BIAS Peak

[chrispick]

Maybe try this:

DSP Quattro

But really, the operational motif of all audio editing apps -- be they Peak or Sound Forge or whatever -- is pretty much the same. If you're having trouble with one...

[Whitecat]

What specifically is irritating you about Peak?

[scott petito]

I've tried peak a few times and it drove me a little nuts too...not intuitive at all...hmmm reminds me of logic where as sonic solutions was up and running in 10 min... by the way are you thinking of peak for mastering? cause protools works just fine for editing ( and mastering too if you can get past the social stigma )

cheers

SP

[statikcat]

BIAS has some cool options but seems to lack quickness.. and where the hell are meters?? I was hoping for it to compare to Wavelab a little.

[Whitecat]

I use Peak quite frequently, mostly as an editor but occassionally for pseudo-masters, esp. with broadcast/film stuff where there's no time to send it out. I like the workflow, I don't think it's unintuitive - you do need to learn the playlist editor, I admit, but there's a few bugs that are rather dumb. The software has a tendency to just hard crash instead of report errors with some plug-ins that it doesn't like, it occassionally cuts off the end of burns (but only long ones, I find), and one time I batch converted about 85 WAV files to MP3 (all score cues for a film that had to be emailed to the director) and an hour or two later every single one of them was hard static rather than music. The 2nd try worked just fine, but it was time I'll never get back.

So those problems, and the fact that I'm still waiting for master perfection suite and soundsoap pro UBs, are my issues with it, but overall I like the program. It's not perfect, but I've tried Quattro and found it buggy (although this was a few versions ago).

Pro Tools LE can be almost as good for simple editing, I think, and it's cheaper now too [with the interface!]

[Whitecat]

Originally Posted by statikcat

BIAS has some cool options but seems to lack quickness.. and where the hell are meters?? I was hoping for it to compare to Wavelab a little.

Good meters are only available in the XT version as the Reveal plug-in. It's nice, but it's not UB yet. I agree this is something lacking in the core application, it should be a pretty fundamental thing. When I got started with Peak Pro I just used the EAS Inspector Free, which is still available as the Roger Nichols Super Psychedelic Meter-Izer. Or something.

I'm on to the XT suite and InspectorXL now, it's a nice setup for surgical editing and pseudo-mastering.

[danmaier]

Peak is not very intuitive especially if you're used to ProTools. Actions that should take one step, require 3. Stuff like that.

If Pro Tools had a CD authoring feature, I just use that....

I need a CD authoring/mastering program that can run AU or VST plugins. Basically, the PC program CD Architect(which totally rocks for all you PC people) for Mac.

I'll check out DSP Quatro. That seems to have all the features I need.

Thanks fellas.

[DJDJ]

If you're using an Intel Mac, try running soundforge using crossover. IMO, there's no better (or more intuitive) editor out there

[s.d.finley]

Originally Posted by chrispick

Maybe try this:

DSP Quattro

But really, the operational motif of all audio editing apps -- be they Peak or Sound Forge or whatever -- is pretty much the same. If you're having trouble with one...

I use DSP Quattro. I think the waveform editing stinks. I have the ocassional crash too. I cant look at all the songs line up, one after the other until I render the cd. DSP also has too many freaking windows....just like logic.

In the OS9 days I loved Waveburner Pro. I totally loved the waveform layout and the ability to print CD Text.

The advantage of DSP quattro is I can use my UAD card for plug ins......which is nice.

[Steve MacMillan]

Also, be sure to check out...

http://www.audiofile-engineering.com/wave_editor.php

STeve

[statikcat]

Well on a positive side BIAS batch processing works very well

[Blueflame]

Peak may not be very intuitive, but it's also pretty straightforward once you get used to working with it. I use it for simple stereo imports & edits, sending mp3's to radio stations, etc, when opening a new session in PT or DP is overkill. But the customer support is lame, and the authorization crap is the typical waste of time and energy. To have to go through what they put you through for a program that costs $80 is colossal BS. But that's another thread, innit?