Peak 3.21 READ ME

Welcome to Peak™ 3.21! Welcome to the Peak™ 3.21 digital audio editing and mastering package! This read-me file provides you with the latest up-to-date information about your installation. IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES February 14, 2003 Notes for running Peak 3.21 under Mac OS 8.6-9.2: 1. BIAS recommends OS 8.6 or later for use with Peak 3.21. You may need to update your version of CarbonLib to 1.4 or later. You can download the CarbonLib installer at www.apple.com. 2. Peak 3.21 requires that you have QuickTime 3.0 or later installed and Apple’s Sound Manager 3.3 or later. Be sure to use the Recommended install of QuickTime, not the Minimum install. Sound Manager 3.3 is installed as part of QuickTime 3.0 or later. Make sure QuickTime PowerPlug is installed as well. 3. Peak 3.21 requires Open Transport. Please make sure it is not turned off in your Extensions Manager or with Conflict Catcher™. 4. Please always leave about 300-500k free for the Sound Manager to allocate sound channels. This means that you should set Peak’s application RAM in the “Get Info.. window from the Finder to approximately 500k less than the total free RAM reported in the “About This Macintosh” window from the Finder. For instance, if your Macintosh has 14MB free in the “About This Macintosh” Dialog, you can set Peak’s application RAM up to 13.5MB in “Get Info...” window from the Finder. 5. Peak 3.21 also needs the Applescript, AppleScriptLib, Shared Library Manager, and Shared Library Manager PPC extensions to be active in your extension set. 6. Throw out any old Peak Preferences file in the Preferences Folder in the System Folder. Notes for running Peak 3.21 under Mac OS X: 1. Peak requires OS X.1 or later and will not work with earlier versions of Mac OS X. We strongly recommend using OS X.2.4 or later, because of several improvements made to CoreAudio. 2. We do not recommend launching Peak 3.21 in Classic mode. Notes for users running under both Mac OS 8.6-9.2 AND Mac OS X: Peak 3.21 has separate applications for use under OS 8.6-9.2 and OS X. Be sure to run both installers if you plan to use Peak on both OS 8.6-9.2 and OS X. Once Peak 3.21 is installed on your hard drive: Put any ASIO drivers you plan to use with Peak in the folder named "ASIO Drivers". Put any VST plug-ins you plan to use in the folder called "VstPlugIns". If you are using Peak for OS X, you should place VST plug-ins in one of these locations: - /userhome/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/ (recommended), or - /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/, or - the VstPlugIns folder in Peak's application folder (not recommended on OS X) Note Peak does not read VST Plug-ins stored inside folders inside any of the folders listed above. Alternatively you -1- can use Vbox 1.21 to access plug-ins stored in a folder hierarchy. Make sure you read your ASIO driver and VST plug-in instructions for any additional installation steps that may be necessary. Peak …