Freeverse and Felt Tip Software have announced the imminent release of Sound Studio 3, a simple and powerful digital audio recording tool for Mac OS X.

Sound Studio 3 has been re-engineered to take advantage of the latest Mac OS X technologies including Core Audio, Automator and Audio Units. Sound Studio 3 is for anyone who needs to record or edit lectures, podcasts, voice-notes, sermons, performances, etc.

Sound Studio 3 Features:

Recording:

• 24-bit / 96 kHz sampling, in stereo or mono.
• Low latency monitoring, using Core Audio.
• Automatic recording starting and stopping based on timers or audio levels (a.k.a. VOX).

Editing:

• Sample-accurate edits.
• Markers (a.k.a. Cue Points) with text labels.
• Time ruler with units for video and film.
• Copy-and-paste editing.
• Basic mixing edits.
• Applescript and Automator support.

Effects:

• Supports Audio Units.
• Dynamics: Compressor, Expander, and Noise Gate.
• Equalization: Graphic EQ, Low Pass, Filter and High Pass Filter.
• Delay: Chorus, Flanger, Echo, and Reverb.
• Volume: Amplify, Fade In/Out/Special, and Normalize.
• Repair: Interpolate, Silence, DC Offset, and Swap Channels.
• Repair clicks and pops by interpolating samples or silencing them.
• Tone, FM, and noise generators.
• Pitch adjustment.
• Backwards/Reverse Audio.

Sound Studio 3 has an MSRP of $79.95 and is available today for pre-order at Freeverse.com. It will ship before the end of this month.