SndBite is a specialized audio editor, designed for breaking large recordings into smaller components with great efficiency.

Its principal intended application is in linguistic research where it is often desirable to put each sentence or word into a separate file before further processing.

Here are some key features of "SndBite":

· Multiple simultaneous views of the waveform at different resolutions.
· The ability to position window edges at transitions between sound and silence.
· Automated setting of cut points at zero-crossings.
· Automatic filename generation easily controlled by the user.
· Optional automatic playback on window motion.
· Logging of each write, so that a record will exist both for the long term and in case (as often happens) the user loses his or her place during the segmentation of a large file.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Fixed a bug that interfered with the definition of keyboard shortcuts in the init file.
· Expanded the set of keyboard events permitted in keyboard shortcuts to include the arrow keys (KeyPress-Up, KeyPress-Left, etc.) and KeyPress-Home (Home), KeyPress-End (End), KeyPress-Prior (Page Up), and KeyPress-Next (Page-Down), KeyPress-Delete, KeyPress-Insert, KeyPress-Multi_Key (Windows key) and KeyPress-Menu.
· We now update so as to force the immediate display of the message reporting the loading of a sound file.
· We now report that silences are being computed at the beginning of auto computation of silences and report the completion and duration of silence computation whether or not in debugging mode.
· We now check to see whether we are running in Tk8.5+ under X11 and if so use smaller font sizes.
· The delta bar is now hidden by default.
· Eliminated output to stdout and stderr on non-Unix systems.
· Added default key bindings for OverWritePreviousFile and WindowBackwardSilence. Changed key-binding for ToggleBalloonHelp from ^-b to ^-h so as to use ^-b for WindowBackwardSilence in symmetry with WindowForwardSilence which is ^-f.
· The available version of pause is now shown in the window title only if UsePauseP is set.
· Added the ability to use keyboard shortcuts for changing playback volume and created default bindings.
· Inability to open a sound file named on the command line is now handled gracefully.
· Now minimize sound file name in WriteWindow.
· Fixed bug that produced incorrect indication of whether AutoPlay was on.
· Added autoplay when window edges are reset by mouse.
· Supressed autoplay of first window when an audio file is specified on the command line.
· Now minimize sound file name.