type private industry technology founded 1994 headquarters petaluma california area served digital audio software website www.bias inc.com bias originally known as berkley integrated audio software was a privately held corporation based in petaluma california . it ceased all business operations as of june 2012 . contents 1 history 2 products 3 product timeline 4 references 5 external links history edit composer software engineer steve berkley initially created peak for editing the samples used in his musical compositions . peak started out as a utility for transferring content samples from a hardware sampler to a macintosh computer editing the samples and returning them to the sampler for playback performance . the utility evolved into a commercial sample editing application peak . bias inc. was founded in 1994 in sausalito california by steve and christine berkley . products edit peak is a stereo sample editor and was bias flagship product . soundsoap is a noise reduction audio restoration plug in and stand alone application . soundsoap is designed to remove unwanted clicks crackles pops hum rumble and broadband noise such as tape hiss and hvac system noise . soundsoap pro is a noise reduction audio restoration plug in . it is based on the same technology as soundsoap but offers a more advanced user interface with the ability to access and fine tune many parameters not available in the standard version . in addition to removing clicks crackles pops hum rumble and broadband noise such as tape hiss and hvac system noise soundsoap pro also features an integrated noise gate . the master perfection suite has six processing plug ins with features for mastering sound design and general audio processing . deck is a simple multitrack daw digital audio workstation designed for working with digital audio . while deck offers limited midi features such as midi control of the integrated transport and mixing console and the ability to import and play back a midi file in sync with digital audio it is not a midi sequencing application . deck specializes in recording analog audio sources such as musical instruments and microphones as well as in multimedia and post production where its quicktime foundation allows it to synchronize with digital video and quicktime movies for mono stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixing . two editions were offered deck a professional daw and deck le a limited feature entry level daw both run on mac os 8.6 mac os 9 and mac os x computer systems . product timeline edit 1 96 peak 1.0 debuts at namm show in anaheim ca. 11 96 bias introduces peak le entry level stereo editor 1 97 sfx machine 1.0 multi effects plug in introduced 9 98 bias acquires deck daw from macromedia 12 98 peak 2.0 introduced adds dae tdm audiosuite quicktime movie premiere plug in support and cd burning 8 99 bias brings peak to beos 1 00 peak 2.1 adds asio driver support expands compatibility with third party audio hardware 9 00 peak 2.5 introduced adds vst plug in support 1 01 deck 2.7 adds asio driver support expands compatibility with third party audio hardware 1 01 bias introduces deck le entry level daw 7 01 bias introduces deck 3.0 adds real time vst plug in support 8 01 vbox 1.0 effect plug in routing matrix introduced 11 01 peak dv 3.0 introduced first pro audio application for mac os x 1 02 peak and peak le 3.0 introduced run on mac os 8.6 9.x x 1 02 bias introduces superfreq paragraphic equalizer plug in for mac os 8.6 9.x x 6 02 bias introduces deck 3.5 the first professional daw to run on mac os x adds 5.1 surround mixing 7 02 entire bias product line now runs on mac os x 8 02 bias introduces vbox 1.1 runs on mac os x and windows operating systems 12 02 bias introduces soundsoap runs on mac os x and windows xp operating systems 8 03 peak 4.0 introduced adds direct cd burning audio unit support sample based impulseverb and sqweez compressor plug in 5 04 soundsoap pro introduced runs on mac os x and windows xp 10 04 soundsoap 2 introduced adds click & crackle removal audio enhancement and audio unit rtas directx formats drag and drop file support 8 05 bias introduces peak pro 5 adds industry leading sample rate conversion and graphical waveform view to playlist ddp export capability 9 05 bias introduces peak pro xt & peak le 5 xt power bundle includes peak pro 5 soundsoap 2 soundsoap pro and master perfection suite plug ins 6 06 peak 5.2 introduced universal version runs natively on ppc and intel based macintosh computers 11 06 soundsoap 2.1 introduced universal version runs natively on ppc and intel based macintosh computers june 2012 bias inc. announces that it ceases all operations . 1 references edit bias inc. has ceased operations . bias inc. retrieved 6 june 2012 . external links edit bias website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bias & oldid 647079913 categories software companies based in californiamac software companiescompanies based in sonoma county california navigation menu 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