Sound Studio 4+
Audio recording and editing
Felt Tip Inc.
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- £49.99
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Description
One of the most popular audio editing apps for the Mac and used by beginners to professional sound engineers, Sound Studio is super fast and easy-to-use for recording, editing, and adding digital effects to your audio.
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.
Record professional-sounding podcasts, audiobooks, voiceovers, and more. Spoken word, speeches, presentations, music, and other audio can all be recorded and edited with the same high fidelity.
Save in the following standard file formats:
• AIFF
• AIFF-C
• WAVE
• MP3 (with CBR and VBR options)
• MPEG-4 AAC
• ADTS AAC
• Ogg Vorbis
• tab-delimited text
• NeXT/Sun
• FLAC
• CAF
• Apple Lossless
Apply the following effects and filters:
• Amplify/Volume
• Fade In, Fade Out, and Fade Special (with an envelope)
• Normalize
• Dynamics Compressor
• Dynamics Expander
• Noise Gate Expander
• Add Noise (or cowbell)
• DC Offset
• Interpolate
• Invert Signal Polarity
• Swap Left and Right Channels
• Backwards/Reverse Audio
• Chorus
• Delay and Echo
• Flanger
• Pitch and Tempo
• Reverb
• 3-band, 10-band, and chart-based Graphic EQ
• High Pass
• Low Pass
Tech Specs
+ Audio recording and playback on up to 2 channels.
+ Number of tracks limited only by processor and memory constraints.
+ AudioUnit plug-in hosting.
+ Uses 32-bit floating point PCM format internally.
+ Markers: automatically generate markers in silent gaps or in a grid.
+ Split by Markers: lets you split a long file into separate tracks.
+ Has FM synthesis, sine, triangle, square wave, and noise generators.
+ Snap to Zero Crossings.
+ Preserves BWF (Broadcast Wave Format) data in .WAV files.
+ Zoom in as close as sample level.
+ AppleScript and Automator support.
+ 64-bit Intel app binary.
Made in NYC.
What’s New
Version 4.10.1
• Changed time readouts to use monospace digits.
• Fixed bug where the progress save window would get stuck.
• Fixed bug where changing the background color would not immediately update the main windows.
• Fixed bugs related to the user interface, including fixing where text would overlap images on certain buttons.
• Other under-the-hood updates and improvements.
Ratings and Reviews
lost presets for timing? No change?
I've been using (happily) Sound Studio for many years, in various incarnations. Until this update, I have been able to have a number of preset timers, which have been extremely useful for capturing radio programmes [programs, if you're in the US]. This functionality now seems absent, and I can only do 'one-off' timer recordings.
I may be doing something wrong, but I can still do thus successfully on the previous version, on my laptop.
I have tried emailing the developer, but had no reply.
I like Sound Studio, but would appreciate this being fixed - or an explanation of what I am doing wrong.
(The online help document still regards the application as having this function.)
JH
Update for 4.6.1
Sadly, I cannot see the return of the presets for timed recording. This is still my preferred sound file editing application, and I get round the problem by recording in version 4.2, and editing in the current version. A bit tedious, and I am constantly reminded to update in the app store…
I did contact Felt Tip last year, and they said that they might reinstate the facility if there were enough requests. I guess I am alone in this. The online user reference still says: "You can select a preset and then fine-tune the options for your particular setup and for the material you are recording. There are presets for timer recording and voice-activated recording."
Sigh. I've added a star, because despite this shortcoming, I still use it.
JH
Updated version running noticably laggy
I use Sound Studio almost every day, it's a thoughtfully designed no-nonsense editor. My workflow is quite repetitive and I find the keyboard commands and Magic Mouse integration very intuitive and speedy.
I read in the upload notes that a lot of the program needed to be rewritten to support dark mode, which is a welcome feature; but unfortunately, for me at least, it has made the software reaction times unbearable. I appreciate the hard work the developer undertook in rewriting aspects of the program, but in its current incarnation it's too frustrating for me to use and I will be switching back to 4.9.6, for now. I advise anyone else upgrading to make a back-up of the old .app in case they encounter the same issues I have.
Good, but should be ARM-native by now
Sound Studio has been a stalwart Mac app for decades, and it works brilliantly at what it does; but it really ought to be Apple Silicon native by now.
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Information
- Provider
- Felt Tip Inc.
- Size
- 13 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.14.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2010-2019 Felt Tip Inc
- Price
- £49.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.