soundBlade™

Editing

The heart of soundBlade editing is EFM™, our Edit Fade Mode, working in concert with our pioneering 4 point editing model. Our famously detailed waveforms provide much needed visual information while working rapidly on subtle details. It also has our enviable and highly adjustable Smart Fade Tool™ which, when combined with EFM, makes short work of jobs that are time consuming or impossible on other systems. Of course, you can cut, copy or paste between open Projects and drag and drop files from any Mac OS source, whether the Finder or iTunes.

Far from locking you into proprietary hardware, soundBlade works with all Core Audio interfaces, recording at all common sample rates in all common formats, including AIFF, WAV and BWF. For re–purposing existing projects or, to collaborate with other studios, soundBlade opens SD2 files with regions and optionally loads back DDP file sets with the DDP File Open option. soundBlade also saves in Broadcast WAVE format, with OriginationDate/Time, Originator, OriginatorReference and Description metadata.

Workflow

Workflow matters and, your time is money. You need simplicity with underlying power and soundBlade delivers an efficiency derived from 20 years of workstation refinement by our discerning clients. Ease of use, flexibility without seldom used “features” or a busy UI all add up to more billable hours.

Fidelity & Platform

soundBlade native

soundBlade is built on the secure, reliable Macintosh operating system, employing our real time, extended precision SSE™ audio engine with Core Audio’s native playback I/O. This means you’re free to choose the appropriate quality of analog conversion, from the computer’s native hardware to ultrahigh quality reference models like our specially built, DSP I/O processors, the Series 300™.

soundBlade accelerated

The optional, Series 300 DSP I/O Processor family is the perfect match for soundBlade…their embedded DSP plus fidelity and flexibility are unavailable to 3rd party interfaces.

The two channel Model 302™ is a stereo location recording rig you’ll never get tired of while the Model 305™ is a complete, eight channel rig perfect for serious location recordists. The eight channel Models 303™ and 304™ free you to work with your beloved analog or digital outboard gear. MORE….

The Eight Channel Option

soundBlade’s Eight Channel option transports you from the basic four bus, four track world of Sonic Classic, to an eight bus, eight channel, sixteen track environment of multichannel work for film, DVD and complex editorial.

The Eight Channel option opens up a world of editing, routing & processing possibilities

Processing & Restoration

In addition to Sonic Studio’s extended precision Sonic EQ and benchmark NoNOISE II™ and reNOVAtor restoration modules, soundBlade supports your current collection of AU and VST plug–ins. You can freely intermix VST and AU plug–in types, in any of three points in the signal path, to achieve your desired signal flow. This affords an almost limitless choice of processing and restoration options.

To accelerate your production, soundBlade boasts real time DSP when paired with a Series 300 FireWire processor. Over two dozen plug–in classes provide powerful, time-varying signal processing with a flexible patching system to design, build, store and recall anytime they’re needed.

Premastering

Sonic is known as the inventor of desktop premastering, and soundBlade enlists the same mark–up and DDP delivery technology found in all our products. Complete PQ support is assured, allowing special handling of segues along with emphasis, UPC/EAN and ISR codes. To further speed your work, entry of PQ information is automated and validated on the fly, with inconsistencies visually flagged for correction. If CD-DA–formatted “refs” or check discs are needed, soundBlade can also quickly generate CD-Rs for client take–aways.

Celebrated Workflow, Unquestioned Fidelity

soundBlade, the bridge between performance and distribution...Backed by Sonic Studio’s legacy as the oldest manufacturer of digital audio workstations, soundBlade maintains the highest level of fidelity available today while offering the speed and efficiency of our time–tested and proven workflow.

• Time Tested Workflow
• Unique Editing Model
• Precision Waveforms
• Edit Fade Mode™
• The Best Platform
• No Hardware Lock–in
• Unmatched Restoration Tools
• Highest Fidelity
• Exceptional Value

Specifications

A list of specific soundBlade features and functions is available. MORE….

More Resources

An informational PDF (323 kB, requires Adobe Reader 5 or newer) highlighting soundBlade’s capabilities and how it can help you in your replication workflow is available. MORE….

A Feature Matrix provides a comparison of features between soundBlade and PreMaster CD. MORE….

Try before you buy

Request a demonstration download of soundBlade, and drive it around in your own studio environment.

Get Yours Now

If you’ve been looking for a fast, versatile production environment that preserves both the fidelity of your material and the balance of your checkbook, then soundBlade is for you. Contact your local Sonic Studio reseller or head over to Purchase and see why Sonic Studio workstations are preferred the world over by top flight production houses as the pillar of their professional workflow. Step up today!

Questions?

Have questions about soundBlade? For a list of frequently asked questions, please see our soundBlade FAQ. You may also contact your local Sonic Studio reseller to discuss your needs. soundBlade is available worldwide through authorized Sonic Studio resellers.