MicroWave Changelog

What's new in MicroWave 1.6.5

Jul 25, 2018
  • Fixed a bug that could lead to a crash when rendering wave forms
  • Improved wireframe wave form rendering performance
  • Improved compatibility with new macOS versions

New in MicroWave 1.6.1 (Jan 19, 2015)

  • Fixed a few annoying bugs that would lead to crashes on some systems. If you suffered from infrequent crashes you should update now.

New in MicroWave 1.6 (Aug 6, 2014)

  • creation of 8khz documents is supported now
  • added a "minimap" view on top of the wave view
  • added an accurate logarithmic vu view right to the wave view
  • added a vu panel (see 'View' -> 'VU Meter' menu)
  • added 'go to beginning/end' key shortcuts (see transport menu)
  • added 'zoom in/out/100%' key shortcuts (see view menu)
  • fix for 'detect silence crash'

New in MicroWave 1.5.5 (Jul 8, 2014)

  • The Normalize and Reverse effects now use a better algorithm that offers higher audio quality.

New in MicroWave 1.5.3 (Apr 22, 2014)

  • now correctly opens AIFF files with .aif and .aiff extensions
  • now correctly opens .m4r files
  • improved sample resolution
  • improved utilization of 64bit CPUs
  • uses less energy for longer battery lifetime during recording

New in MicroWave 1.5.2 (Apr 22, 2014)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Opening mp4 and mov video files is supported again
  • Undo will now update the wave view more correctly
  • Saving and undoing mono conversions won't discard the right channel anymore

New in MicroWave 1.5.1 (Jun 27, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • a logarithmic decibel scale is now displayed in the wave view
  • support for IMA-ADPCM compressed wave files
  • amplify now has live preview
  • german localization
  • file format settings are now persistent
  • Bug fixes:
  • mix down will now keep the correct volume
  • pasting stereo into mono document will mix down to mono instead of just pasting the left channel
  • paste mix menu item will now disable correctly when paste board is empty
  • welcome window channels/bitdepth label mixup fixed
  • undo file import will update the wave view correctly

New in MicroWave 1.5 (Jun 5, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • markers
  • detect silence
  • mix paste
  • convert to mono [mixdown]
  • metadata support
  • new export dialog with metadata support
  • batch export
  • export selection
  • Changes:
  • wave view dispaly at different zoom levels is now more consistent
  • wave view will now display peaks on all zoom levels correctly.
  • context menu for the wave view
  • mono and stereo conversion performance improved
  • waveform rendering performance improved
  • delete now bound to backspace
  • effect and visualiser panels now remember their positions
  • "Change Gain" has been renamed to "Amplify" and features now a decibel display
  • Bugfixes:
  • exporting bugs with short (< 1s) files fixed
  • hang on pasting a mono signal into a stereo document fixed
  • import of .taf documents shorter than 10 seconds works again
  • unsupported 8bit option for wave export removed
  • mp3 export will now honour sample rate

New in MicroWave 1.4.2 (May 8, 2013)

  • This is a small maintenance update. We squashed quite a few bugs that were causing crashes for some users and we improved CPU usage while recording a little bit.

New in MicroWave 1.4.1 (Apr 26, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug that lead to import errors with some MP3 files

New in MicroWave 1.4 Build 2774 (Apr 23, 2013)

  • New Audio Effects:
  • Dynamics Processor
  • High Shelf Filter
  • Parametric Equalizer
  • New Feature:
  • Apple Lossless (ALAC) import/export. MicroWave now supports reading and writing Apple Lossless encoded M4A files.
  • New Feature:
  • Audio Visualizers/Monitors for the input and output signals. Currently there's two of them but we're working on more for the next update.
  • New Feature:
  • Color Schemes. Many users asked us to introduce other/high contrast color combinations for the wave view. So we did. With this update we added 5 color schemes. But there's more to come.
  • New Feature:
  • Logarithmic grid (-18, -12, -6, -3, 0 db) added to the wave view background.
  • Bug Fix:
  • Effect menu items are now disabled during recording. Previously the app would crash if the user tried to apply an effect during recording.
  • Bug Fix:
  • Playback will now continue after applying an effect. Previously playback simply stopped and had to be resumed manually.
  • Bug Fix:
  • Redo/Undo sampling rate changes will now restore the correct marker position. The marker now internally uses time codes instead of sample positions.
  • Request for Feedback:
  • We need your feedback to add new features and fix bugs. So if you like the app please leave a review in the app store. You can also contact us at [email protected] if you encounter bugs or have feature requests.

New in MicroWave 1.3 Build 2774 (Mar 15, 2013)

  • New Effects:
  • Delay (Echo)
  • Peak Limiter
  • Apply Distortion
  • Graphic Equalizer
  • Low Pass Filter
  • High Pass Filter
  • Band Pass Filter
  • Multiband Compressor
  • Matrix Reverb
  • Change Pitch
  • Other New Features:
  • Import of .taf files is now supported
  • Trim is now bound to CMD-T
  • New 'Transport' Menu
  • Wave Form generation speed has been improved by ~50%. (We're working on improving it even further for the next version!)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • A bug that lead to bad file writing performance on 2011 Macbook Pro models has been fixed.

New in MicroWave 1.2 Build 2756 (Feb 27, 2013)

  • Support for FLAC (read and write)
  • Support for OGG Vorbis (read and write)
  • New Effect: Gain
  • Several bug fixes
  • Overall Effect performance improved

New in MicroWave 1.1 Build 2753 (Feb 6, 2013)

  • Fixed issues with some usb audio devices
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when closing a window shortly after resizing it
  • Added a progress indicator for wave form recalculation