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PreMaster CD™ 3.3
Just what your DAW was looking for…
• Professional CD-R and DDPi Creation
• Instant PQ Generation
• Dual Mode SOT & EOT Creation
• CD Text Support
• Support for audio sample rates (44.1 - 192 kHz)*
• Includes Sonic EQ (basic filter set)*
• Supports compressed file audition (Apple Lossless, MP3, AAC, FLAC)*
• Real Time Editing
• Real Time Fades allow unlimited possibilites
• Real Time Multimode Gain Adjustment
• 10x CD-R Burn and DDP Delivery
• 10x Export to Disk
• Sample Rate Conversion 44.1. 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz
• Proprietary TPDF
• Core Audio I/O, including Pro Tools
• Optional NoNOISE FixIt ™
• Optional Manual DeClick II ™
• Optional DSD Converter for Macintosh ™
• Optional DDP File Open*new features in PMCD 3.3
Not CD, PMCD
CDs are great for distribution but are not ideal for use as replication masters. That’s why PreMaster CD™ provides a better way to hand off your hard won work for replication: DDP or Disc Description Protocol, the standard specifically designed for optical disc replication. PreMaster CD creates the industry’s most compliant DDP image files, a surefire method for error–free manufacture of great sounding Compact Discs.
Tired of buggy software with lame PQ support? PreMaster delivers the features that matter, with sound quality to match.
Professional Editing & Premastering
PreMaster CD is a desktop premastering application that opens AIFF, WAV, BWF and SD2 stereo files as well as compressed formats like Apple Lossles and FLAC. It edits, sequences and provides essential PQ support while costing one third less than our more full featured product, soundBlade. Yet, it shares the same engine that all our products use, for the best fidelity bar none.
The program features Sonic Studio’s powerfully fast user interface, allowing any Mac running OS 10.4.11 or later to open, play back, edit and adjust gain of audio files. In addition, PreMaster CD joins soundBlade as the only Mac OS application to save completely compliant DDP image file sets back to disk.
Of course, PreMaster CD also creates “CD refs” in the background, so your system is freed up to do other work. These CD-Digital Audio–formatted discs are playable by your clients on any audio CD transport worldwide.
PreMaster CD; OS X–native for stable, secure operation. We invented desktop premastering on Mac OS in 1990. So, trust our knowledge gained from thousands of high end customers who rely on Sonic Studio gear for non–stop, reliable replication workflow.
Key Features of PreMaster CD:
• Saves to DCA’s DDP, the Disc Description Protocol format specifically for replication
• Fast, easy editing with advanced Smart Fade Tool™
• Breakpoint-based gain adjustment tool helps even out track–to–track amplitude
• Opens AIFF, WAV, BWF & SD2 44.1 kHz interleaved files at 16 to 24 bits
• Provides essential PQ editing, including UPC/EAN and ISRC
• Background Sample Rate Conversion to 44K
• Automatically generates & validates PQ subcodes in real time
• Automatically creates CD Text for DDP and for CD
• Creates CD-DA–formatted Orange Book “audio” CD-Rs in the background
• CD-R “check discs” support CD Text including album title & artist, track name & artist
• Automatically creates track name & artist from Project metadata
• Re–sequencing CD Tracks is just drag & drop
• Saves version 2-compliant DDP image file sets
• Navigate with convenient Mark Info pop–up
• Tape transport–like direct Transport Controls
• Keep track of your noise floor with premastering–optimized meters
• Produces industry standard Sonic Studio PQ log files for your duplication house
• No additional hardware required-plays back through Core Audio
• Leverages our SSE playback engine for unprecedented fidelity
• Clean, uncluttered, easy to navigate NGC user interface
• Optionally opens DDP file sets for rework & repurposing
• Optionally supports NoNOISE FixIt, affordable restoration
• Optionally supports Manual DeClick II, the gold standard of audio restoration
• Optionally supports DSD Conversion from PCM to DSD and DSD to PCM
• OS 10-native for Mac OS 10.4.11 (PPC), 10.5.8, 10.6.4 or newer (Intel)More Resources
An informational PDF (157 kB, requires Adobe Reader 5 or newer) highlighting PreMaster CD’s capabilities and how it can help you in your replication workflow is available. MORE….
A Feature Matrix provides a comparison of features between this product and the full featured soundBlade. MORE….
Don’t take our word for how great PreMaster CD is…Larry DeVivo reviewed PreMaster CD in Issue #55 of Tape Op Magazine…“All in all, I’m very happy with Sonic Studio’s PreMaster CD. It will be my first choice in assembling masters to send to the manufacturing plant from now on. A powerful program with a tried and true heritage available as native software for the Mac at a reasonable price.” READ the review.
Erik Zobler reviewed PreMaster CD in the December 2006 issue of Mix Magazine…“I’m sold on the benefits of PMCD as a highly evolved, powerful tool for audio CD preparation that delivers high-quality masters on a superior format at a very reasonable price.” READ the unedited review.
Buy Now, Upgrade Later!
We at Sonic Studio have a painless upgrade policy: If you purchase PreMaster CD, you can upgrade to soundBlade for only the difference in cost. So, head on over to our store, and pick up a copy of the only premaster app for Mac OS X that fully supports the DDP format!
Questions?
For a list of frequently asked questions about PreMaster CD, please see our FAQ. Have questions about PreMaster CD? Contact your local Sonic Studio reseller to discuss your needs.
PreMaster CD is available worldwide through authorized Sonic Studio resellers or from our online store
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