TwistedWave 1.9

New Features

• Support for VST plugins.
• Import YouTube soundtracks.
• Integration of Apple's speech synthesis.
• Support for reading .wmv, .flv and .ac3 files.
• Support for Audiobook .m4b files.
• The markers are loaded/saved as chapters in mp4 (.mp4 .m4a .m4b .m4r) files.
• Split multichannel support for batch processing.
• New batch processing actions: cut, fade in/out, reorder channels, add/remove/split by markers, copy a metadata field to another.
• Support for trackpad swipe and pinch gestures.
• Automatically place markers at regular intervals.

Improvements

• Smoother zooming and scrolling with the magic mouse or trackpad.
• Uses Sparkle for automatic updates.
• Added the possibility to undo all the previous actions of the same kind at once.
• Much faster file loading, especially reading mp3.
• The Insert Silence effect will replace the selections if a selection exists.
• Use shift-space to stop playing without moving the cursor back.

Fixes

• The markers from some wav files would not load.
• Fixed a problem when saving files whose samples were more than 0 dbFS.
• Saving/loading MP3 files would add a small silence at the beginning/end of the file.

TwistedWave 1.8

New Features

• Automatically split a sound file by detecting silences.
• A 64-bit version is available.
• Exporting iPhone ringtone files.

Improvements

• Seting a default zoom when opening documents.
• Editing the selection by dragging its edges.
• Option to keep the processing tail when applying an effect stack.
• Once an effect stack was applied, it becomes bypassed.

Fixes

• The sound level could be reduced when using the "Change Pitch and Speed" effect.
• Recording or playing could stop working if an audio device is unplugged/replugged, or when the computer goes to sleep.
• Auto extend to crossing didn't work when playing audio.
• Saving 8bit aiff files was broken.
• Reading markers would fail for certain WAV files.
• Importing markers was broken.

TwistedWave 1.7

New Features

• Batch processing.
• Support for DIRAC time stretching/pitch shifting and automatic pitch correction.
• Exporting waveform images.
• Support for saving WMA files.
• Added support for the MS and IMA4 ADPCM codec.

Improvements

• Clicking on a marker moves the cursor.
• Selecting markers in the markers window selects the corresponding audio regin.
• Prevent doing a selection by mistake when doing a simple click.

Fixes

• Fixed a problem exporting CAF AAC and IMA4 files.
• Fixed a problem with Audio Units whose GUI would resize.
• A crash when Command-dropping a file before 0.
• Applying an ohm force plugin failed.
• The default preset for Audio Units was broken.
• TwistedWave failed recovering a session where the signal generator was used.
• TwistedWave was not looping seamlessly.
• When using the special paste, the cursor could move to the start of the file in some cases.

TwistedWave 1.6.3

New Features

• Added the ability to change the pitch and speed.
• Added the loop crossfade effect.
• Improved the custom fade window.

Fixes and Improvements

• A crash when opening the preferences window.

TwistedWave 1.6.2

New Features

• Custom fade.

Fixes and Improvements

• Fixed a freeze when applying some audio unit effects, or changing the speed.

TwistedWave 1.6.1

Minor improvements

• Adjustable buffer size.
• The selection is now replaced when pasting.
• Move the cursor to the beginning/end of the selection with option-left/right.
• Scroll left or right with page-up/page-down.
• The cursor remains visible when moving it with the arrow keys.

Fixes

• Improved play through with lower latency.
• The crash recovery could fail in some cases.
• A crash when loading T-RackS 3 plugins.
• Ozone4's GUI could disappear in some cases.
• The audio could get corrupted when recording with an Apogee duet.
• Playing 192kHz files was broken.
• The manual would not open correctly from the help menu, or the help buttons.
• Marker names with accents wouldn't show up correctly.
• Markers would be duplicated when converting to mono.
• The audio units from the effect stack were applied in the reverse order.
• Some audio unit plugins, such as soundhack's ones could produce a few seconds of silence.
• TwistedWave could record with a wrong sampling rate, resulting in a pitch shifted audio.
• When recording, play through could play only on the left side in some cases.
• Some jpeg files did not work properly in mp4 files artwork metadata.
• Scrolling with shift + mouse wheel was broken.

TwistedWave 1.6

New Features

• Support for markers.
• Added the ability to manipulate cuts/crossfades.
• Automatically restore the session after a crash.
• Drag and dropping the selection.
• Play through when recording.
• Saving the color scheme presets.

Fixes and Improvements

• Wave64 support was broken on 10.4/intel.
• Ability to zoom when command dragging the overview window.

TwistedWave 1.5.1

New Features

• Added the ability to automatically apply a crossfade when deleting a region.
• Ability to export channels as individual files.
• Added the ability to register TwistedWave for all users.

Fixes and Improvements

• TwistedWave remembers the selection and cursor position when performing an undo/redo.
• The TimeReference is correctly updated when exporting the selection, creating a new doc with the selection, or changing the sampling rate.
• Fixed a crash when reading large files.
• Fixed some clicks when reading a 32bit floating point wav file.

TwistedWave 1.5

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

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

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

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

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

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

First release