This is a view of Serif Sound's primary digital audio workstation, SonicStudio HD 1.9.1. This final version hails from 2001, therefore it runs on Mac OS 9 on an Apple G4 PPC, with 1.5 GB RAM and a SonicStudio HDSP card (for the application's processing there are four dedicated Motorolla chips), Adaptec 39160 SCSI accelerator, and a 36 GB Ultra160SCSI hard drive for recording to and from.   Despite its relative maturity in the world of software, it remains an industry workhorse and still provides state-of-the-art editing features, loop-through workflow, and delivery formats including DDP v. 2.0 (folder of image files), Exabyte (DDP v. 1.0), digital audio on CD-R, Jam® image, and timed tape.

It is a direct descendent of the first DAW, invented by Dr. James "Andy" Moorer, who also developed LucasFilm's SoundDroid workstation, that they used to edit the audio for "Return of the Jedi," among others.  SonicStudio HD's 48 bit audio bus, which provides three times the amplitude resolution of compact disc audio, gives its proprietary EQ, gain modification, and HD Sample Rate Conversion calculations a substantial amount of precision, allowing for natural sounding adjustments, even at extreme settings.

This SonicStudio HD workstation is also authorized for Manual operation of Dr. Moorer's famous NoNoise® suite of processors, including DeClicking, DeCrackling, as well as General noise reduction.

(Serif Sound also uses Izotope RX for Spectral Repair, DeHiss, DeHum, and other related processes.)

Sonic's Edit Fade Mode window provides highly precise, derivatives for quick adjustment of fades, up and down, of each segment of audio.

Sonic's Edit Decision List window allows for audio tracks to be positioned and edited quickly and precisely, and for track and index markers to be placed anywhere during the program, within Red Book specifications.  Sonic's Delivery features ensure accurate track number, start/stop location, and elapsed time (P-Q code) programming, and can verify the master's actual data against the EDL.  ISRC and UPC data are also programmable. A PQ code document generated by Sonic is available for each [pre]master, as is a track list. 

In addition to SonicStudio, Serif Sound can play files the sample rates of which that are different from the target (rate) into the console from one of several other DAWs on a separate PC, such as Samplitude or Pro Tools LE.    Furthermore, Pro Tools LE can funtion as a host for third party plug ins, for stream-through processing, just as if the plug-in were a piece of hardware. 

For DVD-V titles, we use Apple DVD Studio Pro (on an Apple G5), and for DVD-A titles, we use Minnetonka Audio discWelder.