Digital Sound Planet - Quartz Studio Pro : A 16 tracks digital recorder and mixer in your PC

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	The 16/32 tracks digital recorder

Version :	3.7
Platform :	Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000
Price (download)	$ 29.00

It features 16 tracks (up to 32 tracks using two program instances at a time) and all the basic requirements needed to easily record and mix audio :

Multi-track record
Multi output playback
Punch-In / Out or Free recording.
Automation.
Per track real-time effect processing.
DirectX™ Plug-in Support
VST™ plug-in support
Auxilliary buses
Track Phase Inverter and Gain
Master & Slave Sync
Sub-groupingync
MP3 encoding (optional)

Quartz Studio Pro basically looks like a simple mixing console on which you can easily set volumes, pans, effects, and so on with a few mouse clicks. Track volumes, pans and mutes as well as master levels and Auxilliary Send levels can be automated.


	You can attach a chain of up to 16 effect plug-ins per track, like reverb, chorus, noise gate......all processing in real-time. Plug-ins recognized by the program are proprietary plug-ins as well as DirectX™ plug-ins

Recording is quite simple. You just have to switch one or more tracks to "record-ready", hit the "record" button and the program will record the signal at the inputs of your soundcard(s) between the left and right previously defined locator positions.

A genuine "spacialization" window also allows synchronized modification of volume and pan at once.

A waveform editing window allows viewing and direct editing of the track contents. Here you can place locators for loops or for punch In/Out recording methods as well as sound part selection for copy, paste, erase, optimization, and so on.

User-definable "Markers" allows you to easily browse through a mix.

Auxilliary buses allows use of shared effect plug-ins between tracks as well as of sub-mixes for monitoring purposes.


	Using Midi Time Code, Quartz Studio can easily be synchronized to external devices as Master or Slave. It can be also synchronized to Midi files, Video files (which can be very convenient to create soundtracks for a video) and even to standard CDs.


	Configuration and Keyboard Shortcuts are fully user-definable.


	Want to work with remote musicians, composers or lyricists to help you achieve your music or audio projects? The genuine Quartz Studio multi-track compressed file format and the DSP Virtual Studios will allow you to do it!


*Technical Specifications* :

	Runs on Windows™ 95/98/ME/NT/2000 16 audio tracks (up to 32 tracks using 2 program instances on the same PC) Up to 8 inputs Up to 16 outputs (up to 32 using 2 program instances on the same PC) 8 Sub-groups Track Volume, pan and mute automation Master Level, Group Level, Aux Send Level automation Accurate automation editing Spatial localization in real time Waveform/audio data editing Real-time mixing Markers (Cues) Master & Slave MTC Sync Midi File, audio CD and Video file Sync PCM file Import 16-bit sample resolution 32 , 44.1 and 48 Khz sample rate User Friendly interface DirectX™ plug-in support VST™ plug-in support

		*Minimum System Requirements* :

Per-track real-time effect processing

Autopan
Stereo Delay
Chorus
Parametric EQ
Bandpass Filter
Compressor
Noise Gate
Multi-Echo
Vibrato
Reverb
Harmonizer
Autowah
Multi Filter
Overdrive
Phase Shifter
Vocal Cancellor
Meters & Oscilloscope

Compressed Mix file format (requires the Quartz Mpeg 3 Codec for saving)
Mixdown to PCM
Mixdown to MP3 (requires the Quartz Mpeg 3 Codec)
PCM file Import
MP3 file Import


	Minimum: Pentium 166Mhz, 32 MB RAM Recommended: Pentium 300 MHz, 64 MB RAM 256 Colors or greater required (600 X 800); 24 bit color recommended Windows-compatible sound card required Simultaneous Playback and recording depends of sound card used.