Sound Grinder 3.3.5

Sound Grinder 3.3.5 is considered as an effective and fast audio conversion utility that can process files in a fast, efficient and rock solid manner.

Sound Grinder was built to become the best audio converter for those jobs that steal the most time from the creative process. Many features included:  folder retention, special naming options, Pull Up/Down sample rates, peak and RMS normalizations, and an intuitive user interface built around a one-window design

Sound Grinder includes two popular options providing instant conversion within the OS X Finder: Droplets and Rapid Convert.

Sound Grinder provides support for several types of metadata for more types of files, including reading and writing the full suite of ID3 tags in AIFF, WAVE and MP3 files.

In addition, it has been updated to take full advantage of all audio formats supported by the Apple® Quicktime™ architecture. Sound Grinder is a Universal Binary running 100% native on both Intel and PowerPC microprocessors.

Major Features:

1. Power
   • Universal Binary for 100% native Intel and PowerPC support.
   • Sophisticated processing engine for speed and stability.
   • Droplets, providing quick drag-n-drop access to file conversion.
   • Rapid Convert, providing in-Finder file conversion.
   • One window design.
   • Support for multiple sessions.
   • Customizable list view.
   • Multiple error logging levels.
2. Conversion
   • Comprehensive conversion engine.
   • Metadata batch-processing.
   • RMS and Peak normalizing.
   • User presets.
   • Full interleaved/split-stereo handling.
   • "Retain Folder Structure" option.
   • Naming options for Pro Tools compatibility with split audio files.
   • Pull-up/pull-down sample rates.
   • Custom sample rates.
   • 31 character name limit support.
3. Metadata
   • Support for ID3 tags, Vorbis Comments, FLAC Comments, MPEG 4 and Quicktime User Data.
   • Support for importing and viewing MPEG 4 and ID3 Artwork.
   • Support for retaining Broadcast Extension (BEXT) metadata.
   • Support for Pro Tools file comments and timecode stamps.
   • Support for Finder/Spotlight comments.
   • Support for reading assets supported by Quicktime.
   • All metadata viewable in the list view.
   • Comprehensive metadata editing for export.
4. Playback
   • Preview conversion settings.
   • Full playback control including scrubbing.
   • Playback slider with scrubbing.
   • Volume control slider with mute.
   • Loop playback.
   • Quicktime movie video preview.

Requirements:

• OS X 10.3 or greater
• OS X 10.3.8 or greater required for Apple Lossless
• OS X 10.5 or greater required for AAC Low Delay
• 800 x 600 screen resolution