................................................................. 184

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Appendix 1: Keyboard Shortcuts and Actions 187

Keyboard Shortcuts ............................................................................................................................................................... 187

File ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 187

Edit ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 187

Action ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 188

Audio ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 188

Preference .................................................................................................................................................................................................188

Window ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 188

Peak Actions ........................................................................................................................................................................... 190

Useful Peak Actions, General................................................................................................................................................................... 190

Audio Document Window, General ........................................................................................................................................................190

Playback .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 190

Scrubbing .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 190

Selections ..................................................................................................................................................................................................190

Views ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 190

Markers, Loops, and Regions ..................................................................................................................................................................190

Loops ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 191

VST Plug-Ins .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 191

The Cursor Palette ................................................................................................................................................................................... 191

The Contents Palette ...............................................................................................................................................................................192

The Movie Window .................................................................................................................................................................................. 192

Appendix 2: Troubleshooting 193

Before Calling For Help ........................................................................................................................................................ 193

Typical Problems and Solutions ............................................................................................................................................ 193

Appendix 3: Encoding RealAudio, Shockwave and MP3 Files 199

RealAudio ............................................................................................................................................................................... 199

Options ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 200

ShockWave ............................................................................................................................................................................. 202

Encoding MP3 files ................................................................................................................................................................ 203

Glossary 207

Index 215

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Chapter 1 Introducing Peak

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Chapter 1:

Introducing Peak

Welcome!

BIAS Peak™ is an advanced audio application that provides superior tools for editing and processing digital audio on the Macintosh computer. Peak was specifically designed to meet the needs and demands of audio professionals. By combining high-quality direct-from-disk digital audio editing features with a lightning fast, completely nondestructive editing environment, Peak provides unsurpassed audio editing power, and makes a superb addition to multitrack audio applications programs such as BIAS Deck and Digidesign’s Pro Tools®. Peak also offers advanced sampler support, and works directly with many popular MIDI sampling keyboards and rackmount samplers.

Peak Features:

• Direct-to-disk recording and playback at all sample rates supported by the sound hardware on your Macintosh, or supported through third-party audio hardware

• User-configured waveform display

• Support for commonly used audio document

formats, including AIFF, Sound Designer II™, Red Book, QuickTime™, Wave, RealAudio™, Shockwave™, MPEG-3 (MP3), SUN .au, and System 7 Sound formats

• Completely nondestructive file-based editing with unlimited undo and redo

• Professional editing abilities, including userdefinable fade curves, silence, and complete support for cut/copy/paste with multiple undo

• By using an application that supports Apple Events, such as Filemaker Pro™ or HyperCard™,

you can catalog your Peak sound files and audition them from within the application

• Support for third-party digital audio hardware, such as the Digidesign™ or Mark of the Unicorn digital audio boards, through the Macintosh Sound Manager and ASIO

• Support for 8, 16, 24, and 32 bit audio files

• Support for playback and recording through Digidesign DAE™

• Support for third-party Adobe Premiere™,

AudioSuite™, TDM™, and VST™ Plug-Ins, allowing you to add advanced signal processing features to Peak. Plug-Ins from companies such as BIAS, Waves™, Arboretum™, and Cycling ‘74™ can be used to empower Peak with digital filtering, noise reduction, reverb, equalization, and other effects in real time

• The ability to create audio CDs from a Peak Playlists using Roxio Toast™, which is bundled with Peak

• SMPTE synchronization

• Sophisticated Tools for looping, including Loop

Surfer, Loop Tuner, and Guess Tempo

• Sampler Support

• Playlist editing and mastering

• Customizable Toolbar

• QuickTime Movie window with scrubbing

• Real Audio 5.0 support

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Introducing Peak

Who Is Peak Designed For?

Peak is designed for a wide variety of users, ranging from composers and multimedia producers to sound designers and remix editors. Peak’s comprehensive recording, editing, looping, and processing capabilities make it a powerhouse tool for virtually any aspect of digital audio production. If you are interested in sound and possess imagination and creativity, Peak is for you.

What’s New in Peak 2.6?

• Automatic truncatation of file names for audio documents created by Export Regions and Import CD if they are longer than 31 characters.

• And more!

New in Peak 2.5

Version 2.5 of Peak software presented several new features and enhancements, including:

• New user interface

• VST Plug-In Support for playback and recording

Version 2.6 of Peak software has several new features and enhancements, including:

• WAVES Audiotrack and Vbox SE VST plug-ins.

• Pressing control-arrow keys scrolls the audio

display left or right.

• Swap Channels DSP command to reverse the left and right channels in a stereo selection.

• Improved Edit Marker dialog, with more options for time units.

• Disable all VST plug-ins after bouncing.

• Compatible with DAE 5.1.

• Monitor ASIO devices through the Sound Manager.

• Option in the Import CD dialog to open files after

importing from CD.

• Flattening Quicktime movies when creating QuickTime files to play on both Macintosh and Windows operating systems.

• 160kbps and 192kbps MP3 and Shockwave export options.

• Allows aliases to point to the VstPlugIns folder, the ASIO Drivers folder, or the Peak Plug-Ins folder.

• Support for more third-party SCSI cards and Samplers

• Support for the CDDB™ online CD Data Base when using the Import CD Audio

• Dither

• Improved Guess Tempo

• Improved metering

• Single instance Repair Click

• Save A Copy As . . .

• New floppy-less, user-friendly registration and

authorization

Minimum System Requirements

To use Peak you will need:

• Any PowerPC-equipped Macintosh or PowerPCequipped PowerBook or G3/G4 Macintosh

• 64MB of RAM

• Sound Manager version 3.3 or later

• Macintosh System Software 7.6.1 or later (8.6

recommended)

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• QuickTime version 3.0.2 or later

network.

• QuickTime PowerPlug™ installed in the Extensions folder

• A hard drive with 18ms or faster average seek time

• A 13-inch or larger monitor (color is recom-

mended)

The optimal system for use with Peak software is a Power Macintosh with AV (Audio Visual) features and 32MB or more of RAM available to run Peak. The Peak application runs in native mode on Power Macintosh and G4 computers. Peak can also take advantage of ASIO and DAE compatible sound cards in addition to sound cards with Apple Sound Manager drivers.

Maximizing Peak's Performance

To get the best performance out of Peak and your Macintosh, do the following.

To maximize Peak performance:

• Use a minimal number of System Extensions. Extensions can slow down your Macintosh by using precious processor cycles. In particular, turn off System Extensions such as menu bar clocks and screen savers that are in constant operation. To set up a dedicated set of extensions for Peak, duplicate your Mac OS Base extensions set in the extensions manager and rename it (something like Peak_set), restart your computer with this extensions set and install Peak, enable the additional extensions required for Peak to run, and, restart your computer with this updated extensions set.

• Use the Memory control panel to set the Macintosh’s disk cache to at least 384k (usually the Mac’s default setting is fine). Turn Virtual Memory Off.

• Allocate additional RAM to Peak if possible, using the Finder’s Get Info command. (Select Peak in the Finder, choose Get info from the Finder’s Special menu, and enter the desired amount in the Preferred Size field. Make sure you allocate more RAM than the amount indicated in the Minimum Size field!)

• Optimize your hard drive. (See Chapter 3 to learn about proper hard disk maintenance.)

About Your User’s Guide

Peak is designed to be simple and intuitive. Your User’s Guide is designed to help you set up and use Peak for digital recording and editing as quickly and easily as possible.

This User’s Guide assumes that you are familiar with standard Macintosh operating techniques, including:

• Setting up, starting, and using your Macintosh

• Choosing commands from menus

• Double-clicking, selecting, Shift-selecting, and

dragging with the mouse

• Opening, copying, saving and deleting files

• Opening, closing, scrolling, moving, re-sizing, and

selecting Macintosh windows

• Set your monitor to no more than thousands of colors (256 colors is recommended for older Macs).

• Turn File Sharing off, unless you need it.

• Disconnect your Macintosh from any networks and

turn off AppleTalk, unless you need to be on a

If you don’t know how to perform these tasks, please refer to your Macintosh User’s Guide and spend a little time learning about your Macintosh before going any further. This will make using Peak much easier and more enjoyable.

Introducing Peak

The Chapters in your Peak User’s Guide are arranged in the order in which you would typically perform tasks when embarking on an audio production project:

• Chapter 1 introduces you to Peak and explains some of the requirements for using Peak software

• Chapter 2 explains how to install Peak software and configure your Macintosh for recording and playback

• Chapter 3 introduces you to some basic concepts of digital audio and disk-based recording, as well as basic Peak operations

• Appendix 2 provides a troubleshooting guide for commonly encountered problems

• Appendix 3 describes how to use Peak’s RealAudio™, Shockwave™ Audio Encoder, and MP3 encoding to prepare audio for streaming over the internet

• A Glossary and an Index complete your Peak User’s Guide

Look for important tips and notes whenever you see this exclamation mark.

• Chapter 4 explains how to record and playback audio to and from hard disk in Peak using the Apple Sound Manager, ASIO, and DAE. It also explains how to import audio from compatible CD-ROM drives

• Chapter 5 introduces you to the concepts and techniques of nondestructive editing with Peak

• Chapter 6 explains how to create regions and sequence their playback using Playlists, as well as how to use Peak Playlists to burn audio CDs

• Chapter 7 explains how to use Peak’s native DSP tools

• Chapter 8 explains how to use third-party Premiere, TDM, AudioSuite, and VST plug-ins to enhance Peak’s audio production capabilities

• Chapter 9 explains how to use Peak’s Batch File Processor as well as how to use Apple Events for file management

• Chapter 10 explains how to import samples directly from compatible samplers (to edit or process the audio using all of Peak’s functions) and send the modified sample back to the sampler

About Peak LE

If you are using the limited edition of Peak, not all features will be available. Specifically, the following features are not available in Peak LE:

• 24 and 32 bit support

• Crossfades, DSP effects, and Gain Adjustment in

Peak LE Playlists

• Loop Surfer™ and Loop Tuner

• Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts

• Customizable Toolbar

• Remove DC Offset

• Pitch Change

• DAE/TDM/AudioSuite support

• VST plug-in support

• SMPTE sync

• Import Dual Mono

• Meters Dialog

• Chapter 11 describes each of the commands found in Peak’s menus

• Appendix 1 lists the default Keyboard Shortcuts for

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• QuickTime movies

• Batch File Processor

• Up to three Premiere plug-ins only with three

second preview limit

• Export Regions

• Sampler Support

• Convolve

• Modulate

• Add

• Amplitude Fit

• Change Duration

• Crossfade Loop

• Dither

• Find Peak

• Mono To Stereo

• Stereo To Mono

• Phase Vocoder

• Rappify

• Repair Clicks

• Swap Channels

• Threshold

Using Online Help

Peak provides two types of online help. The first type, Balloon Help, can be activated by selecting Show Balloons from the Macintosh’s Balloon Help menu in the Finder. Balloon Help will show you the functions of each menu item as you move the mouse across different menu items. If you enable Speak Help under Peak’s Preference menu, the Balloon Help for items in the Toolbar will be “spoken” by your computer using the Apple Speech Manager. Also, if you hold the mouse cursor over a Toolbar icon for 2 seconds, the Balloon Help for that icon’s function will appear.

The second type of online help is available via the Apple menu’s Help item. This help system gives you detailed information about how to use the Peak software.

Online Help is available in the Apple menu

• Recording Notepad

• Recording Input Levels

• Specialized Apple Events for Playback from a

database such as FileMaker Pro

Features that are not supported in Peak LE or Peak SE will show this icon in the manual. LE features will also appear grayed out in their menus.

About Peak SE

Peak SE is functionally the same as Peak LE but adds sampler support.

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Conclusion

Now that you know a little about Peak, proceed to the next chapter to learn how to install your software and get started using it.

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Chapter 2: Installing and

Configuring Peak

double-click the Install Peak icon.

Installing Peak

Peak’s auto-installer software makes installation very easy.

Your complete Peak system consists of:

• CD-ROM Installer

• Peak serial number and Product Authorization Code

(PAC)

Before you install Peak, please check the Minimum System Requirements on Page 4 of this Users Guide.

3. When the Installer dialog appears, read the Read Me for late-breaking information concerning the Installer, then click Continue to proceed.

4. Select where you would like to install Peak, using the Switch Disk pop-up menu.

5. Click Install at the bottom right of this dialog.

6. After you have clicked Install, follow the on-screen instructions. Peak will be installed into a folder named Peak 2.5 on your selected hard disk.

7. At the end of the installation, the installer will allow you to register Peak electronically, which you may find more convenient than mailing your registration card.

The Installer dialog

To install Peak:

1. If you are using any virus-protection software, turn it off or temporarily remove it, and restart your Macintosh.

2. Insert the Peak Install CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive, open the Product Installers folder, and

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8. When the installation is complete, a message will appear indicating that the installation was successful. Click Quit to quit the Installer, or click Continue to install copies additional copies (don't forget to turn back on any virus-protection software that you may be using the next time you restart the computer).

If you don't register Peak, you will not be eligible for technical support and you won't be notified about updates, upgrades and other important news from BIAS!

Serial number, and Product Authorization Code.

The Peak Authorization dialog

Send in Your Registration Card! After you have installed Peak, please send in the Registration Card included with your software to receive your Product Authorization Code, free technical support, software updates and notification of upgrades.

Peak will run, fully functional, in Registration Mode for 14 days. This allows you the time necessary to register you product and get the Product Authorization Code from BIAS.

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Authorization

Peak must be authorized to work on your Macintosh. To authorize Peak, you will need your Product Authorization Code (PAC) in addition to the serial number that appears on your Peak Owner’s Certificate. BIAS will provide you with your Product Authorization Code when you register Peak. You must register Peak

in order to obtain your Product Authorization Code; Peak will not launch after the 14 day registration period unless you authorize Peak with your Name, Organization, Serial Number, and Product Authorization Code!

When you first launch Peak, it will prompt you to authorize it by entering your Name, Organization,

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While it is possible to listen to Peak using a Macintosh’s built-in speaker (or headphones, as might be the case with a PowerBook), most people will prefer to listen through a better quality external speaker system.

It is very easy to set up audio connections between your Macintosh and a mixer or speaker system. Your exact setup will differ slightly depending on whether you are using the built-in sound input and output connectors on your Macintosh, or those of a plug-in audio recording/playback card. Instructions for each case are given below.

Using the Macintosh’s Built-in Inputs and Outputs

If you wish to use your Macintosh’s built-in audio

inputs and outputs for recording and playback, do the following:

1. Turn down the volume on your playback system. Peak can be used with a variety of playback systems, including:

• a stereo receiver or amplifier and speakers

• a mixer, amplifier, and a pair of speakers

• a mixer and a pair of amplified (self-powered)

speakers

• or simply a pair of amplified (self-powered) speakers, smaller versions of which are often called “multimedia” speakers.

2. Connect your audio source output to the Macintosh's audio input connector. Your audio source can be one of a variety of devices, such as:

•a cassette or DAT deck output

•a mixer output

•a stereo receiver line output (such as “tape deck record” output)

For advanced users: Certain professional mixing consoles, DAT decks, or other audio sources may have a nominal output level of +4dBu, whereas the Macintosh expects to see a nominal -10dBu level. Be aware that you may need to adjust your mixers output levels accordingly to prevent overloading the Macintosh’s input; or alternately, you may need to use a “+4 to -10” line-matching transformer.

•an instrument line output (such as the output of a synthesizer).

The audio input jacks on most Macs are a standard mini-plug (1/8-inch) connector. Most source outputs are either 1/4 inch “phone” connectors or RCA connectors. To make this connection, you may need to use an 1/4-inch to mini-plug or RCA to mini-plug cable or adapter.

3. Connect your Macintosh’s audio output to your playback system’s input. The Macintosh’s audio output jack is a standard stereo mini-plug (1/8inch) connector. Most mixer, receiver, and amplified speaker inputs are equipped with 1/4inch, RCA, or mini-plug jacks. To make this connection, you may need to use a mini-plug to 1/4-inch or mini-plug to RCA cable or adapter.

4. Raise the volume on your mixer or playback system. Your system should now be properly configured and ready for recording and playback.

PCI and PCMCIA Audio Cards

If you have a Sound Manager-compatible record/ playback card (such as the Digidesign AudioMedia III or the MOTU PCI-324) or ASIO compatible (such as the Yamaha DSP Factory or the Digigram VX

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Pocket) installed in your computer and wish to use its input and output capabilities instead of your Macintosh’s built-in capabilities, do the following:

1. Turn down the volume on your mixer or playback system.

2. Make sure that you have installed the plug-in audio card into one of the available expansion slots inside your Macintosh. If you are not sure how to do this, please refer to the instructions that came with your Macintosh and the audio card itself.

3. Install the Sound Manager and/or ASIO drivers for your sound card. Please refer to the installation instructions for your sound card on how to do this.

4. Connect your mixer’s output to the audio cards input connectors. (Some audio cards have an external interface box which contains the input connectors.)

5. Connect your audio cards outputs to your mixer’s (or playback systems) input. Note that some audio expansion cards have an external interface box which contains the output connectors.

inputs on your mixer and to have the auxiliary or bus sends from the mixer go to the inputs of the computer. Instruments you want to record you patch into other channel inputs on the mixer and you can then route them out the auxiliary or bus sends on the mixer to be recorded by the computer. The mixer’s main outputs go to the amplifier/speakers.

Using the Inputs and Outputs of a ThirdParty Audio Card

Peak supports many Sound Manager compatible, ASIO compatible, and DAE compatible third-party audio cards, including those made by Digidesign, Digigram, and Mark of the Unicorn. In order to effectively use these cards with Peak, you will need to make sure you have installed the sound manager drivers supplied by the manufacturer (the Peak installation disk includes Apple Sound Manager drivers for some hardware, though most hardware manufacturers include their own drivers). If you haven’t already installed your sound cards sound manager drivers, please do so now. In most cases, you will need to place the card’s sound manager driver extension in your System folder’s Extensions folder. After you have done this, restart your computer.

6. Raise the volume on your mixer or playback system. Your system should now be properly configured and ready for recording and playback.

A typical mixer/computer configuration is to have the computer outputs go to channel

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Please see Chapter 4: Playback and Recording for a detailed description of how to configure Peak to playback and record using the Apple Sound Manager.

If your sound card also has an ASIO 1.0 driver or a backwards compatible ASIO 2.0 driver you will want to put it into Peak’s ASIO Drivers folder.

If you have Digidesign hardware that supports DAE

3.4.x or Digidesign TDM hardware that supports DAE

3.4.x or later, you will want to be sure to install the correct version of the DAE and the DigiSystem Init as well as the Digidesign Sound Manger Drivers.

To use a third-party audio card’s outputs for previewing Premiere-format plug-ins, the Open dialog, and the Import CD Audio dialog:

1. Choose Sound Out from the Sound Control Panel

pop-up menu.

2. Select audio card (Digigram’s VX Pocket is shown in this example) as the sound output device.

interfaces such as the Tascam US-428. Peak also supports compatible Firewire audio interfaces, such as the MOTU-828.

The Apple Sound Control Panel

3. Close the Sound window when you have finished.

The settings you make in the Sound Control Panel's Sound Output panel will only affect playback through Premiere plug-ins, the Open dialog, and the Import CD Audio dialog. For playback, you will need to select your audio card in Peak's Sound Out menu.

ASIO and DAE

Conclusion

Now that you have installed Peak and configured the Macintosh Sound Manager for recording and playback, proceed to the next chapter to learn several basic concepts and functions essential to using Peak.

Peak also supports ASIO 1.0 and DAE 3.4 or later. If you want to use Peak with your sound card via ASIO, place the ASIO driver for your sound card in the Peak ASIO Drivers folder. For DAE, simply install DAE 3.4 or later. For more detail on using Peak with ASIO and/or DAE supported sound cards, please read Chapter 4: Playback and Recording.

USB and Firewire Audio Interfaces

Mac OS 9.0.4 supports USB Audio on iMacs, iBooks, B/W G3s, and G4s. Peak supports USB audio with

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BIAS Peak - 2.6 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Welcome!

Who Is Peak Designed For?

What’s New in Peak 2.6?

New in Peak 2.5

Minimum System Requirements

Maximizing Peak's Performance

About Your User’s Guide

About Peak LE

Using Online Help

Conclusion

Installing Peak

Making Audio Connections

Authorization

PCI and PCMCIA Audio Cards

ASIO and DAE

Conclusion

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