November Macintosh Shareware

By Steve Cooper

Section index
Amadeus II 2.4, Audiocorder 1.9.8, Coaster 1.1.1, FretPet 2.1.4, MP3 Rage 2.8, MusicMatch Jukebox 1.0b, SndSampler 4.3, SoundApp 2.7, Sound Studio 1.42, Virtual Composer 2.3
Amadeus II 2.4

Download the version for your operating system here:

Mac OS
Description: Amadeus creates, manipulates, and analyses sounds, as well as recording direct to disk. Large sounds can be handled regardless of available memory. Multiple undo and multiple scraps complement crack detection and repair. Several processes can run simultaneously and long processes can be interrupted. Many compression formats and sound qualities of up to 24 bits and four channels are supported. The Toolbox allows you to construct external filters.
Licence: Shareware
Requirements: PowerPC, Mac OS 8.1
Install instructions: Decompress with Stuffit Expander and copy the Amadeus II 2.4 folder to your hard disk.
Links online: http://www.unige.ch/math/folks/hairer/martin

 

Audiocorder 1.9.8

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Mac OS
Description: Audiocorder allows your Mac to act as a volume-operated recorder (VOX) by setting the sound levels at which recording will start and stop. Trigger length can be set to avoid false triggering by short sound bursts or pauses. Audiocorder can also be programmed with a recording schedule, like a VCR. It records to AIFF files at up to 44kHz, 16-bit, and can play back any AIFF file.
Licence: Shareware
Requirements: Any Mac system with sound input capability
Install instructions: Decompress with Stuffit Expander and copy the Audiocorder folder to your hard disk.
Links online: http://www.blackcatsystems.com/

 

Coaster 1.1.1

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Mac OS
Description: Coaster records standard AIFF files direct to disk, providing accurate levels with headroom indication and clipping detection, displayed in dB. The level meters are complemented by an input gain controller and an optional automatic gain control function. You can specify input source, sample rate, sample size, and mono/stereo selection. A click elimination feature helps eradicate start and end clicks. Large files can be split automatically or manually without losing samples.
Licence: Freeware
Requirements: PowerPC, Mac OS 8, Sound Manager 3.x with compatible sound input hardware, colour monitor.
Install instructions: Decompress with Stuffit Expander and copy the Coaster folder to your hard disk
Links online: http://www.visualclick.de/coaster.html

 

FretPet 2.1.4

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Mac OS
Description: FretPet is a powerful tool for composing and playing 6-string guitar music. It allows you to build chords from scales, generate chord harmonies and assign names to chords on the guitar neck or piano keyboard. You can also create and save chord progressions and sequences, visually analyse chords based on tonal relationships, and play songs through QuickTime or MIDI output. Compositional changes can be made while playing.
Licence: Shareware
Requirements: PowerPC, Mac OS 7.x, QuickTime 2.5
Install instructions: Decompress with Stuffit Expander and copy the FretPet folder to your hard disk.
Links online: http://www.fretpet.com/

 

MP3 Rage 2.8

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Mac OS
Description: MP3 Rage is arguably the ultimate collection of tools for MP3 collectors. Besides searching for files on Napster servers, you can edit ID3 tags, play files, and export files to AIFF for burning onto CDs. Organisation tools include a cataloguing system and the ability to quickly find, rename, organise and change large sets of files and their ID3 tags. A clean and businesslike interface gives easy access to the ten principal functions.
Licence: 15 day trial
Requirements: PowerPC, Mac OS 8, QuickTime 4.0
Install instructions: Decompress with Stuffit Expander and copy the MP3 Rage folder to your hard disk.
Links online: http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/ChaoticSoftware/

 

MusicMatch Jukebox 1.0b

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Mac OS
Description: MusicMatch Jukebox performs Fraunhofer recording/encoding at constant and variable rates up to 320kbps. It also converts AIFF files to MP3s. A Library categorises the tracks, which can be dragged directly into custom Playlist windows. Your MP3s can include ID3v1/2 tag information such as album art, artist bios, and liner notes, and album art can be displayed. CDDB is supported for downloading and display of album, artist and track information. There's an integrated CD player, and downloading to USB-enabled portable MP3 Players is supported.
Licence: Shareware
Requirements: PowerPC
Install instructions: Decompress with Stuffit Expander and double-click the MusicMatch installer.
Links online: http://www.musicmatch.com/

 

SndSampler 4.3

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Mac OS
Description: SndSampler is a powerful sound acquisition and editing tool, able to extract sounds from any file, and record audio data direct to hard disk. It supports 64kHz 16-bit stereo, and AIFF segmenting for working on sounds larger than available RAM. Rips individual tracks or complete CDs. Batch-processing features make downsampling of a large number of files easy. Over twenty effects filters are provided, and most are highly customisable.
Licence: Shareware
Requirements: System 7.0.1
Install instructions: Decompress with Stuffit Expander and copy the SndSampler folder to your hard disk.
Links online: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Garage/9373/index.html

 

SoundApp 2.7

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Mac OS
Description: The fully scriptable SoundApp can play almost any sound file format. It can save sounds in System 7 sound, AIFF, WAVE, Sun Audio and NeXT, Sound Designer II, QuickTime, Psion, EPOC 32 and PARIS formats with many variations. SoundApp allows sample rate conversion, mono/stereo translation, and bit-depth change. You can group a set of conversion parameters and select them together from a menu. MIDI files can be played to an external OMS-compatible synthesiser.
Licence: Freeware
Requirements: System 7.0 and Sound Manager 3.1, QuickTime 2.0 (4.x recommended)
Install instructions: Decompress with Stuffit Expander and copy the SoundApp folder to your hard disk.
Links online: http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~franke/SoundApp/

 

Sound Studio 1.42

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Mac OS
Description: Sound Studio is a recording, editing and playback application for digitising collections of records and tapes. Any Sound Manager input device can be recorded in the background at 44.1kHz, in 16-bit stereo, even while another sound is playing. Channels can be edited independently and a variety of filters applied. Pinch-shifting and resampling functions are also available. Audio can be saved in AIFF and Sound Designer II formats for use in other applications.
Licence: Shareware
Requirements: PowerPC, Mac OS 8.5
Install instructions: Decompress with Stuffit Expander and copy the Sound Studio 1.42 folder to your hard disk.
Links online: http://www.felttip.com/products/soundstudio

 

Virtual Composer 2.3

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Mac OS
Description: Virtual Composer gives beginners a cheap and easy-to-use tool for entering musical scores and playing back compositions using any combination of the QuickTime instruments. Notations are entered in one of a number of channels by selecting them from a palette. Each channel has its own colour and a defined QuickTime Instrument. Shifts and transpositions are easily performed, with sharps and flats shown automatically. Music can be printed out, in a simple format.
Licence: Shareware
Requirements: PowerPC 100MHz, colour display, System 7.x with QuickTime Musical Instruments
Install instructions: Decompress with Stuffit Expander and copy the Virtual Composer folder to your hard disk.
Links online: http://www.crosswinds.net/~jgal/main.html

 

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