Felt Tip Software has begun beta testing version 3.0 of Sound Studio, their audio recording/editing application for Mac OS X. Version 3 adds support for Audio Units, AAC encoding, MP3 encoding (if LAME.framework is installed), and multi-track support.

Sound Studio v2.2.4 Features

Recording:

• 24-bit / 96 kHz sample quality, 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.
• Dual waveform view: upper overview shows entire file, lower view shows magnified view of audio.
• Copy-and-paste editing.
• Basic mixing edits.

Effects:

• 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.

File Formats:

• AIFF (.aif) and AIFF-C (.aifc) with compression including IMA 4:1.
• AAC and MP3 (importing only).
• Sound Designer II.
• Wave (.wav, PCM only).
• Tab-delimited text (export only).