DSP-Quattro 3.0.5

DSP-Quattro 3.0.5  is a very powerful tool for sound editing for the Mac OS. It's a highly innovative product that utilizes the latest technological advances of computer-based sound editing. DSP-Quattro, with it's foundation being the well-seasoned D-SoundPRO, benefits from 10 years of development and professional use in the audio production community.

As the newest evolution, DSP-Quattro injects new life into sound editing by expanding the possibilities of simple sound editing into a full-fledged, professional audio workstation, effortlessly accommodating music production, plug-in hosting and advanced audio editing. You can even create final mastered files in DSP-Quattro, ready for pressing CDs.

Tremendous possibilities are offered by DSP-Quattro's built-in digital effects like reverbs, modulated digital delays, analog filter simulators and parametric or graphic Eqs.  In addition, DSP-Quattro includes many more sophisticated algorithms, such as real-time hard-drive based polyphonic sample playback and real-time time-stretching and pitch shifting. DSP-Quattro expands it's capabilities exponentially as a host for third parties instrument and effect plug-ins.

DSP-Quattro is designed for the most discriminating professional users. However, because of it's simple and intuitive interface, DSP-Quattro is also an ideal product for novices in the field seeking to discover the world of digital audio. DSP-Quattro allows for professional results, it is simple to use, and with plug-in hosting capabilities, offers seemingly endless possibilities.

Major Functions:

1. Record and edit your audio files.
   • Innovative Recording options, to record Multiple inputs and outputs on HD in real time, even while playing Plug-in Instruments by MIDI and/or audio files.
   • Add your favourites Plug-ins while doing a new recording.
   • Record the audio Output exactly as you are listening to it.
   • AIFF, SDII and WAVE (8, 16, 24, 32 and 32-floats bit/sample).
   • RAW data files Import/Export (8, 16, 24, 32 and 32-floats bit/sample).
   • Import QuickTime (MP3, movies, Audio CD-ROM audio tracks, and more...).
   • Plays audio files at pitches ranging from 0 to x2, including a Speed Ribbon Controller interface. Audio scrub mode with audio monitoring. Reverse playback supported as well.
   • Complete list of Editing Functions, most of which have a Real TIme Preview option for the best parameters setting.
   • Zooms and visual tools, the state-of-the-art in Graphic Visual Interface for audio editing.
   • Infinite levels of Undo/Redo with history table.
   • High quality Built-in Digital Effects, applicable both as Real Time effects on audio insert, and as an off-line Editing algorithm, including high quality Chorus, Digital Delays, Reverbs, parametric and graphic EQs and Resonant analog filter simulations.
2. Do audio CD mastering.
   • Fully programmable Play List with real time and non-destructive Internal and/or standard Plug-In Effects and Crossfades between tracks.
   • Each PlayList Track may have its own real time Internal and/or standard Plug-In Effect Chain.
   • PlayList and Audio CD-ROM Image Files can be exported or imported compatible with Roxio Toast/Jam format.
   • Native Audio CD-ROM Burning capability that conforms to the Redbook standards (MacOS X only).
3. Host your plug-ins.
   • Multiple Instruments and Effects standard plug-in hosting, for both real time Live Performances and off-line editing.
   • Very easy to configure as Real Time Multi-Effects Unit, including inputs to outputs redirections.
   • Audio File Players, Audio Inputs, Input Recorders, Instrument plug-ins and the PlayList can have their own independent Insert Effects.
   • Very easy to configure to Play multiple and Simultaneous Instrument plug-ins by MIDI, also during live performances.
   • Full MIDI drivers support.
   • Hardware Sampler Support: through the direct compatibility of audio files such as AIFF, SDII and WAVE, including the loop points information, and through MIDI SAMPLE DUMP STANDARD (SDS).

Major Features:

1. Universal Binary support: DSP-Quattro runs natively on Macs based on new Intel processors.
2. Full support of MacOS X Quartz graphic libraries.
3. Immediate Cut, Copy &Paste, and undos/redos, no matter how much is the audio file long.
4. Batch Processor, for automated file format conversion, plug-ins and additional processing.
5. State-of-art Linear Phase Sample Rate Converter (SRC) algorithm with selectable quality options, applicable also on the PlayList export, for AudioCD-ROM burning and for BatchProcessing.
6. Extended Altivec support for extreme processing and file I/O speed.
7. Fully programmable PlayList with real time and non-destructive internal and/or plug-in effects and crossfades between tracks
8. Built-in audio CDROM burning capability that conforms to the Redbook standards
9. Each PlayList track may have its own real time internal and/or plug-in effect chain
10. Playlist and audio CDROM image files can be exported or imported compatible with Roxio Toast/Jam format.
11. AudioUnit Instruments and Effects plug-in support
12. AIFF, SDII and .WAV mono/stereo sound files direct load/save support: 8, 16, 24, 32 and 32-floats bit/sample (the last allowed only for WAVE and AIFF file formats).
13. RAW data files Import/Export (8, 16, 24, 32 and 32-Floats bits/sample).
14. Import, by using QuickTime, of most audio file formats, including MP3, audio tracks from QuickTime movies and Audio CDROMs, and more.
15. Advanced HD based High Speed audio engine, to play any audio files forward and backward, at every speed, without loading them in RAM memory.
16. Plays audio files at pitches ranging from 0 to x2, including a speed ribbon controller interface. Audio scrub mode with audio monitoring. Reverse playback supported as well.
17. Full Project management, to Load/Save a snapshot of the current configuration and all settings, as, for example, opened files, loaded Instruments, plug-in instruments, I/O configurations, etc...
18. Complete list of editing functions, most of which have a real time preview option for the best parameters setting.
19. Very easy to configure to play multiple - also at the same time - virtual plug-in Instruments by MIDI, also for live performances.
20. Innovative Recording options, to record multiple inputs and outputs on HD in real time, also while playing Plug-in Instruments by MIDI and/or audio files.
21. Zooms and visual tools, the state of art in graphic visual interface for audio editing.
22. Left or Right independent channel editing of stereo files.
23. Generic and Edit Markers support, with floating window interface for their management.
24. Regions are supported. DSP-Quattro offers also an advanced graphic control on the Marker&Region tool window and several related functions for their management.
25. Regions list can be exported as AudioCD Image compatible with Roxio Toast/Jam format.
26. Infinte levels of Undo/Redo
27. Complete Undo/Redo history table, to immediately jump back to any moment of the editing session.
28. High quality built-in digital effects, applicable both as real time effects on audio insert, and as an off-line editing algorithm:
    • Chorus
    • Digital Delay
    • Dual Digital Delay
    • Stereoizer
    • MultiTap Delay
    • Reverbs
    • Resonant analog LowPass, HighPass, BandPass filter simulations
    • BandReject filter
    • 4 Bands full parametric EQ
    • 7 Bands graphic mono and stereo EQ
29. BPM tempo based Auto-Detection, Auto-Loop and TimeStretching algorithms.
30. Resampling, Pitch Conversion, Normalization, multiple Fade In/Out features.
31. Drag&Drop support for fast loading, saving and exporting even regions of the audio files.
32. Advanced floating window interface for Loop programming,
33. X-Fade Looping algorithm fully programmable with real time preview.
34. Multiple virtual Instruments and Effects hosting, for both real time live performances and off-line editing.
35. Also Audio Inputs, Input Recorders, visrtual Instruments can has their own independent insert effects
36. User can Save/Load/Copy/Paste the Insert and Global Effx chain, including all loaded plug-ins and their settings.
37. Find Peak and RMS function with extended facilities.
38. External audio devices fully supported, to address also multiple analog and digital inputs and outputs at the same time.
39. Very easy to configure as Real time multi-effects unit, including Inputs to Outputs redirections.
40. Full CoreMIDI drivers support.
41. MIDI SAMPLE DUMP STANDARD (SDS) support

Enhancements: There are several important improvements and some bug fixes.

Requirements: 

• DSP-Quattro works on any Apple Mac with a PowerPC or Intel microprocessor.
• a CPU G4, 128 MBytes of RAM, and 50 MBytes of free space on your HD.(Please consider also that the performances of DSP-Quattro are heavily dependent on
• the number of plug-ins and effects that are in use at the same time).
• DSP-Quattro X fully supports CoreMIDI. (which is built-in into MacOS X)
• DSP-Quattro supports AudioUnit effects and instruments plug-ins and hardware audio interface handled by CoreAudio.
• Built-in CoreAudio drivers can be used to control the Macintosh standard audio interface.