Recording and Mixing

• Unlimited number of tracks in "Multitrack View"

• Files can be quickly edited together by dragging clips and controlling automatic cross-fades with on-clip handles

• Powerful low-latency mixing engine

• Recordable parameter automation allows the user to move volume, pan and effects controls while listening, and record the changes in real time. Changes appear as editable envelopes in the time-line

• Duplicate audio tracks

• Over fifty audio effects and DSP tools

• MIDI timecode (SMPTE/MTC) master or slave support allows for synchronizing audio playback with computers, video decks, or any hardware device that supports MTC

• Plug-in delay compensation

• Record up to eighty live inputs simultaneously in a multi-track session

Creation and Arrangement

• VSTi support. Record and edit MIDI in the piano roll editor

• Radius time stretching from iZotope can alter tempo without changing pitch, or change pitch without tempo distortion, using the high-quality time-stretch algorithm

• Analog-modeled guitar effects

• Video in Surround Encoder

• Flexible looping tools allow for quickly constructing high-quality music for songs or soundtracks. Loops automatically match global session tempo and key

• Includes approximately 5,000 performance-based, 32-bit royalty-free music loops in many styles

• Twenty royalty-free, ready-to-play music beds in 15- and 30-second lengths

• Beat detection finds and marks beats automatically making new loop file creation a snap. Greatly assists DJs and others who need to quickly match beats among multiple files

• MIDI files inserted into multi-track sessions play in sync with audio and video projects

Edit and Master

• Effects Paintbrush and Spot Healing Brush tool smooths over a selected region to automatically repair clicks, pops and other noises

• Automatic phase correction tool

• Adaptive Noise Reduction tool intelligently remove noise that changes over time, including whines, buzzes, colored noise from fans or airplanes, etc.

• Mastering effects provide everything from gain to reverb

• Spectral-frequency display tools and spectral pan and phase displays

• Integrated CD burning

• Delete Silence feature detects and removes silence between words or other sources

• Reduce or boost the vocal or instrumental portions of a track by isolating audio based on pan position or phase. Use this feature for powerful editing or to create a cappella or karaoke-ready tracks

• Group RMS normalization

• Broadcast Wave support

• High-quality sample rate conversions

• Cardioid Polar Pattern

The cardioid polar pattern provides even frequency response and minimal noise from the off-axis sections of the capsule.

• Flat Frequency Response

The wide, flat frequency response of the BlueBird accurately reproduces audio from any source.

• Class-A Discrete Circuit

The Bluebird's Class-A electronics and output section provides maximum output with minimal noise-floor.

• 22-AWG high-fidelity cable highlights the neutral presence of a mic, with an extended high end frequency response.

• Recommended for use with the Ball, 8-Ball, Baby Bottle, Bluebird and Blueberry microphones.