DSP Quattro 2.0

2.0 description:

DSP-Quattro is an extremely powerful sound editor for the 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.

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.

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.

DSP-Quattro main features include:

• 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 frm 0 to x2, including a speed ribbon controller interface. Audio scrub mode with audio monitoring. Reverse playback supported as well.
• Ful Project management, to Load/Save a snapshot of the current configuration and all settings, as, for example, opened files, loadedInstruments, 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.