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Opens: AA3, AAC, AIF, ASF, AU, AVI, CDA, DIG, DLS, DV, DVF, FLAC, FRG, GIF, GIG, IVC, M2A, M2P, M2T, M4A, M4B, MMV, OGG, MOV, MSV, MP1, MP3, MP4, MPEG, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, Sony MXF, PCA, QT, RAW, SD, SFA, SF, SND, TIF, VOX, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV
Saves: AA3, AC3, AIF, ATRAC, AU, AVI, DIG, DLS, FLAC, FRG, GIG, IVC, M1A, M1P, M2A, M2P, M2T, MMV, MOV, MSV, MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPA, MPEG, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, Sony MXF, OGG, PCA, RAW, SF2, VOX, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV
Read: AAC, AIFF, Apple Core Audio Format (.caf), Apple Lossless (.alac), FLAC, MP3, RAW/PCM, Real Media (.rm), Sun (.au, .snd), Video (AVI, MXF, MP1, MP2, MP4, MKV, QuickTime, .vob, .wmv), Ogg Vorbis, Wave, WMA
Write: AAC - 256kbps, AIFF - 24-bit PCM, Apple Core Audio Format (.caf), Apple Lossless (.alac), FLAC, MP3 - 320kbps, Wave - 24-bit, Wave - 32-bit, RAW/PCM 32-bit, Ogg Vorbis - 320kbps, WMA
Import: Wave (.wav), CD Audio (.cda), CD Architect 4 or 5 project (.cdp), Audio Interchange File Format (.aif, .aiff), MPEG-1 Layer 3 (.mp3), Windows Media Audio (.wma), Ogg Vorbis (.ogg), QuickTime audio (.qt, .mov), Perfect Clarity Audio (.pca), Wave64 (.w64), Sony Creative Software Audio (.sfa), Dialogic VOX ADPCM (.vox), Intervoice (.ivc), NeXT/Sun (.au, .snd), Sound Designer 1 (.dig, .sd)
Export: Wave Image (.wav), CD Architect 5 Project (.cdp)
Windows Vista (SP2 or later), Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1, operating system
1 GHz processor
500MB hard-disk space for program installation
512MB RAM
Windows Vista (SP2 or later), Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1, operating system
1 GHz processor
500MB hard-disk space for program installation
512MB RAM
Windows-compatible sound card
DVD-ROM drive (for installation from DVD)
Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or later
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (included on application disc)
Windows: Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit or 64-bit SP2, Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit SP1, Windows 8 32-bit or 64-bit, or Windows 8.1 32-bit or 64-bit operating system
Dual-core processor (quad-core processor recommended)
2GB RAM
2GB of free hard disk space (for temporary files)
1280x720 display resolution
Windows-compatible audio hardware
Internet Explorer 8 or later, Firefox 10 or later, or Google Chrome 13 or later (for viewing help)
Supported NVIDIA or AMD/ATI GPU with 512MB or more RAM:
NVIDIA: GeForce GTX 2xx Series or higher with driver 285.62 or later. Quadro 400 or higher (or Quadro FX x700 or higher) with driver 285.62 or later.
AMD/ATI: Radeon HD 47xx or higher GPU with Catalyst driver 11.7 or later. If using a FirePro GPU, FirePro unified driver 8.85 or later is required.
Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
Intel dual-core processor (quad-core processor recommended)
2GB RAM
2GB of free hard disk space (for temporary files)
OpenGL 2.1 compatible graphics card with 256MB
1280x720 display resolution
CoreAudio-compatible audio hardware
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 operating system
500 MHz processor
150MB hard-disk space for program installation
128MB RAM
Windows-compatible sound card
CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD only)
Supported CD-Recordable drive
DirectX Media 9.0 Run Time (included on CD-ROM)
Internet Explorer 5.1 or later (included on CD-ROM)
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