BIAS Peak DDP export module

[Whitecat]

Anyone using it? Is it reliable?

It's $399 - for an extra $76 I could get Sonic PMCD instead, would that be smarter?

Any other esoteric options for the Mac in that price range?

[jdg]

do u do your pre-mastering in peak? or just your sequencing?

if u use it just for your sequencing.. get PMCD

[Jerry Tubb]

The only downside of using PMCD v1.x for DDP images is no CD-Text support.

Hoping Sonic will fix that in v2.0 which I believe is beta testing soon.

Don't know if Peak DDP supports CD-Text or not.

JT

[Bob Boyd]

Originally Posted by terminal3

Anyone using it? Is it reliable?

It's $399 - for an extra $76 I could get Sonic PMCD instead, would that be smarter?

You'll get a FAR better editor with PMCD. That's a no-brainer IMO.

[jayfrigo]

Originally Posted by Bob Boyd

You'll get a FAR better editor with PMCD. That's a no-brainer IMO.

I'd jump on Sonic PMCD too. To clarify the CD-Text point, you can burn a CD with CD-text, but can't include the text on the DDP image in the current version.

[Whitecat]

hey all, dredging up this "old" thread.

I just learned today that the forthcoming version of Audiofile Engineering's WaveEditor (1.3) will fully support DDP export. The company also says (according to a thread I created at bigbluelounge) that DDP loadback is planned, but will come later.

So for $150 (competitive upgrade price) I get virtually everything PMCD offers at $1100 (the DDP loadback option for PMCD is $595!!!) - and of course, much more robust editing, plus Izotope SRC and Mbit dither, which I have only READ good things about (can't insist it sounds better, I haven't actually heard it yet!)

Crikey, even at full retail ($250) it's a good $149 cheaper than the Peak add-on from BIAS...

This one seems to be a no-brainer to me, or have I overlooked something obvious?

[Bjarni B]

Originally Posted by Jerry Tubb

The only downside of using PMCD v1.x for DDP images is no CD-Text support.

Hoping Sonic will fix that in v2.0 which I believe is beta testing soon.

Don't know if Peak DDP supports CD-Text or not.http://www.gearslutz.com/board/images/smilies/smash.gif

JT

Do you guys know if Peak DDP supports CD-TEXT?

Thanks

Bjarni B

[Whitecat]

Originally Posted by Bjarni B

Do you guys know if Peak DDP supports CD-TEXT?

Thanks

Bjarni B

Allegedly, yes, it does, it should be fully DDP 2.0 compliant (which I believe includes CD-TEXT).

But then I found this...

www.bias-inc.com :: Log in

This is the only complaint I've seen, mind you, and I don't have the export module - I've gone with Wave Editor instead for less than half the price, so I believe the acronym applicable here is 'YMMV.'

EDIT: Steve from BIAS responded to the complaint yesterday with useful info. So I guess it's not a problem with the Peak module.