Cakewalk Pyro Audio Creator Software (Windows)

Manufacturer's Description for Cakewalk Pyro Audio Creator Software (Windows)

Audio Creator combines all the essential audio tools needed in today's digital age. With Audio Creator's virtual toolbox, you are just a click away from recording and editing; burning and ripping CDs; converting and cleaning albums to CD or MP3; encoding, tagging and organizing your sound library; and even publishing to the Internet.

If you care about your audio, there is no better choice than Audio Creator. It's from Cakewalk, makers of the world's most popular music creation software, used daily by Grammy winning musicians and producers.

Features

1-click recording: capture musical performances, meetings, vinyl records, cassettes, podcasts, Internet broadcasts, and more

Professional 2-track audio editing: cut, trim, paste, hiss & pop removal, adjust volumes, crossfades, apply FX, and more

Encode, convert, and save audio to popular formats like MP3, WMA, WAV, and AIFF

Convert audio to formats that can be used with iTunes(R), iPod(R), Zune(TM), and other digital audio players

Digitize, clean, and organize your record and cassette collection

Rip your entire CD collection to a digital format

Instantly download the song, album, and artist names of your CDs

Burn audio CDs to share with family and friends

Create backup data CDs for safekeeping

Tag, rename, and organize multiple audio files all at once

Upload custom streaming music players to share on Myspace, Blogger, and other web sites

Ripper
Digitize your entire CD collection using the Ripper tool. Just put in a CD, pick an audio format, and Ripper takes care of the rest. Once you have converted your CD to a digital format, you can use the other great tools in Audio Creator to manage your newly digitized collection. Ripped files can be used on portable devices.

Burner
The Burner is one of the easiest CD burning tools you will ever use. With just a few clicks, you can create a track list and start burning CDs. Easily drag and drop files from anywhere in your computer right into the Burner tool. Visual feedback tells you how much time and space you have remaining on the blank CD. Burn audio CDs for friends and family or just back up files to a data CD for safekeeping.

Editor
Never lose that special moment of inspiration with the Editor tool. Just click 'record' and capture important ideas, meetings, performances, podcasts, Internet broadcasts-even digitize and clean your record or cassette collection. Edit audio using a powerful 2-track view based on critically-acclaimed SONAR technology: apply effects, crossfades, trims, hiss and pop removal, and more. When you are done, save it to popular formats like MP3, WMA, WVA, and more.

Tagger
With the number of digital audio files on your system growing by leaps and bounds, it is often hard to get organized or find music. The Tagger tool solves this problem by allowing you to easily label, rename, and edit metadata for better organization of your sound library. In addition, when you import your CD collection, Audio Creator can instantly download CD information from the web including song, album, and artist names for better accuracy.

Encoder
The Encoder is a versatile tool, allowing you to encode or convert audio files to popular formats like MP3, WMA, WAV, AIFF, and more. If you need to encode or convert multiple files, just have the Encoder tool process them all at once, saving you lots of time. The Encoder is also perfect for converting audio to formats like MP3 for use in devices like the iPod, PSP, PlayStation 3, X-Box 360, Zune, and more.

Publisher
The Publisher tool makes it easy to share playlists of your music online. You can easily create online, streaming music players that can be uploaded from Audio Creator to websites like MySpace, eBay, Friendster, Windows Live Spaces, Blogger, and more. You can even match the player to your web design by picking custom colors and sizes.

pyro Audio Creator vs. Pyro 5
While there are some overlapping features, pyro Audio Creator differs significantly from Pyro 5. pyro Audio Creator is focused on helping users record, edit, and share audio while Pyro 5 offers more consumer-oriented features like jukebox functionality, support for certain portable mp3 players, & the ability to create & upload ringtones to certain phones. Unlike Pyro 5, pyro Audio Creator includes a number of professional features-including VST plugin support, support for ASIO & WDM audio interfaces, as well as a professional grade audio editor. zZounds is an authorized dealer of Cakewalk products.

System Requirements

Minimum
Operating System: Windows XP

Processor Speed: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz,or AMD Athlon XP 1500+ or higher

RAM: 256 MB

Hard Disk Space: 50 MB for core program

Video resolution: 1024 X 768, 16-bit color

Hard Disk Type: Any

Audio Interface**: Windows-compatible

Optical Drive***: CD-ROM required for installation / CD-R or CD-RW capability required for CD audio disc burning

Web server access***: Available web server space with FTP access privileges

Recommended
Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/Vista x64

Processor Speed: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz [EM64T] or AMD Athlon 64 2800+ or higher

RAM: 1 GB or higher

Hard Disk Space: 1 GB for program and content

Video resolution: 1280 X 960, 32-bit color

Hard Disk Type: EIDE / Ultra DMA (7200 RPM) or SATA

Audio Interface**: WDM- or ASIO-compatible, including Wave RT for Vista

Optical Drive***: CD-ROM required for installation / CD-R or CD-RW capability required for CD audio disc burning

Web server access***: Available web server space with FTP access privileges

Note:
* Required to run 64-bit edition of pyro Audio Creator / ** Required for audio playback. See www.cakewalk.com/PCResource for a complete list of recommended audio devices / *** Cakewalk Publisher requires you to have available web space with FTP access privileges. An internet connection is required for music uploading. A broadband connection is recommended.