TwistedWave 1.5
Released on 7/2/2008
New Features
- Vertical zoom.
- Scrubbing.
- Support for WavPack and Wave64 files.
- Added a level meter.
- Added the File/Analyze menu item to gather some info about the waveform.
- Added the option to lock the channels together.
- Ability to display times in SMPTE.
- Uses the TimeCode reference from .wav and .aiff files.
- It is now possible to select the channels used for recording/playing.
- New shortcuts: shift mouse wheel to scroll, and command wheel for vertical zoom.
Fixes and Improvements
- The presets of individual effects in a stack would not always be remembered.
- When saving a preset, the new name was not taken into account when OK was pressed. Only when validating with return.
- TwistedWave now handles properly Audio Units whose GUI can resize.
- When saving a WAV file, TwistedWave would fail if the extension is not in lower case letters.
- Saving as OGG would only write 44100kHz files.
- Closed files would remain open by TwistedWave, preventing them from being emptied from the trash.
TwistedWave 1.4
Released on 4/25/2008
New Features
- Support for metadata.
- Added a signal generator.
- A configurable special pasting that automatically fades in/out.
- Added an icon for the files saved by TwistedWave.
- Added the ability to export the selection.
- Added the ability to create a new document with the current selection.
- Added the ability to choose whether to open an untitled document at application launch, the last visited, or nothing.
- When applying an audio unit effect, there is an option to tell TwistedWave whether to truncate, insert, or merge the tail with the rest of the sound.
- Added the ability to have an audio unit applied globally to all documents.
Fixes and Improvements
- TwistedWave could crash reading some WMA files.
- TwistedWave could crash when using the Apple Matrix Reverb audio unit.
- TwistedWave could fail saving a file in some cases.
- Fixed a memory leak leading to some crashes when reading some large files.
- TwistedWave could not read wav files larger than 2GB.
- In some cases, when recording, only one channel would be recorded, or the channels could be swapped.
- TwistedWave could crash when selecting a region extending beyond the visible area.
- AIFF files produced by TwistedWave could not be read by MaxMSP.
- When editing keyboard shortcuts, all the menu items are now enabled.
- The audio units GUI would not display properly in some cases.
- The 'Remove Channel' command now removes the channel the cursor is in.
TwistedWave 1.3
Released on 12/21/2007
New Features
- Added the ability to move the cursor to the next transient.
- Saving OGG/Vorbis files.
- Reading WMA files.
- Added the ability to disable the automatic scrolling when playing.
- Added the insert silence effect.
Fixes and Improvements
- Improved the audio units management.
- When loading a split multichannel file, the document name was Untitled.
- The audio units GUI would not reflect the changes when a preset was loaded, on Leopard.
- TwistedWave would fail reading files that were several GB in size.
TwistedWave 1.2.1
Released on 10/27/2007
New Features
- You can stop recording by pressing the space bar.
Fixes and Improvements
- A crash when trying to rename channels in the channel reordering tool.
- A crash when trying to save a file with a number of channels not supported by the codec.
- A crash when trying to save a file in a format that TwistedWave can only read.
- A crash when trying to record for the 33rd time.
- TwistedWave would continue recording if the document was closed.
- The default file format with new documents is now the last used one (was always CAF).
- Opening and closing files repeatedly would not free all the resources, and eventually lead to a crash.
- The bit depth was not taken into account when saving in AIFF or SD2.
- Saving an 8 bit WAV file did not work.
- The bit depth in the status bar would not be accurate for ALAC files.
- A crash when 'Reverting to Saved', and the original file cannot be read.
TwistedWave 1.2
Released on 10/18/2007
New Features
- Ready for Leopard!
- Reading/Writing FLAC files.
- Reading OGG/Vorbis files.
- Saving CAF files.
- It is possible to choose the sample size, bit rate and codec when saving a file.
- Added the cursor position and (optional) selection length in the toolbar.
- Added two dialogs for editing the cursor position and selection.
- Added the ability to reorder the channels.
- The file duration is displayed in the status bar.
- Added support for split multichannel files.
- Double click to select a whole channel, triple click to select all.
- Added the 'Invert Polarity' effect.
- It is possible to change the timeline font size.
Fixes and Improvements
- Recording would crash if the sound file and input device didn't have the same number of channels.
- Previewing the "Change Speed" effect could crash.
- The check for updates should pass through proxies.
- The help buttons would not always open the documentation at the right page.
- Shift-clicking will select everything between the cursor and the mouse pointer.
- Improved the way TwistedWave follows the wave when recording.
TwistedWave 1.1
Released on 9/20/2007
New Features
- Added the 'multiple paste' option to the clip list.
- It is possible to preview the files from the file open dialog.
- It is possible to move the cursor to the beginning or end of the file or selection with the arrows.
- The normalization level is adjustable.
- Clicking on the rulers sets the cursor position on all channels, making it easier to work on multichannel files.
- Added support for reading Ambisonic sound files.
- Added the menu items to move the cursor to the beginning or end of the file.
- Automatically checks for updates.
Fixes and Improvements
- When previewing an audio unit, there was a 1 second latency when changing a parameter.
- Improved the behavior of the zoom in/out buttons.
- Reading a WAV file, and saving it in MPEG4 would crash.
- Trying to save a document with more than 2 channels in mp3 would crash.
- Applying an effect when there is not enough disk space would crash.
- TwistedWave would refuse a valid serial number if the user name was not capitalized correctly.
- The 'Select All' shortcut would not work in text fields.
- When saving a new clip, the name entered was ignored, and the default name was used when clicking Ok.
- Added a friendly message instead of a crash when an audio unit fails to initialize.
- It was possible to apply some effects when no document was open, leading to a crash.
TwistedWave 1.0
Released on 8/12/2007
First release