BIAS To Bring Peak to BeOS
August 21, 1999
Berkley Integrated Audio Software Inc. (BIAS) today announces plans to port
its highly-acclaimed Peak(TM) digital audio editor to BeOS , a broadband multimedia
operating system from Be Incorporated. BeOS will afford Peak a number of performance
advantages including low-latency, master timecode source, symmetric multi processing,
multithreading and an extremely responsive user interface. These benefits of BeOS
will enable Peak to process audio virtually in real-time. Since BeOS runs on Intel
PCs, Peak will be available for the very first time to users with ordinary PCs
with Intel or other X86-compatible computers. BIAS and Be look forward to bringing
Peak to the BeOS market and to future endeavors as well.
"Be takes great pride in welcoming BIAS to the BeOS community and the
PC platform," said Jim Rippie, Be's audio evangelist. "BIAS has already
distinguished itself with ground-breaking products – audio professionals
worldwide in the fields of music, multimedia, broadcast, Web development, and
audio-for-picture depend on Peak. Peak for BeOS will really push the envelope
for audio waveform editing, making it the product to beat on any platform. BIAS
has the experience to make the most of BeOS's advantages in real-time media production,
and we are extremely pleased to welcome them to the center of our growing professional
audio developer community."
"BIAS is very excited to bring Peak to the ultra-modern Be platform,"
said Steve Berkley, CEO and President of BIAS. "We're very pleased to bring
the real-time feel of the Be operating system to our flagship audio editor. A
strong audio editor such as Peak on BeOS will be a valuable asset for anyone developing
media rich content with BeOS, which is the most digital media-oriented operating
system we've ever seen.."
Peak is an advanced stereo waveform recording, editing, processing and delivery
program. Since its inception in 1996, Peak has evolved into a digital audio-editing
standard on the Macintosh platform. Peak’s currently powerful feature set
will most certainly shine brightly on the Be platform. Peak includes fast, non-destructive
editing and processing, an intuitive, completely customizable user interface,
support for Internet authoring formats including MP3, Shockwave(TM), and RealAudio(TM),
support for multiple compression formats, CD authoring direct from the Playlist,
QuickTime(TM) movie support, SMPTE synchronization, a fully integrated Batch File
Processor, on-board DSP processes, extensive sampler support, flexible looping
tools, as well as support for a wide variety of audio formats.
BeOS is an operating system designed for digital media applications and Internet
appliances. BeOS is capable of maximizing the performance of digital media applications
that run on a wide range of devices including Internet appliances, desktop PCs
and high-performance multiprocessor workstations.
BeOS allows users to simultaneously operate multiple audio, video, image processing
and Internet-based software applications while maintaining system stability, media
quality and processor performance. BeOS provides professional users and enthusiasts
with a high performance environment to quickly and easily develop applications
and content and is designed to facilitate the integration of new technologies.
For more information about Peak, visit the BIAS web site at www.bias-inc.com.
To learn more about BeOS, visit Be's web site at www.be.com.
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