Toast With Jam 6 (Mac) review:4 stars (The DVD Music Album alone is worth the high price...) - The DVD Music Album feature has allowed me to start consolidating all of my live recordings onto DVDs. I've burned two so far, one with 8 CDs and one with about a dozen or so CDs. The only reason I did not give the full five stars is that I've had two DVDs "coastered" during a failed burn. When it comes to burning audio, TwJ is far superior to iTunes.5 stars (Macworld Magazine thumbs up Jam) - From Macworld magazine - Elegant Upgrade Simplifies CD and DVD Burning

The gourmet version of Roxio's disk-burning software provides a feast of new features for putting music, photos, and movies on a CD and DVD. And those additions will please audio professionals and amateurs alike.

http://www.macworld.com/2004/10/reviews/toastjam/index.php5 stars (Toast w Jam 6) - The programs included in this box was ToastÂ# Titanium 6 and ToastÂ# 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.
Toast With Jam 6 (Mac) Features:
Music
audio
Creation
Sequencing
Sound Editing
Computer software (programs)
Graphics (Graphic)
Multimedia
Professional Design
desktop publishing
desk top publishing
Mac Macintosh Machintosh Apple
CD Recording (Burning, Burners)
CD
DVD Music Album: hours of music on a single DVD
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

Toast With Jam 6 (Mac) is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 159.99USD.