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Feedback Summary:
| Version 3.5.2.2986: | |||||
| Overall Rating: |   (2.5) |
Features: | (4.0) |
Support: | (3.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (5.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (2.0) |
Price: | (3.5) |
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not really well integrated, not usable. - Version: 3.5.2.2986, 6/5/2003 09:39AM PST
davids-world.com
cannot drag&drop sound files from finder, so i tried one of the obvious commands from the file menu. "Open" doesn't work, because it seems to be session-related. "Add Audio to Library" won't let me select my WAV file. Just to give it a try, I select a recording done in Peak. It says something like "must convert" (the second time I try, I get no feedback at all). Ok, so the file might be in the "Library". I open the Library window - but it's all white and empty, and there is no clue whatsoever as to what this window might serve for.
OK, let's check the documentation. "Adding audio files and regions to a session", sounds good. A step-by-step manual. Fine! First thing I am supposed to do: "Add Audio to Clipboard". Hmm. Errr. There is no such command in the File menu. No Clipboard command. None! The "add audio to library command" won't let me select WAV files. Help!
(Tried on OS X 10.2.6. Is there something wrong with file creator / type??)
I think the naming of the menu entries ('Add Audio to Library", 'Add SND to Library') and also these old-fashioned Preferences dialogs show that this program needs a major overhaul with respect to usability.
OK, let's check the documentation. "Adding audio files and regions to a session", sounds good. A step-by-step manual. Fine! First thing I am supposed to do: "Add Audio to Clipboard". Hmm. Errr. There is no such command in the File menu. No Clipboard command. None! The "add audio to library command" won't let me select WAV files. Help!
(Tried on OS X 10.2.6. Is there something wrong with file creator / type??)
I think the naming of the menu entries ('Add Audio to Library", 'Add SND to Library') and also these old-fashioned Preferences dialogs show that this program needs a major overhaul with respect to usability.
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- You're a lot more generous with your rating than I will be..
I can't update - Version: 3.5.2.2986, 5/2/2003 01:45PM PST
A Martin
I have version 3.2.1.1287 of Deck LE and when I try to update the updater says it's not needed.
How come?
How come?
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Contrary to what most of the folks here have said, the UI for Bias Deck is absolutely superb for what it was designed to do: multi-track audio editing. It was NOT designed to take audio tracks from your hard drive and edit them. That's simply not what multi-track software is for, and if that was what you are trying to do, you should not even consider Deck, Logic, or any other piece of multi-track software, and consider an app that is more suited to post-production editing like BIAS Peak, Sound Studio, etc.
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I have yet to see any other multi-track audio app that was designed as well from a usability perspective as BIAS deck. That's not to say that I couldn't make dozens of suggestions to make it better... things like clip levels (get a copy of Discreet Cinestream to see what I mean), post-effects for 5.1, multiple effects-only busses with user-controlled routing, etc., but on the whole, it is fairly friendly to work with.
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However, my praise stops at design. When it comes to implementation, one word comes to mind: stability.
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Deck was rock-solid in Mac OS 9. Unfortunately, it didn't make the transition well. From the near-constant (and completely bogus) "disk not fast enough" errors to hanging every couple of minutes on dual processor machines (disabling one CPU "fixes" the problem), this application has been an absolute nightmare.
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As much as I'd like to recommend Deck, I can't. The Mac OS X version is just not ready for prime time....