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Creating a New Audio Document from a Playlist....................................................................................................................................120 Exporting the Playlist as a Text Document..............................................................................................................................................121 Saving and Opening Playlists................................................................................................................................................121 Burning Audio CDs...................................................................................................................................................................................121 Regions and the JAM Image file format...............................................................................................................................123 Conclusion................................................................................................................................................................................................123 Chapter 7: DSP Introduction..............................................................................................................................................................................................127 Processing Audio with Peak’s DSP Tools.................................................................................................................................................127 Peak’s Audio Processing Tools.................................................................................................................................................................127 Add........................................................................................................................................................................................127 Amplitude Fit........................................................................................................................................................................ 128 Bit Usage................................................................................................................................................................................129 Change Duration..................................................................................................................................................................129 Change Gain..........................................................................................................................................................................130 Change Pitch.........................................................................................................................................................................131 Convert Sample Rate............................................................................................................................................................132 Convolve...............................................................................................................................................................................132 Crossfade Loop.....................................................................................................................................................................133 Fade In & Fade Out...............................................................................................................................................................135 Find Peak...............................................................................................................................................................................135 Gain Envelope.......................................................................................................................................................................136 Harmonic Rotate...................................................................................................................................................................136 ImpulseVerb..........................................................................................................................................................................137 Invert.....................................................................................................................................................................................138 Loop Tuner............................................................................................................................................................................138 Mono To Stereo/Stereo To Mono.........................................................................................................................................139 Mix.........................................................................................................................................................................................140 Modulate...............................................................................................................................................................................141 Normalize..............................................................................................................................................................................141 Panner....................................................................................................................................................................................142 Phase Vocoder.......................................................................................................................................................................143 Rappify...................................................................................................................................................................................143 Repair Click...........................................................................................................................................................................144 Repair Clicks..........................................................................................................................................................................144 Remove DC Offset................................................................................................................................................................146 Reverse Boomerang..............................................................................................................................................................147 Reverse..................................................................................................................................................................................147 Swap Channels......................................................................................................................................................................147 xii Peak User’s Guide
Threshold..............................................................................................................................................................................148 Conclusion................................................................................................................................................................................................149 Chapter 8: Plug-Ins Introduction..............................................................................................................................................................................................153 Installing VST Plug-Ins..............................................................................................................................................................................153 Using VST Plug-Ins....................................................................................................................................................................................153 Inserts....................................................................................................................................................................................153 Vbox SE..................................................................................................................................................................................153 Using Peak with Inserts.........................................................................................................................................................154 Using Peak with Vbox SE......................................................................................................................................................155 The Vbox SE Matrix...............................................................................................................................................................155 Vbox SE Matrix Graphical User Interface.............................................................................................................................155 Box Controls.........................................................................................................................................................................156 Effect Assignment Pop-Up....................................................................................................................................................156 Assigning a VST Plug-In in Vbox SE......................................................................................................................................156 Organizing Plug-Ins with Folders.........................................................................................................................................156 Level Controls.......................................................................................................................................................................157 Mute.......................................................................................................................................................................................157 Bypass....................................................................................................................................................................................157 Solo........................................................................................................................................................................................157 Edit.........................................................................................................................................................................................158 Moving Plug-Ins.....................................................................................................................................................................158 Changing Input Routing.......................................................................................................................................................158 Creating Serial Effects Chains...............................................................................................................................................158 Creating Parallel Effects Chains............................................................................................................................................159 Master Wet/Dry Controls......................................................................................................................................................159 Master Input/Output Controls.............................................................................................................................................159 Loading and Restoring Vbox SE Presets..............................................................................................................................159 A/B Comparisons..................................................................................................................................................................159 Vbox SE Preferences.............................................................................................................................................................160 Editing VST Plug-In Parameters...........................................................................................................................................160 BIAS Freq...............................................................................................................................................................................160 BIAS Sqweez..........................................................................................................................................................................161 Bouncing VST Plug-Ins.........................................................................................................................................................161 VST Envelope........................................................................................................................................................................162 VST Plug-In Delays................................................................................................................................................................162 Recording Through VST Plug-Ins.............................................................................................................................................................163 Using VST Plug-Ins with the Batch File Processor...................................................................................................................................163 Using Audio Unit Plug-Ins........................................................................................................................................................................163 Table of Contents xiii
Page 1 and 2: Peak TM Version 4.1 Software User
Page 3 and 4: Software Copyright and Warranty Thi
Page 5 and 6: Computer Software clause at 252.227
Page 7 and 8: BIAS Product Support: Unlimited Com
Page 9 and 10: Chapter 1: Introducing Peak Content
Page 11: Audio Info dialog..................
Page 15 and 16: DSP Preferences....................
Page 17 and 18: Change Pitch.......................
Page 19 and 20: Chapter 1 Introducing Peak
Page 21 and 22: Chapter 1: Introducing Peak BIAS Pe
Page 23 and 24: • Mac OS X v.10.2 or later • 25
Page 25 and 26: • Meters Dialog • QuickTime mov
Page 27 and 28: Chapter 2 Installing & Configuring
Page 29 and 30: Chapter 2: Installing and Configuri
Page 31 and 32: • a stereo receiver line output (
Page 33 and 34: 5. Connect the outputs of your audi
Page 35 and 36: Chapter 3 Peak Basics
Page 37 and 38: Chapter 3: Peak Basics Introduction
Page 39 and 40: nificant amount of storage. This is
Page 41 and 42: Digidesign’s Pro Tools, do not di
Page 43 and 44: 2. Select a file format from the po
Page 45 and 46: Peak Audio Document Window Peak Aud
Page 47 and 48: A “minus” (-) sign will appear
Page 49 and 50: these features off. LE DV Progress
Page 51 and 52: Playback Master Volume Peak provide
Page 53 and 54: abrupt transitions between waveform
Page 55 and 56: 2. From the submenu, choose the tim
Page 57 and 58: DV User-defined Keyboard Shortcuts
Page 59 and 60: Conclusion You now know how to crea
Page 61 and 62: Chapter 4 Playback & Recording
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Chapter 4: Playback & Recording In
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venient way of triggering playback
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useful if you want to use a noise r
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Proper Levels for Recording To obta
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If iTunes is installed and you are
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Source The Sound dialog: Source Sel
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Chapter 5 Editing
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Chapter 5: Editing This chapter int
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To hide the Audio Waveform Overview
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the pitch and duration of the audio
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To use dynamic “Shuttle-type” s
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To use the Edits command to return
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Convolve, Mix, Modulate, and Impuls
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New Document from Selection The New
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To set blending parameters: 1. Choo
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The Fade Envelope Editor (a Fade In
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a specific time location in an audi
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Regions Regions are portions of an
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etween the two loop markers, and th
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To use Loop Surfer based on a music
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click Loop-It to automatically plac
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Output Format area Choose the file
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Chapter 6 Playlists & CD Burning
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Chapter 6: Playlists and CD Burning
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To define a new Region and have it
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Previous Track Stop Play Next Track
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operation will, of course, decrease
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• Dragging the scroll indicator m
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Applying VST Plug-Ins to the Playli
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audio document that correspond to e
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Regions and the JAM Image file form
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Chapter 7 DSP
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Chapter 7: DSP Introduction Peak al
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DV Bit Usage Amplitude Fit is not a
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If you wish to double the volume of
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trum of the impulse contained in th
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pler’s key is released) or “loo
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The Harmonic Rotate dialog 3. Click
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The waveform display in the Loop Tu
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the amount of the copied signal tha
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Phase Vocoder The Phase Vocoder is
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The Repair Clicks operation works b
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Reverse Boomerang The Reverse Boome
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LE DV Conclusion Threshold is not a
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Chapter 8 Plug-Ins
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Chapter 8: Plug-Ins Introduction Pe
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Using Peak with Vbox SE To open Vbo
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Each folder you create inside the V
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Creating Parallel Effects Chains Us
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24 dB stereo input and output meter
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5. Enter the VST delay compensation
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4. Choose any other processes you w
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Chapter 9 Batch File Processor & Ap
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Chapter 9: Batch File Processor and
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You may also specify which part of
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LE Batch File Processing is not ava
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2. Close any open digital audio win
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Chapter 10 Samplers
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Chapter 10: Samplers Introduction P
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Send To send the front-most Peak au
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you will find detailed descriptions
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Chapter 11 Peak Menus
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Chapter 11: Peak Menus This chapter
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It can be toggled on or off by choo
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put volume to the level that you de
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ate a Playlist document or a new au
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into a different file format. Savin
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to any number of audio files. To us
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Cut The Cut command (-X) cuts selec
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(-Left Arrow) to jump back to the p
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The Edit Marker dialog Markers from
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The Go To Location submenu Loop Sur
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The Notepad feature in the Record D
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utton. The actual third-party dialo
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examine. 2. Choose Bit Usage from t
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Loop dialog to select the length of
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DV Invert ImpulseVerb is not availa
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The Modulator dialog LE DV Normaliz
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The Repair Clicks operation works b
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Threshold The Threshold command all
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trols for each plug-in to mute, sol
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Move Waveform During Playback The M
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to accept the changes, or Cancel to
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ment and make it the active window.
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Appendix 1 Keyboard Shortcuts
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Appendix 1: Keyboard Shortcuts Keyb
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Keyboard Shortcut Equivalent Menu C
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Appendix 2 Peak Actions
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Appendix 2: Peak Actions This secti
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To move a marker to a zero-crossing
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Appendix 3 Troubleshooting
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Appendix 3: Troubleshooting - Befor
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version. 3. Delete the “ACA Prefe
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your drive. • Is Peak’s playbac
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Glossary
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Glossary AAC Advanced Audio Coding
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decibels. Bit resolution determines
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QuickTime This is an audio format d
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plug-in standard created by Steinbe
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Index
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Symbols -10 dBV 31 +4 dBu 31 .au 42
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Disk-based Recording 38 dithering 4
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Make Loop button 101 Mark of the Un
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while recording 68 Remove DC Offset
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W WAVE 42, 170, 193, 194, 253, 259
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