FreeVerse Updates Sound Studio To Version 3.5
Freeverse has updated Sound Studio to version 3.5. This is a serious update to the alternative Mac sound recording and editing tool. Digitize tapes and vinyl records, record live performances, create your own mixes with crossfades, tweak the levels and EQ, apply digital effects, and save in all major file formats with Sound Studio 3.5.
The Top 8 New Features of Sound Studio 3.5:
• Apple Lossless, ADTS AAC, NeXT/Sun Audio, and Ogg Vorbis file formats now supported
• Chapters in AAC and Apple Lossless formats supported
• MP3 and AAC bit rate support improved
• New ID3 tag / iTunes metadata editor
• Playback scrolling preferences added
• Loop option for filter previews
• AppleScript support added for referencing individual tracks in a document, and for changing the pan (left-center-right) and volume of each track.
• BPM grid and a “Tap for BPM” button that lets you determine the tempo by clicking in rhythm with the beat.
Recording:
• Multi-track support: layer stereo sounds and save in interleaved format
• Audio Unit plug-in effect support
• Saves in MPEG-4 AAC (advanced audio coding) m4a format
• Saves in MP3 when the LAME framework is installed
• Automator support (launch Automator to see the bundled actions)
• Added “New Mono Document” command for quickly creating a monophonic document
• 24-bit / 96 kHz sample quality, in stereo or mono
• Low latency monitoring, using Core Audio
• Automatic recording starting and stopping based on timers or audio levels (a.k.a. VOX)
Editing:
• Sample-accurate edits
• Markers (a.k.a. Cue Points) with text labels
• Time ruler with units for video and film
• Copy-and-paste editing
• Basic mixing edits
• AppleScript and Automator support
Effects:
• Supports Audio Units
• Dynamics: Compressor, Expander, and Noise Gate
• Equalization: Graphic EQ, Low Pass Filter, and High Pass Filter
• Delay: Chorus, Flanger, Echo, and Reverb
• Volume: Amplify, Fade In/Out/Special, and Normalize
• Repair: Interpolate, Silence, DC Offset, and Swap Channels
• Repair clicks and pops by interpolating samples or silencing them
• Tone, FM, and noise generators
• Pitch adjustment
• Backwards/Reverse Audio
File Formats:
• AIFF (.aif) and AIFF-C (.aifc) with compression including IMA 4:1
• AAC and MP3 (importing only)
• Sound Designer II
• Wave (.wav, PCM only)
• Tab-delimited text (export only)
The Freeverse Sound Studio 3.5 update is free for registered users, otherwise its $79.95. More information on Freeverse Sound Studio 3.5.
