Roxio Toast With Jam 6 (Mac)

by Roxio

Product Features

• Toast 6 Titanium: CD and DVD burning software for Mac OS X
• Jam 6: DJ-style mixing and mastering software
• Bias Peak Express: powerful stereo editing software
• Dolby Digital Sound: Hollywood-standard encoding and decoding software
• DVD Music Album: hours of music on a single DVD

Product Details

Data Sheet [566kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001597KI
• Item model number: 2121613
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 6, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,501 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #44 in Software > Video & Music > Software > Music Creation & Sequencing
  • #47 in Software > Video & Music > CD Burning & Labeling > Mastering & Burning
  • #65 in Software > Video & Music > Software > Sound Editing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Created for discriminating consumers who want superior quality sound in their CDs and DVDs, Toast with Jam 6 combines the entire award-winning Toast 6 Titanium suite with Jam 6 mixing and mastering software, BIAS Peak Express stereo editing software, and Dolby Digital sound encoding software.

Now Macintosh users can drag and drop, burn and share data, audio, photos, or video easily with Toast 6. With the Jam software, they can create DJ-quality CD mixes and masters. Peak Express helps users edit and enhance music files or improve the soundtracks in their home video files. They can also create DVDs with Hollywood-standard Dolby Digital sound quality, with up to 30 minutes more video on a disc while maintaining superior audio fidelity. In addition, the new DVD Music Album creates DVDs with hours of full-quality music and on-screen menus for easy navigation.

Toast with Jam 6 accepts all audio, video, and image formats recognized by QuickTime and is ideal for use with iTunes, iMovie, and iPhoto. Toast with Jam works with most CD and DVD recorders, including Apple's SuperDrive as well as multi-format DVD recorders.

Key Features in Toast with Jam 6:

Toast 6 Titanium--award-winning CD and DVD burning software for Mac OS X

• ToastAnywhere enables the sharing of CD or DVD burners
• Plug & Burn creates Video CDs, Super Video CDs, and DVDs from DV camcorder content, effortlessly
• Motion Pictures brings still photos to life with stunning pans and zooms
• CD Spin Doctor 2 helps users digitize vinyl records, tapes, or record live audio performances
• Universal Audio & Video Converters makes working with all formats simple
• "Toast It" burns files or folders directly from the desktop
• Secure data to CD and DVDs with Deja Vu automatic back-up scheduler, data compression, and 128-bit AES encryption and password protection

Jam 6--DJ-style mixing and mastering software

• Create mixes with DJ-style cross-fades
• Burn 100% Redbook masters
• Updated and integrated burning directly from Jam
• More flexible cross-fading options and improved interface

Bias Peak Express--powerful stereo editing software

• Enhance and clean audio files and video soundtracks
• Same product included with Apple's Final Cut Pro
• Supports Mac OS X Audio Unit effects
• Includes VST plug-ins and filters to enhance sound quality

Dolby Digital Sound--Hollywood-standard encoding and decoding software

• Professional-quality sound, at consumer level prices
• Fit up to 30 minutes more video on a DVD while maintaining fidelity
• Use existing Dolby Digital content in Toast video projects

DVD Music Album--hours of music on a single DVD

• On-screen menus for fast navigation and song information
• Drag and drop directly from iTunes
• Full-quality audio or theater-rich Dolby Digital sound
• Plays in standard DVD players; ideal for home theaters or automotive DVD players

Product Description

Toast with Jam 6 - This combination of powerful editing utilities bring you the power of entire studios, for digital multimedia creations at home! This suite includes Toast 6 Titanium, BIAS Peak Express, and Dolby Digital sound encoding tools. Easy-to-use Plug & Burn feature creates Video CDs, Super Video CDs and DVDs from DV camcorder content in no time Give still photos that extra bit of life, with stunning pans & zooms - Motion Pictures will make it happen 128-bit AES encryption and password protection

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Toast w Jam 6, June 2, 2004

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Simone Lange (Anchorage AK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roxio Toast With Jam 6 (Mac) (CD-ROM)

The programs included in this box was Toast© Titanium 6 and Toast© with Jam 6. For simplicity sake I will refer to them as "Jam" and "Titanium". Both programs are very easy to use. Just drag and drop and you are on your way.

"Jam" deals with just audio files. That however is mildly putting it. You can make CD's or DVD's like a DJ, digitize analog records and tapes plus make more in depth edits to your tracks in Peak Express. "Jam" is pretty easy to use the interface window gives you all the info about your tracks. You can adjust the "Cross Fades" in between your tracks or you could completely remove them to create a party type mix where the music never stops. You can "Trim" tracks so if you want that track to end sooner you can tweak your "Gain" and "Fade" to really control that track. You know for the songs that have endings you could do without you could quick "Fade" them. After all of your tweaking just burn your CD or DVD straight from "Jam" no need to go to another program. After you select your "Write Speed" for your CD or DVD you can select the option of also having the program eject the media when finished or send it to your desktop or just wait for you.

"Titanium" handles "Data", "Audio", "Video" and "Disk Copy". An interface window similar to "Jam" opens up with the different "Media" tabs on the top of the menu and the "Basic" and "Advanced" features on the left pop-out menu.

For "Data" burns you have six choices when it comes to how you want to be able to access the media later. Choose the one you want, then just drag and drop your files into the interface window hit the red record button tell it what write speed you would like and it starts a burning.

Audio files you just drag and drop and arrange the tracks to your liking. You don't have the same options of adjusting or tweaking your audio tracks like you do in "Jam" you could adjust the pause in between tracks but that's about as much tweaking that you can do. It would definitely be better if you did your adjusting in Peak Express before bringing them into "Titanium". You have five choices to choose from as to the type of media that you want to burn.

Video files just drag and drop your photos or videos into the interface window. You have three choices to choose from. In this program you don't have templates like you do in IDVD or DVD Studio Pro so if you just want something basic this will work great. "Titanium" creates a basic "Menu" so your finished product still can have a bit more professional look. The "Menu" you can have up to three "Buttons". The "Buttons" you can customize a bit; name it, the photo "Button" can be any slide or any frame within the video and adjust the duration of the slides, (if you want them to change automatically or manually). Then hit the red button and a burning you will go.

There is also a neat feature called "Plug and Burn" Just hook up your DV camcorder to your computer put in a DVD and you can burn your tape straight from your camcorder to a DVD. "Titanium" captures the video and puts it on your disc for you. "Titanium" will even rewind to the beginning of the tape for you before it starts recording.

The "Copy" tab lets you make an exact copy of any single-session disc. Audio discs, backup discs, MP3, IDVD and Mac and Windows discs. You have five choices in this mode. It will allow you to do this even if you only have one drive you just have to swap discs when prompted.

Both programs were very easy to use. A step above the basics, but limited when compared to IDVD or any of the higher dollar programs. "Jam" is great if you really want to start getting into controlling your audio tracks a bit more. I would call these programs low-medium range when it comes to skill levels in CD & DVD authoring. They both give a nice intro before getting into some of the higher end and more complicated programs, like IDVD and DVD Studio Pro.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DVD Music Albums & Dolby Digital are Great Additions, March 27, 2004

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Thomas S. (Eugene, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roxio Toast With Jam 6 (Mac) (CD-ROM)

Toast with Jam 6 does lots of things very well. And it comes with a great bundle of other applications such as Motion Pictures, Bias Peak Express, CD SpinDoctor and Discus. But the new features that are the greatest for my interests are the DVD Music Albums and Dolby Digital sound encoding. First, the DVD Music Albums allow me to do something that never was possible before: make long-playing music DVDs. I can have about 7 hours of CD-quality music or more than 30 hours of Dolby Digital music on one DVD. The playlists I create are shown as individual albums on my TV and I can see and select any music track on the DVD with my player's remote control. Even though it was created on a Mac it can be played on any DVD player.

Dolby Digital AC3 is the sound format used on commercial video discs (although Toast's Dolby Digital is 2 channel stereo, not 5.1 surround). It sounds great yet takes up much less space than the uncompressed "PCM" sound so you can get about 2 hours of video on a DVD-R rather than just 1-1/2 hours.

Prior to Toast with Jam 6 I couldn't do either of these. I'm happy!

And you should see the fabulous DVD I made of my grandson's first year using Motion Pictures. It's amazing how much is gained by panning and zooming on still images as music plays. From 8 hours old to 1 year old in a 5 minute DVD; he steals your heart.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is just what the Doctor ordered!!, April 23, 2004

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black panther (North California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roxio Toast With Jam 6 (Mac) (CD-ROM)

The addition of Jam has allowed me to make an Awesome musical DVD album!
Jam's new high compression allowed me to make not just a musical DVD but add pictures to view as well for a party i had which was very entertaining to those just sitting around. One DVD with music played from the time of set up until the next morning! AWESOME!