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Sonic Foundry reintroduces CD Architect. The popular professional Red Book CD mastering and burning tool is now being re-released as a new DirectX® host stand-alone program.
You're personally invited to review a free pre-release of
CD Architect 5.0. Download the application from:
http://www.sonicfoundry.com/cdabeta
With CD Architect 5.0 you can:
* Generate Red Book spec disk-at-once pre-masters suitable for
professional replication
* Perform full PQ code editing
* Apply over 20 real-time DirectX® effects
* Perform fast, nondestructive editing
* Generate multiple takes within events on the timeline
* Import regions as tracks from Sound Forge
* Extract audio tracks and PQ information from CDs
* Create automatic crossfades between tracks
* Use the Trimmer to select portions of media that can be added as
new tracks
* Use high-resolution source audio with conversion to Red Book spec
* Create hidden tracks
* Add ISRC and UPC information
* Conduct test burns before writing to CD,
* And More!
CD Architect 5.0 supports a long list of USB, Firewire, SCSI and
IDE/ATAPI CD recorders.
The pre-release will be available on October 15th, and will expire
on November 8th. Information regarding actual shipping dates and pricing will be released in the future.
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