Sound Grinder 2.5.5 review (mac)

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Sound Grinder is a highly efficient and feature rich audio utility featuring conversion support for many of the most popular audio formats including: AIFF AMR Narrowband AU MP3 (LAME codec) OGG/Vorbis Quicktime Movie Sound Designer II WAV Sound Grinder also provides fast access to audio conversion right within the Mac OS X Finder.

License: Demo
OS: Mac OS X
File size: 2970K
Developer: Monkey Tools      
Price: $39.00
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Sound Grinder 2.5.5 is audio software developed by Monkey Tools.
Sound Grinder is a highly efficient and feature rich audio utility featuring conversion support for many of the most popular audio formats including:
AIFF
AMR Narrowband
AU
MP3 (LAME codec)
OGG/Vorbis
Quicktime Movie
Sound Designer II
WAV

Sound Grinder also provides fast access to audio conversion right within the Mac OS X Finder.

Sound Grinder incorporates Rapid Convert™ allowing it to pull-up/pull-down sample rates, folder hierarchy recreation, and 31 character naming compatibility.

Here are some key features of "Sound Grinder":

  • RMS and Peak Normalizing
  • AMR Narrowband support
  • Rapid Convert™
  • Playback Slider
  • New File Format Support
  • Pull-up/pull-down Sample Rates
  • Retain Folder Structure Option
  • 31 Character Name Limit
  • New Installer
  • Many additional speed and ease of use Enhancements.

    Limitations:
  • Sound Grinder will run without limitation for 15 days, after which it will no longer run, but it can be activated within the application.

    What's New:
  • Enhanced AIFF and WAVE/BWAVE importing Improved support of AIFF and WAVE/BWAVE file importing to handle cases of malformed and corrupted files.
  • Updated support for mono FLAC files Fixed an issue regarding mono FLAC files.
  • Fixed retaining region information during conversion Fixed an issue where Sound Grinder would not retain region information while performing a conversion. Now all region information is properly retained.
  • Fixed WAVE/BWAVE metadata export handling We have fixed an issue where metadata in WAVE/BWAVE files created by Sound Grinder may not be recognized in other applications.
  • Fixed a hang on import of Sound Designer 2 files Corrected a situation where Sound Grinder would hang when importing Sound Designer 2 files with region information.
  • MP3 fix and enhancement We corrected an issue regarding the handling of min/max bitrates for MP3 export and added support for importing MP3 files using the MPEG 2.5 specification.
  • Other fixes... This version also includes other fixes that provide improved stability.

    Requirements:
  • Quicktime 6.3 or later.
    Sound Grinder 2.5.5 supports english interface languages and works with Mac OS X.

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