BIAS Announces Peak LE 2.0

January 29, 1998 -- Berkley Integrated Audio Software, Inc. (BIAS) is pleased to announce Peak LE^TM 2.0, a major revision of the popular entry level edition of Peak digital audio editing software for the Apple® Macintosh. The upgrade includes user interface enhancements and the addition of new tools for audio recording, editing, and processing. Peak LE 2.0 includes more audio power than ever before, and still retails for only $99.

Peak LE's user interface has been greatly improved in version 2.0. All dialogs are now Appearance Manager savvy, taking full advantage of the latest Macintosh OS8 features. A user customizable toolbar has been added, as well as a floating palette with selection/zoom/pencil/scrub mouse modes. A contents window displays the markers, regions, and loops contained within an audio file. Finally, users can now independently select either the right or left channel for editing and processing.

BIAS has added a host of useful new tools to Peak LE 2.0. One of these new tools is sure to please users - the inclusion of a playlist with support for CD burning. The addition of this feature in Peak LE 2.0 enables users to record, edit, process, and burn to CD with one low-cost software solution. Most popular CD burners are supported. Peak LE 2.0 supports encoding RealAudio^TM 5.0 for authoring sound files to the internet. The Import CD dialog now includes the ability to select multiple tracks of audio for importing. A Pencil tool has been added for sample-level editing, and includes a smoothing option. The Open... dialog now includes file information regarding the file length, type, sample rate, bit depth, and number of channels. Audio meters are more responsive, calibrated to dB, detect clipping, and include peak hold. The file overview is now calculated in real-time during recording in Peak LE 2.0. BIAS has also added support for Ensoniq's PARIS file format (.paf) to the already long list of audio file formats supported by Peak. Finally, Peak LE 2.0 allows users to create and read WAV audio files with full support of marker, loop, and region information stored in the file.

Pricing and Availability

Peak LE 2.0 has an MSRP of US$99.00 and will be available at the end of Q1, 1998.

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