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Audio
See
also: sound
file formats
& audio
and video streaming
Eric
Wenger (the inventor of KPT Bryce) has now released
MetaSynth, a new application that combines
graphics with sound synthesis. It combines
sampling, wavetable, additive, subtractive,
granular and frequency modulation techniques with
graphical means for visualizing audio information
ever created.
MetaSynth maps picture coordinates into time and
frequency domains. A pixel's gray scale controls
the volume of a specific harmonic at a specific
moment in time. Stereo position is determined by
pixel color.
A demo is currently available for Power
Macintosh.
<www.uisoftware.com>
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BarbaBatch
2.4 is a Batch Audio Processor. It
supports QDesign streaming audio
technology, and Real Audio 5.0 as well as
Ensoniq Paris 24 bit and Dyaxis MacMix
digital audio formats.
BarbaBatch can process audio content
stored in a range of formats including
CD-audio, MPEG, Sound Designer, AIFF,
WAVE, NeXT/SUN, and VOX. The software can
perform gating, normalization, look-ahead
peak limiting, fade-in and out, channel
processing and dithering. BarbaBatch
offers batch conversion, is
AppleScript-able and can also utilize any
ProTools™ II and Audio Media™ II
cards on 68K Macs.
BarbaBatch 2.4 retails for $395. A demo of
BarbaBatch that converts up to 30 seconds
of audio can be downloaded from
MacSourcery's web site.
<www.macsourcery.com>
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More
information about Qdesign codec is
available at the QDesign website
<www.qdesign.com>
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Deck
II is now owned by Berkley
Integrated Audio Software,
manufacturer of the audio software
products Peak, Peak LE, and SFX Machine -
which acquired the multitrack audio
recording application Deck from
Macromedia, Inc.
Macromedia
had previously purchased Deck from the
original developer, OSC, a few years back.
While Macromedia continued to sell Deck,
they did little to promote it as a
standalong product and had mainly been
selling it as part of the Director Studio
bundle. Macromedia stopped including it
with Director 6 (which made sense since
they already included the sound
application Sound Edit 16.)
The
most current version, Deck 2.6, works in
conjunction with third-party audio cards
or in "native mode" - where it can be used
with almost any recent Macintosh
(including all PowerPC and G3 CPUs, even
PowerBooks). Deck 2.6 offers up to 999
virtual tracks; playback of up to 64
simultaneous tracks; real-time DSP
features for every channel;
OMS-compatibility; support for Adobe
Premiere Plug-Ins; and QuickTime digital
video playback and sync.
A
forthcoming version will support the ASIO
industry standard, giving users a wide
choice of audio hardware and interface
options. Deck 3.0 will also offer support
for VST plug-ins, expanding its already
existing repertoire of real-time DSP
options.
<www.bias-inc.com>
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last
updated: 11/25/98
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