TimeToyPro 2.0 review

TimeeToyPro is a Mac OS X application for adding neat time-stretching effects to your audio files.

License: Shareware OS: Mac OS X File size: 0K Developer: LowNorth Buy Now Price: $17.00 Updated: 13 Jun 2006

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TimeeToyPro is a Mac OS X application for adding neat time-stretching effects to your audio files. It's fun and easy to use, and best of all really cheap!

Most time manipulation tools are utilitarian by nature: sure they might sound ok but they're no fun to play around with. Usually you're forced to set a time stretching ratio and then after watching the progress bar crawl by your patience is rewarded with a longer version of your input file. *yawn*.

In TimeToyPro you can draw a graph to plot out crazy time variations which are executed in real-time. Registered users can even drag the mouse across a sound's waveform to perform fixed-pitch audio scrubbing and freeze effects!

Here are some key features of "TimeToyPro":
stretch a sound to 10% its original length without changing pitch to create fascinating new sounds
create odd tempo changes in a soundfile (with a speech sample, you can make the speaker sound drunk :-)
musicians: slow down that tricky musical excerpt to find out exactly what notes are being played
plug in a microphone and perform with TimeToyPro using the Live Audio Input mode.

What's New:
full drag & drop functionality
scan forward and reverse buttons
looping playback function
simplified save to file function
can now import .mp3 and .mov files of any length
spacebar starts/stops playback, return resets to beginning of file
spiffy new brushed aluminum interface
cleaned up menu commands
better error handling
tutorial files
advanced Stretch Settings pane allows for detailed control over output sound quality and extreme effects
support for any core-audio compatible audio harware
real-time input mode for streaming audio stretch effects
user can set loop points within audio file
mouse-scrubbable audio waveform window for extreme stretch effects or audio freezing.