Technical Specifications

Minimum System Requirements
Mac computer with an Intel processor. 1GB of RAM. (2GB recommended.) OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) or later.

General
Audio recording and playback on 2 channels and multiple tracks. Number of tracks limited only by processor and memory constraints. Uses 32-bit floating point PCM format internally. 64-bit Intel / 32-bit Intel app binary.

Compatibility
Preserves BWF (Broadcast Wave Format) data in .WAV files. AudioUnit plug-in hosting. Applescript and Automator support.

Supported File Formats

PCM formats:

Compressed formats*:

* The Sound Studio app downloaded from this website under Downloads supports MP3 encoding using LAME.framework, which must be installed separately.

Editing
Snap to zero crossings. FM synthesis, sine, triangle, square wave, and noise generators. Automatically generate markers in silent gaps or in a grid. Zoom in as close as sample level. Split by Markers feature to split a long file into separate tracks.

Filters and Effects
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

What's New

Fixed a bug where the app would crash when trying to save or cancel out of presets.
Fixed a bug where applying some filters would reduce the audio and selection length.
Fixed a bug with number input and output fields so that Sound Studio properly handles commas and points.

Added an error message for audio unit plug-ins that are not Sandbox Safe. (Audio unit plug-ins that are not Sandbox Safe will not work in Sound Studio.)
Sound Studio now uses less CPU while recording.
Fixed a bug with clicking on a marker to select it.
Fixed a bug with missing “is recording” Applescript property.
Fixed a bug with the file format popup under the Save As command.

Artwork images can now be dragged from the file's Info sheet into the Finder.
Fixed a bug with reading artwork and comment tags in MP3 ID3v2.3 and later versions.
Fixed several minor UI bugs.
Improved waveform display now is in Retina resolution.
Fixed bug with Insert Silence duration field.
Fixed bug with Monbots where the app would crash when processing large, uncompressed files.
Fixed issue with accessing third-party audio unit plug-ins in the app.

Improved waveform display.
Smoother scrolling and animations.
Faster level meter display with smoother animations.
Improved markers display with larger text and a fixed-width text box.
Fine-tuned how Insert Markers in Gaps works.
Reinstated missing "Save Sound Studio Document" Automator Action.
Playback of a single track of audio in a stereo file now plays sound through both output channels.
Changed the level meter to use 0.0dB instead of -0.01 dB as the clipping threshold.
Improved multi-core CPU usage, plus other internal improvements.
Fixed a one-pixel-off vertical ruler.
Requires Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) or later, because of display improvements.