Wavosaur free audio editor software for Windows updated to v1.8

Wavosaur has announced the release of an update to its for Windows. Version 1.8 of Wavosaur comes with various new features, improvements and fixes.

Wavosaur is a cool free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files. Wavosaur has all the features to edit audio (cut, copy, paste, etc.) produce music loops, analyze, record, batch convert. Wavosaur supports VST plugins, ASIO driver, multichannel wav files, real time effect processing.

Changes in Wavosaur v1.8.0.0

New VST dialog box for plugin GUI:
- Resizing bug fixed.
- Plugin name and dll name display.
- Status bar, menu and toolbar for plugin control.
- Mute button function to disconnect plugin.
- Load & save banks and presets.
- Resizable VST GUI full support.
New “VST/MIDI bridge”:
- VST parameter are now management via MIDI CC (see manual for more detailed info).
- Update of MIDI configuration dialog box.
New “VST Tweaker”:
- Display of all VST parameters.
- Support of VST without GUI.
- Parameter value, label and name displayed.
- Usable with mouse wheel.
- Configurable view for low/high res screens (saved in ini file).
New “VST Scanner”:
- New scanner with independent processing of plugin to avoid crash with unstable plugins.
- Use of WavosaurVSTScan.exe mandatory (same directory).
VST Rack:
- Mute added in popup menu (mute the selected plugin).
- VST plugin properties dialog box.
- No window close on ‘return’ key pressed.
- Renaming of plugin in rack and list.
- Host support for open/save dialog.
- Support of parameter automation.
- Option to keep VST rack (saved in wavosaur.sor) to reload it at startup.
MP3 decoding bug with corrupted files fixed.
Playbar resynchro during selection change for loop.
Vu meter, Widget and VST processing bug fixed (for file closed).
New Wavosaur debug features:
- New dialog box in help menu.
- Code from Wavosaur support to activate debug functions.
Optimisation audit & task force for timing and speed:
- Player, widget global graphic interface.
- Full display for zoom.
New recent file dialog box:
- New dockable (left/right) and resizeable dialog for recent file.
- All recent files are saved in wavosaurrecentfiles.ini file.
- Name and path views.
New file browser dockable dialog box:
- Simple and efficient file tree with audio.
- Double click to load file.
- Path saved wavosaurbrowser.ini file.
- File filters fully editable in ini file.
Editor frame rate is now available in cfg file for advanced users.
Sampling rate and audio device are now on the main frame pane.
Double click on dB bar (channel solo) change without select all.
Audio driver:
- Relaunched after audio configurations.
ASIO:
- Bug corrected for 24-bits drivers (LSB).
- Compatibility improvement for ASIO4all change of buffer size.
- Correction for multichannel drivers.
- Sample rate frequency detection.
MIDI:
- MIDI panning correction.
- MIDI commands are now in fully editable “wavosaurmidicommand.ini”.
- Evolution UC33 MIDI controller compatibility improvement.
New toolbar size, buttons added for oscillo & sonogram.
Main frame: filter to aifc, aff and snd added in open dialog box.