Deck 3.5 Feature Overview
- Record, mix, play back, & process up to 64 simultaneous tracks
- Up to 999 virtual tracks
- High-performance, realtime mixing console, with dedicated faders, pans, & other controls
- Automated level mixing with high-resolution moving faders
- "Rubberband-style" breakpoint automation
- Mixer states "snapshot-style" scene automation
- Clip-based automation: Copy, Paste, Drag & Drop automation envelopes follow audio regions as they are moved
- 5.1 channel surround mixing capable, with fully automated, track-by-track, multi-algorithmic 360° panning to Left, Center, Right, Surround L, Surround R, plus LFE (subwoofer).
- Surround mixing pan algorithms include Radius 5.1, Variable Width 5.1 and Room Ambiance 5.1.
- Advanced realtime signal processing with VST plug-in support*
- Includes over 25 free VST audio effect plug-ins, including BIAS Freq 4-band paragraphic EQ & BIAS Vbox SE multi-effects control environment*
- Built-in realtime DSP effects including Chorus, EQ, Delay, & Multitap
- Support for multiple sample rate & bit depth formats, up to 48kHz & 16-bit**
- SMPTE/EBU timecode-fluent for editing, spotting, & external chase-lock synchronization***
- Slaves with subframe accuracy to external video tape recorders & other transports — ideal for layback & other assembly***
- Import QuickTime movies & synchronize audio-to-picture with better-than-frame accuracy
- Scrub QuickTime movie with full audio chase
- Lightning-fast spotting of audio clips to picture
- ADR (automated dialog replacement) capable
- Monitor previously recorded tracks while recording new tracks (optionally in sync to a QuickTime movie)
- Discontiguous clip selection
- Clip nudging & trimming — with better-than-subframe accuracy
- Sync to external MIDI sequencers***
- Non-destructive punch-in & punch-out
- Master fader with stereo effects bus
- OMF support allows importing from other DAWs such as non-linear video editors including Final Cut Pro, Premiere & Avid
- Use built-in Macintosh audio inputs/outputs or compatible audio interface/card hardware
- Supports most ASIO (OS 9), Sound Manager, & CoreAudio (OS X) compatible audio hardware
- Supports multiple file formats including AIFF, SDII, .WAV, .SND, & QuickTime
- Export sessions as QuickTime movie with multiple format options
- Allows external waveform editor such as Peak to be launched from session
- Includes Peak LE 6 at no extra charge - for advanced sample editing, mastering, and CD burning.
* Not all bundled VST plug-ins are currently Mac OS X compatible, but can be used in Classic (OS 9.x) mode
** With compatible hardware; 16-bit/44kHz CD-quality audio with built-in Mac audio in/out
*** Via third-party CoreMIDI drivers (Mac OS X) or OMS drivers (OS 9)
General Features
- OS 8.6 / OS 9.x compatible
- OS X compatible
- Built-in (via ASIO), ASIO, CoreAudio
- Non-destructive editing
- Supports Bit-Depths up to 16-bit
- Supports Sample Rates up to 60 khz
- 5.1 Surround mixing
- Virtual Mix
- Import CD Audio
- Real-time DSP Effects
- Master fader with stereo effects inserts
- Automated mixing
- MIDI Time Code Sync
- OMF import
- Standard MIDI File import & playback
- 9 built-in Effects plus over 20 VST effects
- 4 simultaneous effects per track + unlimited VST effects with included Vbox SE
- Advanced QuickTime movie & DV (digital video) clip support
- Loop Playback
- Full duplex recording and monitoring
- Maximum of 64 Playable tracks + 999 "Virtual Tracks"
- Includes Vbox SE, BIAS Freq-4, Peak LE 6, Roxio Toast Lite, over 20 VST effects, over 250mb of audio samples
Supported file formats
- OMF (Import only)
- Standard MIDI File (Import only)
- AIFF
- SDII
- WAV
- QuickTime
- Split stereo files
- .snd (Sound Resource)
Built-in Effects
- Deck
- Deck LE
- Gain
- EQ
- Delay 1 & 2
- Chorus
- Hi-Shelf EQ
- Lo-Shelf EQ
- Graphic EQ
- Multi-tap
- EQ-4
Built-In DSP
- Deck
- Deck LE
- Normalize
- Group Normalize
- Reverse
- Invert
- Duplicate
- Fades
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