May 11th, 2012· Fixed a crash in Preferences - Fixed a crash when adjusting Preferences when there were no Preferences previously stored.
· General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
April 17th, 2012· Fixed a crash issue with WMA files. - Fixed an issue where certain WMA files would cause a crash.
· Fixed issues when closing the application - Fixed a few crashes that could occur when closing the application.
· Fixed issues related to reading various audio files - Fixed a few issues where files could be read incorrectly which may have resulted in crashes.
· Fixed the issue of reading Apple Lossless on 10.7.x - Fixed an internal issue that prevented the processing and playback of Apple Lossless content on 10.7.
· General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
December 19th, 2011· Fixed an issue with Excluding Metadata - Fixed an issue where selecting to exclude the Broadcast Extension: Description may still export something for this metadata field.
· Fixed an issue with reading text files - Fixed an issue where reading very long lines of text from text files could cause the text to be corrupted.
· Fixed issue with Commit Changes to Original File - Fixed an issue where performing commit changes to original file in an Edit Session would remove any metadata that was set in the Convert Session.
· Fixed an issue with opening a saved Edit Session - Fixed an issue where opening a saved Edit Session that contains audio other than stereo would not open.
· Fixed several issues with Region Spotting - Fixed several issues related to incorrect and extraneous actions occurring when various Region Spotting actions were triggered.
· Fixed an issue with naming interleaved output files when sourced from split files - Fixed an issue where in some cases, an output interleaved file would retain an erroneous split file extension if the asset was composed of split files.
· Fixed several issues where the application would crash on exit - Fixed a number of issues where the application would crash when exiting and a dialog or alert was being shown.
· Fixed issues with importing ID3 Tags - Fixed a couple of issues when importing different ID3 tags where there was actually no data for the tag.
· Improved Import Metadata - The import metadata columns setup is now saved when the Continue button is clicked and restored the next time the setup is displayed.
· Improved Asset Analyzer - Modified the Asset Analyzer to always report errors silently to the log file instead of potentially displaying an error alert.
· General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
August 30th, 2011Fixed a crash issue when importing ID3 tags:
· Fixed an issue where importing certain ID3 tags may cause a crash.
Fixed an issue with Playback Preview in the Plugin Settings Window:
· Fixed an issue where initiating playback preview in the Plugin Settings Window would display an error.
Fixed an issue with the Monkey Tools Trim Plugin:
· Fixed an issue where a Fade In would be applied even if Trim Beginning was turned off and the same for Fade Out and Trim End.
Fixed other Lion issues:
· Fixed other issues related to Lion compatibility.
Fixed an issue with Audio Playback through AU and VST plugins:
· Fixed several issues related to Preview Playback when auditioning Audio Unit and VST plugins.
Added a Missing Error Message:
· Added an error message for a rare Core Audio situation that wasn't being displayed to the user previously.
November 24th, 2010· Fixed an issue with Export Portions
· Fixed an issue where full portions may not be exported if the source file is an AIFF or WAVE file.
· Fixed issues when display units is set to Samples
· Fixed an issue where displaying the duration of video content would generate errors when the display units was set to Samples.
· Fixed a display issue in the Waveform Editor
· Fixed an issue where changing samples would not update the display properly.
· Fixed an issue with Make Silence
· Fixed an issue where invoking Make Silence when not all channels were selected would sometimes not work.
· Fixed an issue with audio output routing
· Fixed an issue where audio playback was not respecting the audio routing setup in Audio MIDI Setup.
· Fixed an issue with pausing audio playback
· Fixed an issue where pausing audio playback may cause a buzzing on some hardware. The fix may also address other playback issues.
· Fixed an issue with drawing short files in the Waveform Editor
· Fixed an issue where drawing short files in the Waveform Editor would sometimes not update the display.
· Fixed an issue with the Monkey Tools Trim Plugin
· Fixed an issue where the application may crash when using the MT Trim plugin on pieces of audio that are very short.
· Fixed an issue with reading MP3 files
· Fixed an issue where processing MP3 files may not happen correctly (exporting a portion and other).
· Fixed a crash issue when importing an "empty" folder
· Fixed an issue where importing a folder that didn't contain any recognizable files would cause a subsequent crash.
· Fixed a crash issue when importing malformed AIFF and WAVE files
· Added a workaround to import Region info correctly when saved with incorrect endianness.
· Updated Quicktime Time Reference Metadata display
· Updated the Quicktime Time Reference metadata display to show a time value according to the current time units settings.
· Updated Time Metadata displays
· Updated the various Time metadata displays to correctly display sample counts.
· Fixed an issue when closing an Edit Session and Saving
· Fixed an issue where closing an Edit Session and then choosing Save would not actually save the session.
· Fixed an issue where output files may not be exported correctly.
· Fixed an issue where, in rare cases, interleaved exported files may be created with mono audio split between output channels.
· Added change for empty Region Data.
· Added change to skip reading Region Data from WAVE files when the chunk data size is 0.
· Fixed an issue where certain WAVE files would not be properly imported on PPC.
· Fixed an endian-swap bug on PPC that would cause certain WAVE files to be imported as Quicktime files.
· Fixed an issue when reading MP3 files.
· Fixed an issue where the current time was not maintained properly when not reading from the beginning of the MP3 file.
· Fixed an issue when writing MP3 files.
· Fixed an issue where an error would be displayed when writing stereo MP3 files under certain special circumstance.
· General enhancements
· This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
March 15th, 2010New handling of embedded artwork in media files:
· Artwork in media files is now handled by loading the artwork as needed instead of loading during import. As a result, the "Import Embedded Artwork" Preference has been removed.
· Fixed an issue with Split Extension Sets
· Fixed an issue so now extensions can contain ".".
· Fixed an issue with the Marker Properties UI
· Fixed an issue where the Remove and Cancel buttons did not work in the Marker Properties Sheet.
· Fixed an issue with FLAC metadata
· Fixed an issue where "COMPOSER" and "CONDUCTOR" were not being written to files or read from files.
· Fixed an issue with "Retain Video Tracks"
· Fixed an issue where the video track could not be retained when processing the entire asset.
· Fixed an issue when clearing a numeric metadata field
· Fixed a crash that would occur when clearing a numeric metadata field.
· Fixed an issue with times in the 00h00m00s format
· Fixed an issue where entering times in the 00h00m00s format would not be interpreted properly.
· Fixed an issue with Commit Changes to Original File
· Fixed an issue where the filename(s) would be incorrect in the Convert Session window after performing Commit Changes to Original File in the Waveform Editor.
· Fixed an issue with metadata and Export Regions
· Fixed an issue where metadata from the original asset is not included when exporting regions in the Waveform Editor.
· Updated LAME Codec UI
· Improved LAME Codec UI to better communicate the methodology of the encoder.
Enhanced Metadata Artwork Editor:
· Enhanced the editor to show as a drop target when dragging to indicate valid image files.
· Added a Remove button to the editor to remove artwork from the Asset.
Enhanced DRM content handling:
· Updated Waveform Editor button to not highlight if only DRM Assets are selected.
· Added error message when clicking Edit button and a selected Asset is using DRM.
· Fixed playback issues with Play Control when playing DRM and some other content.
General enhancements:
· This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
December 16th, 2009· Fixed issue with Quicktime metadata - Fixed an issue where Quicktime metadata was not displayed or used properly after import.
· Fixed issue with processing numeric metadata - Fixed an issue where some numeric metadata would not be processed correctly.
· Fixed an issue with entering edit mode - Fixed an issue where Option+click would not enter edit mode if the Caps Lock key was down.
· Updated Asset List for Assets that cannot be found - Made a slight change such that assets that are not found on the filesystem are displayed in gray text instead of black text indicating they are "offline".
· Fixed an issue with "Safe Saving" - Fixed an issue where saving session files and "Commit Changes to Original File" would fail if the files were not on the volume containing the OS.
· Fixed a potential crash issue in the Auto Trim Settings Dialog - Fixed an issue where changing values in the Auto Trim Settings Dialog could cause a crash.
· Updated Flip4Mac Compatibility - Updated to work with latest version of Flip4Mac Quicktime Component (v2.3.0.14)
· Updated AIFF Importing - Updated AIFF importing to support more valid, but officially non-compliant AIFF files.
· Fixed issue with exporting MPEG4 metadata - Fixed an issue where iTunes would not recognize the track metadata in MPEG4 Audio files.
· General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
September 3rd, 2009· Updated Normalizing Analysis - Updated Normalizing Analysis to include stereo to mono mixing.
· Fixed crash issue with Rapid Convert - Fixed an issue where the application would crash when a Rapid Convert process finished.
· Fixed an issue with Audio Unit plug-in support - Fixed an issue where an error would be displayed incorrectly when creating certain combinations of plugins.
Enhanced Process -> Metadata Tab:
· Added contextual menus for items whose data values are not strings.
· Removed current item from contextual menu (so you can't set an item as its own source).
· Items that have values now have their labels displayed using a bold font.
· Added "Exclude in Export" setting to cause an item to not be included in the exported file.
· Added Filename, Data Fork Size, Resource Fork Size, Creation Date, and Modification Date as metadata sources.
· Added Spotlight Comments as an item that can be specified or set from a source.
· Enhanced Naming Options - Added Data Fork Size, Resource Fork Size, Creation Date, Modification Date, and Spotlight Comment as sources.
· Fixed issues in Portion Processing - Fixed an issue that prevented Portion Processing from functioning properly.
· Fixed issues with creating and reading split files - Fixed several issues related to creating split files and importing and reading split files.
· Added an additional split file naming option - Added the ability to import and export split files named according to filename_channel.type.
· Fixed MP3 import crash - Fixed a crash when importing MP3 files that contain an ID3 v2.4 tag.
· Fixed an issue that would cause some conversion combinations to fail with an error
· Fixed an issue that caused some conversions to fail with the error "error in user parameter list".
· General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
August 18th, 2009Fixed various Movie Preview issues:
· Fixed an issue where previewing a movie, selecting a different asset, then adjusting the UI would cause a crash.
· Fixed an issue where changing playback position of a movie while the movie was paused would not updated the image.
· Fixed an issue where if the movie was paused, when resizing the movie preview area, the movie would not redraw until play resumed, and sometimes would leave artifacts.
· Removed Services Keyboard Equivalents - Removed the keyboard equivalents for the Services menu items since these caused conflicts for many users.
Fixed issues with Find Peak action:
· Fixed crash that would occur if performing Insert Silence followed by Find Peak.
· Fixed an issue where the selection info was not updated after performing Find Peak.
· Fixed minor issue with Loop, Marker, and Region name suggestion
· Fixed an issue such that if you create a loop, marker, or region with the name "1", the next time you create one, the suggested name will be "2" instead of " 2".
· Fixed an issue importing SD2 Annotation as ProTools File Comment
· Fixed an issue where SD2 Annotations were incorrectly read.
· Fixed an issue regarding custom output file naming
· Fixed an issue where fields would be "???" instead of their metadata values.
· Modified Convert Session Save Functionality
· Significantly modified the Convert Session save functionality to be much faster, use minimal memory during save, and create session files that are approximately half of the previous size.
· Fixed an issue when zooming in with the Waveform Editor
· Fixed an issue where an alert would be triggered often when zooming in.
· Fixed a crash when saving Waveform Editor Sessions
· Fixed an issue that would cause a crash when saving Waveform Editor Sessions.
· Fixed an issue with Metadata Sources
· Fixed an issue when specifying a metadata source field that itself has a specified value where the specified value would be used instead of the value from the original asset.
· Fixed an issue with reading files from Audio CDs
· Added a patch to workaround an issue where other apps may cause references to files on Audio CDs to point to the CD itself. This is only necessary on Mac OS X before 10.5.6.
· Fixed a conversion issue - Fixed an issue where it was not possible to convert directly from DVI/Intel IMA ADPCM to MPEG4 Audio.
· General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
June 2nd, 2009· Added support for MPEG-1/2, Layer 2 audio in WAV/BWAV and Quicktime files - Added ID/Read support for MPEG-1/2, Layer 2 audio in WAV/BWAV and Quicktime files.
· Fixed bug with source files that have no extension - Fixed a bug where the last character of the filename would be cut off on export if the original file had no extension.
· Fixed bug with creating MPEG 4 Audio files - Fixed a bug involving writing audio packet info when creating MPEG 4 Audio files. The result of this bug would be error messages when playing back created MPEG 4 Audio files in the app.
· Updated MPEG 4 Audio file import - Made a change to more accurately determine the length of the audio in the file.
· Updated file reading support - Made a change for some file types to to remove errors displayed when reading a file when the file indicates a longer duration than the number of samples actually contained in it.
· Fixed a general conversion bug - Fixed a bug involving bounding sample counts when performing audio conversion. The result of this bug would be that when some created audio files using a packetized format when no sample rate conversion was needed and imported into iTunes, would show a length of only 1 second.
· Fixed ID3 Tag issues - Fixed an issue where text that could not be written out as ISO Latin 1 text is now correctly written out as Unicode text.
· Fixed an issue where text encoded in Unicode may not be read properly during import.
· Fixed a bug when reading split files of differing lengths - Fixed an issue where reading split files of differing lengths could cause a crash or other errant behavior.
· Fixed a bug when creating WAV/BWAV files and writing WAVE Info metadata.
· Fixed an issue where, in rare cases, the application would crash after writing WAVE Info metadata.
· General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
April 8th, 2009· Added support for Microsoft GSM 6.10 in WAV/BWAV files - Added ID/Read support for Microsoft's GSM 6.10 codec in WAV/BWAV files.
· Fixed bug in MPEG 4 Audio / Apple Lossless files - Fixed a bug in creating MPEG 4 Audio / Apple Lossless files that created slightly malformed files.
· General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
February 17th, 2009· Fixed an issue in writing ID3 Tags v2.3 - Fixed an issue where ID3 Tags v2.3 were written slightly incorrectly such that some readers would ignore the tags.
· Enhanced FLAC reading - Added warning message for various FLAC errors that could be encountered when reading FLAC audio data.
· Fixed an issue in reading FLAC metadata - Fixed an issue where some text was read without the proper encoding when reading FLAC metadata.
· Fixed an issue when writing MPEG 4 Audio metadata - Fixed an issue where some text was not fully written when writing MPEG 4 Audio metadata.
· Enhanced Preset menu - Added the feature that the Preset menu items are now be sorted by name.
· General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
February 7th, 2009· Improved MPEG 4 Audio Import and Export: Added functionality to more accurately read and write the desired number of samples in MPEG 4 Audio files.
· Upgraded LAME support: Upgraded the included LAME support to version 3.98.2
· Fixed an issue when selecting Unchanged Sample Rate for MP3 export: Fixed an issue where selecting MP3 as the file type and selecting Unchanged for Sample Rate displayed Unchanged, but actually selected 8kHz internally.
· Fixed a crash bug when exporting AIFF, QT, and WAVE files: Fixed a crash that could occur under certain circumstances when exporting AIFF, QT, and WAVE files.
· Fixed multiple, identical session windows bug: Fixed a bug that allowed multiple session windows to be open for a single session saved file.
· Fixed a bug in writing FLAC metadata: Fixed a bug that caused read errors with FLAC files that contained metadata.
· Fixed several items related to ID3 Tags
· Added support for v2.2 of Attached Picture (previous support was limited to v2.3).
· Fixed a bug where other ID3 Tags could overwrite the Attached Picture during import.
· Changed such that any specified text in the Metadata Tab overrides other values for Encoded By.
· Updated handling of numeric genres.
· Fixed issues with saving File Settings in the Convert/Audio Tab: Fixed an issue that prevented some file settings from being saved after changing in the Convert/Audio Tab.
· Minor update to WAV file export: Made a minor change to exporting WAV files to not write the 'fact' chunk for uncompressed audio.
· Updated LAME MP3 support: Updated LAME MP3 support to add support for gapless playback.
· General enhancements: This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
December 12th, 2008· Fixed an issue when pressing Escape to cancel text edit - Fixed an issue where pressing Escape to cancel text edit would inadvertently start editing the next item.
· Fixed an issue where metadata in the Metadata Tab could not be cleared - Fixed an issue when editing text in the Metadata Tab where clearing text and then pressing Return would not clear the text.
· Fixed an issue with transferring artwork from MPEG4 Audio files to MP3 files - Fixed an issue where the artwork was not transferred when converting MEPG4 Audio files to MP3 files.
· Enhanced metadata handling when creating ID3 metadata - Fixed some issues and added some functionality with the Title, Year, and Track ID3 metadata items.
· Fixed an issue with using Finder/Spotlight Comments as a Metadata Source - Fixed a crash issue when using the Finder/Spotlight Comments as a Metadata Source
· Fixed an issue with reading ID3 v2.4 text tags - Fixed an issue regarding unknown text encoding when reading ID3 v2.4 tags.
· Fixed an issue where the application would not quit - Fixed an issue where closing the Preferences window with File->Close would not allow the application to quit.
· General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
November 20th, 2008· Fixed a bug in setting MPEG 4 Cover Art - Fixed a bug where setting the MPEG 4 Cover Art in the Metadata Tab would not actually save it.
· Fixed a bug in writing metadata to MPEG 4 files - Fixed a bug where metadata would be written to MPEG 4 files even if the Produce Metadata checkbox was off.
· Fixed a bug when trying Portion Control in demo mode - Fixed a bug that would generate entirely silent or mostly silent files when using Portion Control and in demo mode.
· Fixed small bugs in AIFF, SD2, and WAV file handling - Fixed a small bug in reading SD2 files and a few small bugs in writing AIFF, SD2, and WAV files.
· Fixed a crash bug with ID3 Comments - Fixed a crash when using ID3 Comments as a metadata source in the Metadata Tab.
· Fixed an issue where an error would occur when converting to AAC Low Complexity - Fixed an issue where a converter quality error would be displayed when converting to AAC Low Complexity.
· Fixed an issue with MPEG 4 Audio Apple Lossless Sample Rates - Fixed an issue where Sample Rates greater than 65535Hz were not read correctly from MPEG 4 Audio Apple Lossless files.
· Fixed an issue where some artwork wasn't display properly - Fixed an issue where artwork tagged with the MIME type "image/jpg" wasn't displayed properly.
· General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
November 1st, 2008· New Portion/Extract Tab - Extract a specified portion from your assets, or all regions or all loops. Includes the capability to perform auto-region on each asset before processing.
· New Monkey Tools Plug-Ins - Introduced the new Insert Silence and Trim plug-ins.
· New Extend Audio to Keep Plug-in Tails - Added new functionality to extend the audio when using plug-ins which generate tails. The specific settings are user-customizable.
· New Volume Control - Added a new volume control for playback. It is implemented as a taper fader with a range of +10dB to -200dB.
· New MPEG 4 Audio file support - Added support for importing and creating MPEG 4 Audio files with complete metadata import and export.
· New "Clear Pipeline" button in Plug-ins Tab - Added a new button to clear any plug-ins from the current pipeline.
· New Editor/Viewer for ID3 Attached Picture Tag - Added the ability to view and change ID3 Attached Pictures.
· New Import Embedded Artwork Preference - Added a new preference to control importing embedded artwork. This option skips importing artwork reducing memory needs and improves performance. The default is on.
· New Display Help in Asset List Preference - Added a new preference to control displaying help messages in the Asset List.
· Changed Single Click Functionality in Edit Window - Changed the functionality of a single click in the Waveform View in the Edit Window. Previously a single click would move the playhead and select a single sample. Now a single click moves the playhead and clears the selection.
· Fixed an issue when playing back MP3 assets - Fixed an issue where while playing several MP3 assets, hitting the right arrow would cause the application to hang.
· Fixed an issue when writing Regions and Loops to output files - Fixed an issue when writing Regions and Loops to output files of a different sample rate than the input file, the Regions and Loops would have corrupted time values.
· Fixed issues with the VST Plugin Validator - Fixed an issue where VST Plugin Validator would not run on OS X 10.3. Also added a timer such that if the validation process hangs while validating a plugin, it will eventually abort that plugin and proceed to the next one.
· Fixed issues when creating 5.1 MP3s with the FhG encoder - Removed an errant error dialog and subsequent crash when creating 5.1 MP3s with the FhG encoder.
· Fixed an issue when creating Droplets - Fixed an issue where an error was encountered when creating Droplets on OS X 10.3.x
· Fixed an issue with Check for Update - Fixed an issue where Check for Update would hang in certain circumstances.
· Fixed an issue with loading Edit Sessions - Fixed an issue where loading a previously saved Edit Session would not display properly if the sample rate was not 44.1kHz.
· Fixed issues with the Monkey Tools Finder Contextual Menu Plugin - Fixed an issue where the Monkey Tools Finder Contextual Menu Plugin was not being installed on OS X 10.3.x. Also fixed an issue where the plugin would not load in certain circumstances.
· Fixed an issue with applying Plugins in the Edit Window - Fixed an issue where, in certain circumstances, applying a Plugin in the Edit Window would introduce pops.
· Fixed a crash when closing the Plugin Settings Window - Fixed a crash triggered when closing the Plugin Settings Window with the window close button.
· General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
July 16th, 2008· Fixed an issue where v1.1 Tags were always written to MP3 files despite the setting of the "Produce Metadata" checkbox.
· Fixed an issue where some settings were not restored when opening a saved Convert session.
· Fixed an issue where the application needed to be restarted to exit demo mode after activation.
· Fixed an issue where Droplets would not process Folders. Droplets need to be remade to add processing of folders.
· Fixed an issue where stopping the Rapid Convert process would trigger a crash.
· Fixed an issue where an error during downloading the check for update data caused a crash.
· Fixed an issue where writing v1.1 ID3 tags to MP3 files could cause a crash.
· Fixed an issue where some Audio Units would display an error when processing audio and reached the end of the audio.
· Fixed an issue where the UI was not updated for some VST plugins.
· Fixed an issue where some VST plugins were not recognized as valid.
· Fixed an issue where some VST plugins were not loaded properly.
· Fixed an issue where endless error messages were displayed after applying a plugin in the Edit Window and previewing the audio before processing.
· This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.
May 24th, 2008· Fixed MPEG-4 Playback When More Than 2 Channels in Output Device - Fixed an issue where playing back MPEG-4 (.m4a) files to output devices set up to play more than 2 channels would generate an error and not play.
· Fixed a Crash When Clicking the Loop Button - Fixed an issue where clicking the Loop button with no assets in the asset list would crash.
· Fixed a Crash When Editing Info in the Asset List - Fixed an issue when editing metadata in the Asset List and hitting the Delete key in certain situations would cause a crash.
· Fixed Issues With Reading ID3 Tags - Fixed a couple issues where ID3 Tags were not being read correctly.
· General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.