Action Bypass

You asked and we delivered! You can now bypass actions in your workflows. This feature is a direct result of user feedback and our commitment to developing user-driven software. Every action now has a checkbox next to the action title. Simply deselect the checkbox to bypass that action. That action is now bypassed in your workflow. Reactivate it by clicking the check box again.

Growl Support

What is Growl? Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X — it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications. We're big fans of Growl and we think you will be as well. We encourage you to learn more about Growl by visiting their website. It's very easy to install and configure. There is a good chance many of your favorite applications support Growl also.

We've been busy updating all of our applications to utilize Growl for notifications and Sample Manager is the latest. Start your workflow and hide Sample Manager. Growl will tell you when it has finished.

Compress & Expand Actions

Again, you asked and we delivered! By request, we've added two new and useful Process Actions — Compress & Expand. These actions are wrappers for Apple's powerful built-in AUDynamicsProcessor Audio Unit. We're always busy dreaming up new actions for Sample Manager, so stay tuned for more actions coming soon. (We love suggestions too!)

And That's Not All...

We've packed quite a few features into this release including better memory usage, an updated interface with a new Collections panel (replacing the Actions and Workflows drawers), the ability to Convert Folders to Groups, and many more.

Batch Audio Processor

Sample Manager is the quintessential batch audio file processor for Mac OS X. Designed in Cocoa from the ground up, Sample Manager proudly takes advantage of CoreAudio, Quartz, and other solid OS X features.

Sample Manager is hands-down the most powerful and full-featured audio batch processor available today — sort files by any parameter, view detailed waveforms down to the sample, change file names, gain, fade, trim and process to your heart's content. There are over 50 process actions are available. You can chain your process actions together as Workflows, and with one click you can apply complex processes to as many audio files as you like.

Sample Manager goes beyond the call of duty by including unlimited undo, support for all known audio metadata, a hierarchical file listing with support for folders, custom groups, and even Smart Folders (which consistently search for audio files using Spotlight) and much more; all of this within an extremely well-designed and friendly interface.

Industry Best Sample Rate Conversion

No need to reinvent the wheel here. Rather than spend a lot of time and money developing our own sample rate conversion, time stretching and wordlength reduction technologies and passing those costs on to you, we decided to source the best DSP available — iZotope™.

Sample Manager incorporates iZotope's industry best 64-bit SRC™ and MBIT+™ dither. We also have incorporated iZotope's SonicFit™ time/pitch technology. This ensures that Wave Editor delivers the highest fidelity and the best value on the market.

Try It Free...

Sample Manager will run, without limitation, for 15 days. After that, you'll need to purchase Sample Manager for $90 to utilize the application's functionality. A Sample Manager license key may be purchased directly from our online store.

Upgrades from Sample Manager 2 are $20. If you own another batch processor, you may be eligible for a competitive upgrades.

Applescript

AppleScript is the language of automation for Mac OS X. Sample Manager is the only audio batch processor for Mac OS X to fully support AppleScript, Apple's powerul English-like scripting language. This means that you can utilize AppleScript to build detailed workflows using Sample Manager with other AppleScriptable applications and Mac OS X itself. For example, you may have a large FileMaker database of sound effects. You can write an AppleScript application that will query the database, extract the desired sound effects and automatically process them with Sample Manager. (This is real-world example that one of our customers uses on a daily basis.)

We encourage you to learn more about AppleScript at apple.com, the Apple Developer Connection, Wikipedia and MacScripter.net

Automator

We spent a lot of time researching interface design ideas for Sample Manager 3. Sample Manager 2 was the first AppleScriptable audio batch process for Mac OS X, but we wanted to make it even more powerful, yet easier to use. After careful consideration, we took our inspiration from Automator. Sample Manager borrows heavily from Automator's easy-to-use interface. Not only is Sample Manager fully AppleScriptable, we fully support Automator. You can build complex Automator actions and plug-ins with access to over 50 actions with in Sample Manager without even having to open the application! This makes it easy to integrate Sample Manager with FileMaker Pro, Apple Mail or any other application that supports Automator. Mac OS X Leopard makes Automater even more powerful with UI recording and playback, workflow looping and more.

What You Need, When You Need It

Audiofile Engineering started in a studio, not a boardroom. Along the way, we realized one thing that plagued the world of audio software — inadequate end-user support. It has been our goal since day one to do everything we can to change this.

We take great pride in providing unparalleled technical support for our customers. Everything we do, even the process of developing our software, is done so with our customers in mind. We've gone to great lengths to improve our development workflow and quality control in order to prevent issues from happening in the first place. We've gone even further by implementing modern tools that allow us to support our customers better and faster than anyone else.

Introducing The Help Desk...

We had an idea — a big idea. What if a software application had everything it needed? Not just the features you need to get your work done, not just the bells and whistles and a pretty interface. What if we went even further? What if you could access all of our support resources IN the program? Now, that's an idea.

The Help Desk is totally unique to Audiofile Engineering software (patent pending, no kidding). Most Help menus launch your email application or your favorite web browser as soon as you choose an item. Not ours. Our revolutionary Help Desk gives you direct access to screencasts, documentation, release notes, software update options, license keys, debug options and support request submission and tracking. The Help Desk even tells you when manuals have been updated or new tutorials have been posted! You never have to leave the application, you always stay in the context of your work. You can submit your great feature request idea as soon as it comes to your mind without ever having to send an email or visit a website. It's a big idea, but we think it is an important one.

Only The Best For You

No need to reinvent the wheel here. Rather than spend a lot of time and money developing our own sample rate conversion and wordlength reduction technologies and passing those costs on to you, we decided to source the best DSP available — iZotope. Wave Editor incorporates iZotope's industry best 64-bit SRC™ and MBIT+™ dither. We have also incorporated iZotope's SonicFit™ time/pitch technology. This ensures that Wave Editor delivers the highest fidelity and the best value on the market.

iZotope 64-bit SRC™

The iZotope 64-bit SRC utilizes a hyrbrid algorithm providing the highest quality and most customizable resampling available on the market today. iZotope 64-bit SRC features a hybrid ringing control enabling a compromise between the standard pre-ringing of a linear phase filter and the post-ringing of a minimum phase filter. A continuous control morphs the algorithm from a linear phase filter to a minimum phase filter. The key step of sample rate conversion is the quality of the low-pass filter design. The crucial aspects include a flat pass-band, steep transition-band, high suppression in the stop-band, and minimal ringing. The careful attention of iZotope's SRC protects against the loss of data, aliasing, noise, and unwanted ringing artifacts that plague other implementations. Key features include the world's first continuous control over pre-ringing and post-ringing, alias-free operation for minimal harmonic distortion, Control filter cutoff steepness versus ringing, 64-bit double precision internal processing for minimal noise, highly efficiency for realtime operation, variable cutoff scaling, upsampling and downsampling at arbitrary sample precision and bit depth, and unlimited sample rate support (including 44.1kHz, 96kHz, 192kHz, and higher).

iZotope MBIT+™ Dither

iZotope's MBIT+ dithering algorithm features psychoacoustic noise shaping based on research with actual musical material, making it the best sounding dither on the market. As our perception of the end result is the most important metric of quality, iZotope has built all of their models using real music — not test tones, hisses, hums, bleeps, and buzzes. The result is the most musical and sonically pleasing dither available. Key features include control of noise shaping amount, autoblanking to disable dither during digital silence, control overall amount of dither introduced, specific models for 44.1kHz/96kHz/192kHz, psychoacoustic models based on extensive musical listening, and low-latency/processor-efficient operation designed for high performance, realtime environments. Learn more by downloading their excellent dithering guide.

Audiofile Engineering creates unique and high-quality audio software exclusively for Mac OS X. All of our applications are written in 100% pure Cocoa and make extensive use of core technologies in Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard. Because our software is written from the ground up in Cocoa, we are able to add features and fix issues significantly faster than other developers who are supporting legacy Carbon-based applications. As Mac OS X grows, so will our applications.