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Sound Grinder Changelog

What's new in Sound Grinder 3.5.6

Feb 17, 2015
  • Fixed QuickTime Export - Fixed an issue that prevented QuickTime Movies being created during Export.
  • General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in Sound Grinder 3.5.5 (Jan 23, 2015)

  • General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in Sound Grinder 3.5.3 (Aug 22, 2014)

  • Fixed an issue in creating split audio files
  • Fixed an issue when creating split stereo audio files where the 2 channels would inadvertently be mixed before export.
  • Fixed an issue with opening Sessions
  • Fixed an issue that prevented opening Sessions.
  • General enhancements
  • This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in Sound Grinder 3.5.2 (Jan 20, 2014)

  • Updated eSellerate to latest version:
  • Updated eSellerate support to resolve some customer activation issues.
  • General enhancements:
  • This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in Sound Grinder 3.5.1 (Dec 16, 2013)

  • Fixed an issue with loading saved sessions:
  • Fixed an issue where loading saved sessions would not display all the Assets in the Asset List.
  • Fixed an issue with L.A.M.E Settings:
  • Fixed an issue where adjusting the bitrates for CBR and ABR would not take affect.
  • Fixed a crash on quit on 10.6.x:
  • Fixed an issue where Sound Grinder would sometimes quit when exiting on 10.6.x.
  • Folder Aliases as Destinations:
  • Added the ability to use Folder Aliases as Destinations.
  • General enhancements:
  • This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in Sound Grinder 3.5 (Sep 12, 2013)

  • Brand new Cocoa User Interface:
  • The entire User Interface has been rebuilt using Apple's Cocoa!
  • Enhanced Volume Slider:
  • Added current output gain display.
  • Added ability to OPTION+click to reset to unity gain.
  • Enhanced Broadcast WAVE functionality:
  • Introduced Broadcast WAVE as its own output file type. Selecting Broadcast WAVE ensures the Broadcast Extension is written to the file even if "Produce Metadata" is turned off.
  • Enhanced MPEG 4 Support:
  • Improved MPEG 4 import support to remove potential crash issues with malformed files.
  • Enhanced QuickTime File Support:
  • Added a fix to workaround a crash in QuickTime that could be encountered when importing invalid audio files.
  • Added additional error handling when using QuickTime to read a movie's audio track and it fails.
  • Fixed playback crashes:
  • Fixed an issue where pressing the Fwd/Rew keyboard keys while the Asset List was empty would result in a crash.
  • Fixed an issue where holding Fwd would crash when reaching the end of the Asset.
  • General enhancements:
  • This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in Sound Grinder 3.4.6 (Sep 17, 2012)

  • Enhanced AIFF Support:
  • Updated the AIFF support to calculate more accurate file durations.
  • Improved read support for 24 bit Integer encoded AIFC.
  • Enhanced WAVE Support:
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a crash with malformed WAVE files.
  • Added import and read support for IEEE Float samples.
  • Enhanced SD2 Support:
  • Fixed some issues that could cause crashes when importing certain SD2 files.
  • Fixed Mountain Lion Issues:
  • Fixed MP3 file reading.
  • Fixed Edit menu issues.
  • Enhanced Float32 Audio Code Playback Support:
  • Audio files encoded as Float32 samples should now playback on recent versions of OS X.
  • General enhancements:
  • This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in Sound Grinder 3.4.5 (Aug 8, 2012)

  • Mountain Lion Compatibility - Fixed all known issues with Mountain Lion
  • Fixed an issue with Serial Number Authorization - Fixed an issue where the name text field did not appear when authorizing a Serial Number.
  • General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in Sound Grinder 3.4.4 (Jul 23, 2012)

  • Fixed an AIFF import issue:
  • Fixed a new issue introduced in previous AIFF import bug fixes that would cause some AIFF files to be imported incorrectly.
  • Fixed issue with Apple Lossless export:
  • Fixed an issue with Apple Lossless export as a result of revisions to CoreAudio.
  • General enhancements:
  • This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in Sound Grinder 3.4.3 (May 11, 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.

New in Sound Grinder 3.4.2 (Apr 17, 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.

New in Sound Grinder 3.4.1 (Dec 20, 2011)

  • 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 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.

New in Sound Grinder 3.4 (Sep 22, 2011)

  • New Background Asset Analysis - Added functionality to analyze assets in the background to auto-fill Peak and RMS metadata.
  • Added "Marker" import/export support WAVE files - Added functionality to read and write Markers through WAVE file cue points.
  • Added support for disabling the Channel Mask when creating WAVE files - Added a WAVE file setting called "Include Channel Mask" that defaults to off that will make multi-channel files more compatible with Pro Tools.
  • New Crash Handler - Added support for capturing crashes in order to collect user feedback and upload to Monkey Tools.
  • Fixed an internal settings restore issue - Fixed an issue where default settings would not be restored properly and would cause incorrect files to be created.
  • Fixed an issue with FLAC => FLAC conversion - Fixed an issue where converting from FLAC => FLAC and changing the sample rate would result in incorrect output files.
  • Fixed an issue with "Copy from Selection" in Metadata tab - Fixed an issue with "Copy from Selection" in the Metadata tab where the application could crash.
  • Fixed an issue with reading ID3v2.4 tags - Fixed an issue when reading ID3v2.4 tags where the size of individual metadata was not being calculated correctly for large metadata.
  • Fixed a crash issue when importing Empty Folders - Fixed an issue where a crash could occur if an Empty folder was selected for import.
  • Fixed a crash issue when importing ID3 tags - Fixed an issue where importing certain ID3 tags may cause a crash.
  • Added a Missing Error Message - Added an error message for a rare Core Audio situation that wasn't being displayed to the user previously.
  • General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in Sound Grinder 3.3.10 (Nov 24, 2010)

  • New 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 FLAC metadata
  • Fixed an issue where "COMPOSER" and "CONDUCTOR" were not being written to files or read from files.
  • Fixed an issue when clearing a numeric metadata field
  • Fixed a crash that would occur when clearing a numeric metadata field.
  • 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
  • -Fixed playback issues with Play Control when playing DRM and some other content.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • General enhancements
  • This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in Sound Grinder 3.3.9 (Dec 16, 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 would fail if the files were not on the volume containing the OS.
  • 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.

New in Sound Grinder 3.3.8 (Sep 3, 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.
  • 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.

New in Sound Grinder 3.3.7 (Aug 18, 2009)

  • Fixed 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 an issue importing SD2 Annotation as ProTools File Comment - Fixed an issue where SD2 Annotations were incorrectly read.
  • Modified Session Save Functionality - Significantly modified the 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 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.

New in Sound Grinder 3.3.6 (Jun 2, 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.

New in Sound Grinder 3.3.5 (Apr 8, 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.

New in Sound Grinder 3.3.4 (Feb 17, 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.

New in Sound Grinder 3.3.3 (Feb 7, 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.

New in Sound Grinder 3.3.2 (Dec 12, 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 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.

New in Sound Grinder 3.3.1 (Nov 20, 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 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.

New in Sound Grinder 3.3 (Nov 1, 2008)

  • 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 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.
  • 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 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 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.
  • General enhancements - This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in Sound Grinder 3.2.6 (Jul 16, 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 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 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.
  • This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency

New in Sound Grinder 3.2.5 (May 24, 2008)

  • Fixed an issue where split files were not always recognized as split files. - In certain circumstances, when invoking Rapid Convert directly or through a Droplet, split files would not be recognized as split files. Sound Grinder now correctly identifies split files in these cases.
  • 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.

New in Sound Grinder 3.2.4 (Mar 20, 2008)

  • Fixed Issues with creating waveform overviews
  • Fixed several issues related to creating waveform overviews.
  • Improved import performance
  • Completed performance tuning of recent internal code improvements to greatly improve the speed of importing many files.
  • Fixed error when replacing Droplet
  • Fixed an issue where replacing a Droplet would not remove the original Droplet.
  • Simplified Installation
  • You can now install Sound Grinder by simply copying it to your Applications folder. Sound Grinder will finish the installation procedure at launch.
  • This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.