- Can directly open CD audio tracks under Mac OS X
- Sheets used for the "save changes" dialogs
- Recording buffer size is now adjustable in the Advanced setup dialog
- Transport commands (play, record, stop, pause) added to Audio menu
- Any temporary files still left on disk from previous sessions of Sound Studio will now be recovered when Sound Studio is launched
- Musical keyboard available for entering frequencies in Insert Tone and FM Synthesis
- New alert shown if File Sharing is enabled when starting to record
Refinements:
- Waveform drawing is now much faster
- Higher-quality resampler which uses low-pass and decimation techniques
- Faster import and export of dual mono files
- Presets folder is now the "~/Documents/Sound Studio/Presets/" folder, and can be changed in the Preferences.
- Better recovery of AIFF files with bad headers
- Sound playback engine refined with larger disk buffers
- "Save As" dialogs for presets and for files now have separate default locations
Bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug which caused crashes while recording when disk wasn't ready or when interrupts are turned off for long periods of time, such as when File Sharing is on.
- Hot-unplugging the USB audio input device no longer hangs the app
- The AppleScript save command now saves properly
- The AppleScript close command now works properly
- Filter dialogs should no longer fail because of any presets folder problem
- Hardware Play-Through setting now saved in preferences file
- Exporting a file that wasn't previously saved no longer crashes
- A bug with Auto Start/Stop Recording stopping for no reason has been fixed
- System 7 Sound files over 8 MB long will now save properly
Ñ Version 2.0.3 - May 31, 2002
- Changed space bar back to its original function of play/stop
- Fixed bug with pasting into a single channel of a stereo file where audio
would be 2x slow
- Fixed bug with recording into a stereo file from a mono source
- Added ability to record into a mono file from a stereo source
- CPU time reduced when Sound Studio is in background
- Added "Advanced" options to Sound Input/Output Setup
- Software play-through latency control
- Stereo-to-Mono convertor options to select which channel to record from
- FireWire DV audio input now works
- Added control for turning on/off hardware play-through
Ñ Version 2.0.2 - May 2, 2002
- Fixed bug where recording wasn't stopping at specified time
- Fixed crashing bugs in Mix and Paste commands
- Fixed bug with marker drawing code which caused crashes
- Fixed bug with opening files with empty marker chunk
- Moved cue time readout to right side of window
- Timer recording feature added under Auto Recording
- Fixed bug which caused crashes under Mac OS 8.1 when creating a window.
- Fixed bug with colon character in Split By Markers (error -35)
- Fixed bug with recording in 8-bit sample depth
- Added code to allow recording from mono source to a stereo file
Ñ Version 2.0.1 - February 11, 2002
- Fixed crashing bug with importing AIFF-C files
- Added AppleScript support for more commands and parameters
- Added more sample AppleScripts
- Changed space bar to pause audio instead of stopping audio
- Changed time readouts to use same units as ruler
- Changed Snap to Grid to be available even when grid is hidden
- Split By Markers now truncates file names to 31 characters
- Trying to save after trial period is over now shows an alert
Ñ Version 2.0 - January 28, 2002
- New Features:
- New effects: Chorus, Flanger, Reverb, Compressor, Expander, DC Offset, and Interpolate
- New filters: Graphic EQ with 3, 10, and 30-band controls, High Pass and Low Pass
- "Mix": lets you mix audio on clipboard with audio in file, with levels controls for each source
- Ability to save Presets for most filters
- Completely new sound recording and playback engine
- Ability to choose the sound output device
- Ability to play only the left or only the right channel of a stereo file
- Software-based playthrough: lets you hear what you're recording
- Decibel-scale Input Gain meters with peak and clipping indicators
- Separate controls for left and right stereo input gain
- Auto Start/Stop Recording for VOX-style and timed-length recording
- Seamless looping for perfect drum loops and other repeating material
- Marker support, for setting cue points with text labels
- "Split By Markers": turn one long recording into several files in one command
- "Save Selection As": Ability to save selection to a new file
- "Export as Text": Ability to export audio as a tab-delimited text file
- New ruler units including support for film (24 fps) and video (30 or 25 fps) time bases
- Ability to numerically enter precise start and end points for edits with "Set Selection" command
- Audio editing edge-blending for mix, silence and volume filters
- Customizable colors for the waveform views
- Amplitude ruler with mark at -6dB
- Amplitude zoom up to 32x, to zoom in on low-level signals
- "Zoom to Selection" command
- Spectrum Analysis: shows frequency analysis of audio
- Updated and Improved:
- Recording will now overwrite selected audio, for punch-ins
- Fade Special with a customizable envelope
- New designs for all filter dialog boxes
- Window position and other settings are saved with file
- Moved Web menu items into Help menu
- Preference settings for creating a new window at app launch and when app is clicked in dock
- Anti-aliased text used in most of application
- Left and right arrow keys work more consistently when moving cursor
- All new document icons for Mac OS X
- Command-click-drag lets you marquee an area to zoom into
- Option-click-drag lets you scroll the window, and now works under Mac OS X
- Grid settings saved in preferences
- Input gain level saved in preferences
- Sound Overview (the upper waveform view) now lets you move the view box
- Old temporary files cleaned up each time you launch Sound Studio
- Export Clipboard is now an option in preferences
- Buttons for zooming in and out at bottom of windows
- Ruler tick marks moved to bottom of ruler
- New gradient backgrounds for rulers
- Insert Noise now has an amplitude control
- Delay and Echo combined into one filter
- Application comes in a Mac OS Package, for better Mac OS X compatibility
- Bugs Fixed:
- Fixed bug in editing code which caused audio to be scrambled when saved or edited.
- Fixed error #-39 when pitch shifting and resampling a file
- Fixed errors (-109, -39) when saving System 7 Sound files
- Fixed level meter so it continues to work while recording
- Setting scratch disk to "Startup" no longer causes disk-full messages (unless disk is actually full)
- Menus are updated after a file save
- Fixed recording code so it doesn't create an UPP during interrupt time, which can cause a crash
Ñ Version 1.5.5 - May 18, 2001
- Ability to move playback head with control-click
- Playback under Mac OS X/Carbon works correctly with edited files
- Input Levels palette is resizable
- Added "Export with QuickTime"
- Fixed radio buttons in "Insert Tone"
- Updated User's Manual
Ñ Version 1.5.4 - February 20, 2001
- Fixed bug with Paste which resulted in error -39
- Recording now automatically stops before it hits 2 GB mark
- Fixed bug with playing 11kHz 8-bit mono files
- Carbon version for Mac OS X is available
Ñ Version 1.5.3 - December 29, 2000
- Fixed bug where pausing playback or recording didn't pause the timers
Ñ Version 1.5.2 - December 19, 2000
- Disabled QuickTime playback since it doesn't recognize file edits
- Fixed recording bug which caused it to record to middle of file
- Fixed checks on max sample rate, 65535 Hz
- If Import with QuickTime fails, an alert is now shown
- Undo after canceled Backwards filter now works correctly
Ñ Version 1.5.1 - December 17, 2000
- Fixed crashes that occur after a progress window is closed
- Added option to not Show Waveform (tape-style display)
- Undo after a canceled command now works correctly
- QuickTime is used for playback if it is installed
- Known Bug: Importing IMA 4:1 compressed audio doesn't work
Ñ Version 1.5 - December 15, 2000
This version includes several new features and fixes some bugs.
New features:
- Faster waveform redraw
- Faster filters
- Single channel cut, copy, and paste now possible
- Open CD Audio Tracks directly
- Import with QuickTime
- Import/Export Dual Mono
- Paste Mix, overlays one sound onto another
- Split, splits file in two at cursor
- Looping of playback
- Sound Input Device & Source selector
- Insert Silence, Noise, Tone, and FM Synthesis
- "Last Filter" command, which repeats the last selected filter
- Fade Special filter
- Add Noise filter
- Snap to Grid option
- Snap to Zeroes option
- Cycle Through Windows command
User Interface tweaks:
- Waveform now drawn in a darker grey
- Zoom In/Out zooms in on selection instead of center of window
- Cut/Copy clears clipboard before starting copy to clipboard
- Arrow keys scroll the main view more predictably
- Days left of trial period shown in About box
- Removed sound input source controls from Input Levels palette
- Pitch Shift (was Change Duration/Pitch) shows alert if sample rate is over 65.553 kHz
- Delete Scratch Files shows how many files were deleted
Bug fixes:
- Crop, Paste, and other commands which change the length of a file should no longer crash
- Opening files should no longer intermittently crash
- Canceling while opening a file should no longer crash
- Fixed memory leaks in core of applicatoin
Ñ Version 1.4.5 - October 15, 2000
- Removed dependency on Internet Config
- Moved Web site links to the new Web menu
Ñ Version 1.4.4 - September 11, 2000
- Fixed a bug with opening and saving 8-bit WAVE files
Ñ Version 1.4.3 - August 22, 2000
- Lowered system requirements to Mac OS 8.1 or later.
- Fixed a bug in Paste which would result in error -39.
- Added a "Delete Scratch Files" button in Preferences for cleaning up Sound Studio temp files.
- Resampling code is now approximately 5 times faster.
Ñ Version 1.4.2 - August 10, 2000
Fixed several bugs:
- fixed a bug that caused Normalize to behave unpredictably
- fixed a bug in the dithering code that caused saturated samples to overflow (positive became negative)
- fixed a display bug in the sound view where the selection wasn't being drawn on activate/deactivate
- fixed a recording bug which caused swapped left and right channels while recording
Ñ Version 1.4.1 - August 8, 2000
Fixed a bug that affected insert edits, including Insert Silence and Paste.
Ñ Version 1.4 - August 7, 2000
This version includes the new User's Manual and has a few bug fixes.
New features:
- Faster disk operations (uses most of application RAM as buffer)
- New, faster resampling code (uses linear interpolation and averaging)
- Windows WAVE file format support
- System 7 Sound file format support
- WWW links to felttip.com in Register menu
- New document icons (rebuild your Desktop Database to see the icons)
- The Silence, Amplify, Normalize, Fade In, and Fade Out filters now
blend (cross-fade) their edges by 0.5 milliseconds
- Noise Gate filter rewritten to have a smoother transition
- Internal calculations use 64-bit floating point representations
- Dithering: when downsampling and applying filters, triangular pdf dithering is used
Bug fixes:
- "Open" menu command now works
- Cut, and delete editing commands no longer scroll window to beginning of file
- Cut and paste no longer generate type-3 errors
- Sound Input palette can no longer be placed off-screen
- Editing to end of file no longer generates -39 errors
Ñ Version 1.3 - July 30, 2000
New features:
- Single-channel editing of stereo files
- Sound Designer II file format support
- sound input source selector and play-thru checkbox
- new large document icons which say 'AIFF' and 'SDII'
- looping playback (though not perfect yet)
Bug fixes:
- can now open files with non-native sample rates, size, and channels
- can now select to actual end of file
- no longer crashes when trying to cancel an operation in progress
UI tweaks:
- "Time Remaining" display in progress windows
- levels & volume sliders return to defaults when double-clicked
- error alerts now appear in non-modal windows
- removed startup screen
- default zoom now 1:500, and small files expand to fill window
- "Playback Volume" display updates correctly when dragging its slider
- "Noise Gate" dialog now keeps settings between uses
- registration dialog more forgiving of extra characters
- double-clicking sound views now selects all
- copy and paste now have progress windows
- sound overview panel behaves differently from the main edit view panel
- pasting or recording into a blank file now refreshes the window properly
New requirements:
- Mac OS 8.5 (for Appearance & Navigation Services)
- PowerPC Macintosh
Ñ Version 1.2.1 - July 10, 2000
bug fixes:
- fixed registration for 68K Macs
- copy-and-paste now works reliably
- fixed bug which omitted updating the menus after selecting or editing the audio
- selecting the last few samples in a file should now be possible
Ñ Version 1.2 - May 17, 2000
This release brings two major new features to Sound Studio: disk-based copy-and-paste, and pitch shifting. Disk-based copy-and-paste allows you to copy audio from one file to another without having to increase Sound Studio's memory allocation by scores of megabytes. Pitch shifting allows you to change the pitch and duration of audio by changing its sample rate.
new features:
- New command for changing pitch and duration of sound by changing sample rate.
- Copy/paste is now disk-based.
- Dialog boxes for filter, edit, and other commands are persistent (they don't revert
to default values every time you use them).
- Record button is now available even when level meter palette is closed.
- Revert is now threaded (can run in the background) and has its own progress window.
- Flicker-free elapsed time and remaining time displays.
- Cosmetic bug with paste and insert time commands is fixed.
- Balloon help for all menu commands.
Ñ Version 1.1.5 - February 28, 2000
- amplify and normalize filters now works with 8-bit audio
Ñ Version 1.1.4 - December 15, 1999
This version lets you copy-and-paste more than a minute of audio data, and includes a short primer on the filters.
(Fixed a bug which erroneously caused a 'not enough memory' error when trying to copy-and-paste more than a minute of audio data.)
Ñ Version 1.1.3 - November 22, 1999
bug fixes:
- Cancelling or a full scratch disk while opening or saving doesn't crash anymore.
- Shortening an audio file will now result in a smaller file.
