Bias, Inc. has ceased operations

msmith92 · Post by **msmith92** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:32 am

WEll, I am bummed.

Here's their website info:

BIAS, Inc. has ceased operations. We would like to thank all the BIAS customers and friends for the opportunity to have served the audio community for over 16 amazing years.

The BIAS Authorization Manager Server is functioning for authorizing and de-authorizing BIAS products at this time.

stephentayler · Post by **stephentayler** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:24 am

Here's the thread, with response from CEO of BIAS....

http://www.motunation.com/forum/viewtop ... 4&start=15

Steve Steele · Post by **Steve Steele** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:48 pm

I had a feeling something was going on with those discount emails I was getting every day. I thought it was strange they were going to combine Deak and Peak.

I use Peak a ton! What's the alternative? I haven't even bothered to look. Don't say Audacity!

Doesn't Sony or TC have a 2 track editor? Someone does, I just can't remember.

First MacPros, now Bias. What's next to go that plays a major part in my studio?

YouTube · Post by **James Steele** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:51 am

DSP Quattro?

dave pine · Post by **dave pine** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:18 pm

those scumbags took $206 from me in december 2010 for an upgrade which never came out

msmith92 · Post by **msmith92** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:05 pm

Scumbag is harsh but I know what you mean. I upgraded and never saw the extra multi-track software they promised.

mongoose · Post by **mongoose** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:53 pm

nightwatch wrote:First MacPros, now Bias.

Can't help you w/ Bias, but the Mac Pro line got an update today.

Gabe S. · Post by **Gabe S.** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:22 pm

Man, I was bummed to hear about this. I've used Peak since v1 and it's finalized every cue in my music library.

So, I went on a hunt, and Twisted Wave came up as a pretty cool option. I was able to set all the keystrokes to be the same as how I set them up in Peak. (except the vertical zoom, although I think vertical zoom is cooler in Twisted Wave.)

Twisted Wave has batch processing, multi-channel beyond stereo support, and a bunch of other nice stuff. And it's cheap---$79.90.

My only question is what technology does it use for sample rate conversion. I've emailed their tech support but have not heard back yet. If the sample rate converter isn't high enough quality, I'm already a user of Izoptope's RX2, so I can just Batch process in there. For people who don't have RX2, Audiofile Engineering's Sample Manager uses Izotope's SRC technology and is $80.

All of this seems better than going down the road of WaveLab at $500....

-gabe

mhschmieder · Post by **mhschmieder** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:50 pm

Yeah I was shocked at how bad Wavelab is now, as it used to be great. Windows users are quite unhappy with the new version as well. I guess they did it over from scratch while making the Mac version, so thought they might as well stir it up a bit. The workflow and layout are quite confusing now but were straightforward before. Also, it is buggy and very crash-prone on the Mac. A deep disappointment, and expensive to boot.

toodamnhip · Post by **toodamnhip** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:05 pm

nightwatch wrote: I use Peak a ton! What's the alternative? I haven't even bothered to look. Don't say Audacity!

Use iZotope RX2 pro, more expensive, but better.

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