Quartz Audio offers professional real-time digital audio editing and multi-track mixing while maintaining a user-friendly graphical interface. It comes in four versions, Freeware, Promise, Project and Professional, to accomodate your needs and budget. See the features below and the comparison chart for the differences.

A freeware version of a similar product, Quartz Audio Master is also available, which contains a subset of the features described below, but also contains additional MIDI features.

Features

• 16 (Promise)/32 (Project)/128 (Professional) track recorder/mixer with real-time direct-to-disk audio processing
• 32-44.1 kHz, 16-bit (Promise)/32-88.2 kHz, 16/24-bit (Project)/32-96 kHz, 16/24-bit (Professional) sample support
• 1 (Promise)/2 (Project)/16 (Professional) inputs and outputs
• 2 (Promise)/4 (Project)/8 (Professional) auxiliary buses
• Sub-group support (Project, Professional only)
• Real-Time Software DSP functions per track with plug-in interface
• Stereo Delay, Chorus, Phaser and Reverb effects included (more with Promise, Project and Professional)
• Per-track fixed frequency 3 band EQ
• DirectX plug-ins support
• Real-time level/volume, mute and pan automation (Project (manual), Professional (manual + graphic) only) and editing (Project, Professional only)
• Punch in/out recording and import
• Simultaneous play and record with full duplex sound cards
• Waveform/audio data editing
• Sync to MIDI (Project (slave) and Professional (slave/master) only) and video files
• Cues/Markers (Professional only)
• Export to Wave or Quartz Audio Pro format
• MP3 Decoder (import)
• Karaoke lyrics viewer
• much more (see Product Home Page)

Purchase Information

• $64 Promise download Direct
• $128 Promise boxed
• $119 Project download Direct
• $238 Project boxed
• $169 Professional download Direct
• $338 Professional boxed

Requirements

• Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000
• Pentium 166 MHz or better (300 MHz recommended)
• 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended)
• Windows compatible sound card(s) with 44.1kHz/16-bit/stereo support
• SVGA display (800x600 256 color or higher recommended)