Michel Rouzic has announced version 1.8 of Photosounder, a tool for graphical sound design by spectral editing.
Photosounder allows you to graphically manipulate sound files to directly adjust, create and shape sounds with surgical precision.
Changes in Photosounder v1.8
- Stereo support to edit and create stereo sounds less painfully.
- Layer support for more powerful editing.
- New options and modifications to improve your workflow and results.
VSTi integration and multi-platform support are planned for future updates.
Photosounder is available to purchase priced at $32 USD / €25 EUR for a non-commercial license and $127 USD / €99 EUR for a commercial license, with a free upgrade to version 1.8 (available on June 1, 2010). After the release of v1.8 Photosounder’s price will increase to $59 USD / €46 EUR for a non-commercial license and $175 USD / €138 EUR for a commercial license.
More information: Photosounder
Faber Acoustical has released version 2.1 of Electroacoustics Toolbox, a modularized, multi-channel dynamic signal analyzer and data acquisition platform for Mac.
It brings powerful new tools to the Macintosh platform for multi-channel, audio-band data acquisition and real-time analysis of electrical, acoustical, and electroacoustic signals and systems. It enables precise measurements of acoustic quantities, such as equivalent and time-weighted sound levels, as well as acoustic and electroacoustic systems, such as listening rooms and loudspeakers. The software is designed to work with any Mac-compatible audio hardware and supports multiple channels of 8, 16, 24, or 32-bit data with sample rates as high as the hardware will support.
Changes in Electroacoustics Toolbox v2.1
- Improves compatibility with Snow Leopard (Mac OS X, version 10.6).
- Transfer function measurements can be corrected by previous captured measurements.
- Memory management and stability have been improved.
- Product updates can now be automatically retrieved and installed.
- Individual input channel calibration is now possible within the Device I/O Setup window.
- Some oscilloscope triggering issues have been corrected.
- Cross-correlation functions are properly normalized.
- Other minor bugs and cosmetic issues have been corrected.
Electroacoustics Toolbox is available for Mac OS X for $499 USD.
More information: Faber Acoustical
Faber Acoustical has updated real-time analyzer SignalScope and SignalScope Pro to version 2.1.5, and real-time signal generator SignalSuite to v3.1.5.
The new updates include improved Leopard compatibility and stability enhancements.
Changes in SignalScope / SignalScope Pro v2.1.5
- Version 2.1.5 improves compatibility with Snow Leopard (Mac OS X, version 10.6).
- Memory management and stability have been improved.
- Product updates can now be automatically retrieved and installed.
- Individual input channel calibration is now possible within the Device I/O Setup window.
- Some oscilloscope triggering issues have been corrected.
- [SignalScope Pro] Fractional-octave-band filters exhibit more accurate band edges and improved CPU performance.
- Other minor bugs and cosmetic issues have been corrected.
Changes in SignalSuite v3.1.5
- Version 3.1.5 improves compatibility with Snow Leopard (Mac OS X, version 10.6).
- Memory management and stability have been improved.
- Product updates can now be automatically retrieved and installed.
SignalScope/SignalScope Pro and SignalSuite are available as Audio Unit plug-ins for Mac.
More information: Faber Acoustical
Michel Rouzic has released Photosounder, a one-of-a-kind image-sound editing program.
It is unique in that it opens images and sounds indiscriminately, treats and processes them as images, and synthesizes them as sounds. Sounds, once turned into images, can be powerfully modified to achieve effects and results that couldn’t be obtained in any other way, while images of all sorts reveal the infinite kinds of otherworldly sounds they contain. Ultimately, knowing how sounds look and how images sound, you’ll be able to create images that sound like what you want to hear, or like what you couldn’t imagine to hear.
Photosounder features
- Loads nearly all image formats
- Loads OGG and WAV sounds
- Can save the resulting sound into a WAV file
- Analyses sounds into images for processing
- Features spray tools to edit the image-sound by hand
- Can adjust the frequency range, frequency scale, tempo (playback rate),
gamma - Can rotate and flip the image-sound
Photosounder is available for Windows PC (Mac OS and Linux versions coming soon) for 99 EUR. A demo version is available, with the ability to save the resulting sound to file disabled, and a small noise inserted every 3 seconds.
Visit the Photosounder website for more information and some audio & video demos.
