DSP Quattro 2 Audio Editing Software
Product Info
DSP-Quattro is an extremely powerful sound editor for Mac OS. It's a highly innovative product that utilizes the latest technological advances of computer-based sound editing. DSP-Quattro, with it's foundation being the well-seasoned D-SoundPRO, benefits from 10 years of development and professional use in the audio production community.
As the newest evolution, DSP-Quattro injects new life into sound editing by expanding the possibilities of simple sound editing into a full-fledged, professional audio workstation, effortlessly accommodating music production, plug-in hosting and advanced audio editing. You can even create final mastered files in DSP-Quattro, ready for pressing CDs.DSP-Quattro is designed for the most discriminating professional users. However, because of it's simple and intuitive interface, DSP-Quattro is also an ideal product for novices in the field seeking to discover the world of digital audio. DSP-Quattro allows for professional results, it is simple to use, and with plug-in hosting capabilities, offers seemingly endless possibilities.
Tremendous possibilities are offered by DSP-Quattro's built-in digital effects like reverbs, modulated digital delays, analog filter simulators and parametric or graphic Eqs. In addition, DSP-Quattro includes many more sophisticated algorithms, such as real-time hard-drive based polyphonic sample playback and real-time time-stretching and pitch shifting. DSP-Quattro expands it's capabilities exponentially as a host for third parties instrument and effect plug-ins, such as VST and AudioUnits.
Key features and specifications
- NEW in 2.0: Immediate Cut,Copy &Paste, and undos/redos, no matter how much is the audio file long.
- NEW in 2.0: Batch Processor, for automated file format conversion, plug-ins and additional processing.
- NEW in 2.0: State-of-art Linear Phase Sample Rate Converter (SRC) algorithm with selectable quality options, applicable also on the PlayList export, for AudioCD-ROM burning and for BatchProcessing.
- NEW in 2.0: Extended Altivec support for extreme processing and file I/O speed.
- Fully programmable PlayList with real time and non-destructive internal and/or VST/AU plug-in effects and crossfades between tracks
- Built-in audio CDROM burning capability that conforms to the Redbook standards (MacOS X only)
- Each PlayList track may have its own real time internal and/or VST/AU plug-in effect chain
- Playlist and audio CDROM image files can be exported or imported compatible with Roxio Toast/Jam format.
- AudioUnit Instruments and Effects plug-in support (MacOS X only)
- AIFF, SDII and .WAV mono/stereo sound files direct load/save support: 8, 16, 24, 32 and 32-floats bit/sample (the last allowed only for WAVE and AIFF file formats).
- RAW data files Import/Export (8, 16, 24, 32 and 32-Floats bits/sample).
- Import, by using QuickTime, of most audio file formats, including MP3, audio tracks from QuickTime movies and Audio CDROMs, and more.
- Advanced HD based High Speed audio engine, to play any audio files forward and backward, at every speed, without loading them in RAM memory.
- Plays audio files at pitches ranging from 0 to x2, including a speed ribbon controller interface. Audio scrub mode with audio monitoring. Reverse playback supported as well.
- Full Project management, to Load/Save a snapshot of the current configuration and all settings, as, for example, opened files, loaded Instruments, plug-in instruments, I/O configurations, etc...
- Complete list of editing functions, most of which have a real time preview option for the best parameters setting.
Very easy to configure to play multiple - also at the same time - AudioUnit and VSTi Instruments by MIDI, also for live performances. - Innovative Recording options, to record multiple inputs and outputs on HD in real time, also while playing Plug-in Instruments by MIDI and/or audio files.
- Zooms and visual tools, the state of art in graphic visual interface for audio editing.
- Left or Right independent channel editing of stereo files.
- Generic and Edit Markers support, with floating window interface for their management.
- Regions are supported. DSP-Quattro offers also an advanced graphic control on the Marker&Region tool window and several related functions for their management.
- Regions list can be exported as AudioCD Image compatible with Roxio Toast/Jam format.
- Infinte levels of Undo/Redo
- Complete Undo/Redo history table, to immediately jump back to any moment of the editing session.
- High quality built-in digital effects, applicable both as real time effects on audio insert, and as an off-line editing algorithm:
- Chorus
- Digital Delay
- Dual Digital Delay
- Stereoizer
- MultiTap Delay
- Reverbs
- Resonant analog LowPass, HighPass, BandPass filter simulations
- BandReject filter
- 4 Bands full parametric EQ
- 7 Bands graphic mono and stereo EQ
- BPM tempo based Auto-Detection, Auto-Loop and TimeStretching algorithms.
- Resampling, Pitch Conversion, Normalization, multiple Fade In/Out features.
- Drag&Drop support for fast loading, saving and exporting even regions of the audio files.
- Advanced floating window interface for Loop programming.
- X-Fade Looping algorithm fully programmable with real time preview.
- Multiple AudioUnit and VST Instruments and Effects hosting, for both real time live performances and off-line editing.
- VST mach-o (and carbonized) plug-in support (MacOS X only)
- VST (non carbonized) plug-in support (MacOS 8/9 only)
- Also Audio Inputs, Input Recorders, AudioUnit and VSTi Instruments can has their own independent insert effects
- User can Save/Load/Copy/Paste the Insert and Global Effx chain, including all loaded plug-ins and their settings.
- Find Peak and RMS function with extended facilities.
- Apple SoundManager fully compatible.
- ASIO and CoreAudio fully supported, to address also multiple analog and digital inputs and outputs at the same time.
- Very easy to configure as Real time multi-effects unit, including ASIO, CoreAudio or SoundManager Inputs to Outputs redirections.
- Full OMS MIDI and CoreMIDI drivers support.
- Akai, E-mu, Kurzweil, Roland, Yamaha and SMDI SCSI sample dump (including samples directory) support.
- MIDI SAMPLE DUMP STANDARD (SDS) and S50, S550, S330 MIDI sample dump support
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