Changes in TwistedWave for macOS

New

• On Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 26 and 27, a new and much more accurate Apple speech recognition engine is available.
• The file format and its settings can now be chosen when creating a new document, instead of only the bit depth and channel count.
• Export Selection and Export Individual Channels now remember the last format they used, instead of starting from the format of the document.

Fixed

• Editing the parameters of some VST3 effects could crash TwistedWave.
• On macOS 27, a PDF text script would scroll past the end of the document instead of following the playback.
• A USB audio interface could be reported as unavailable after being plugged into a different port.
• Refreshing the VST list could show a crash report for the VST plug-ins, although the scan had succeeded.
• Clicking an existing file in the save panel could keep its extension, and saving then failed with an error about the extension.

Fixed

• On macOS 27, saving an MP3 file could fail with an error about the file extension.

New

• macOS 27 Golden Gate is now officially supported.
• Added an option to stop the playback when the marker naming sheet is shown.

Fixed

• The AUPeakLimiter effect could open with a broken layout.
• The waveform would redraw at 30 Hz instead of 60 Hz on macOS 26.
• Some VST 3 effects could refuse to be applied right after being previewed.
• Plug-in effects could be applied bypassed, and quietly do nothing.
• Trim Silences could leave some silence behind on multichannel files.

New

• Added an option for independent per-document volume control.
• Zooming is now centered on the mouse by default.

Fixed

• Applying a batch on an open file could fail when it contained AudioUnit effects.
• Warn when exporting an MP2 with more than two channels.
• When playing a file that has a sampling rate different than the audio interface, now use a high quality sample rate converter instead of a quick one.
• The cursor would not move smoothly when playing a file with a 8 kHz sample rate.
• Previewing the pitch/speed effect with ZTX was silent if working on a selected region.
• Deleting markers with Backspace was broken on macOS 26.5+.
• The clipped sample count in the Analyze window was wrong for DSD files.

Fixed

• Fix < and > fade shortcuts not firing on macOS 26.5+.

New

• A new rounded square icon to match the new macOS style.
• The cursor position is highlighted in red when recording.
• It is possible to select a fade curve other than linear.
• When trimming silences, it is possible to specify the amount of silence to preserve on either end.
• When splitting by markers, format the file names with a format string. The batch split action gains the same options.

Fixed

• AudioUnit effects now load out-of-process by default, having fixed the issues it caused previously.
• Force the old toolbar style on macOS Tahoe to reduce the spacing between buttons.
• Fixed UI glitches when loading AudioUnit plugins out of process.
• Previewing AudioUnit/VST plugins with non-contiguous selection could fail.
• The keyboard shortcut editor now allows editing the built-in shortcuts such as cut/copy/paste, undo/redo and select all.
• TwistedWave would fail to load markers from some WAV files.
• Use cached out-of-process Audio Units to make recently opened effects reopen faster.
• Fix no-modifier custom shortcuts on dynamic menus (e.g. Audio Units) not firing until the menu had been opened once (macOS 26.5+).

Video

• Added variable frame-rate video export, allowing speed changes to be saved without dropping or duplicating frames and often avoiding re-encoding.
• TwistedWave would fail saving some h264 files.
• Avoids unnecessary full re-encoding when saving video files.

Fixed

• AudioUnit effects will not load out of process by default. This caused freezes with some AudioUnit plugins.

Improved

• Warn when the mic mode is not in standard mode. Avoid voice isolation as it does some heavy processing on the audio.

Improved

• Warn when the mic mode is not in standard mode. Avoid voice isolation as it does some heavy processing on the audio.

Fixed

• Fixed a crash when opening TwistedWave on systems older than macOS 14.

New

• AudioUnit effects now load out of process so that a misbehaving plugin cannot crash TwistedWave.
• It is now possible to configure dark or light mode independently of the system settings.

Speech Recognition

• You can now search within the transcription window.
• Added support for the Parakeet speech recognition models.
• You can now select the recognition language instead of relying on automatic language detection, which could sometimes choose the wrong language.
• Added an option to enable Voice Activity Detection (VAD) so that speech recognition processes only the parts of the file containing speech.
• The Whisper models can now perform real-time speech recognition.
• When an English-only Whisper model was selected, the multilingual version was used instead by mistake.

Fixed

• Work around a bug in macOS 26.5 where keyboard shortcuts with no modifier would stop working.

Fixed

• The keyboard shortcuts with no modifier could stop working macOS 26.5.
• Fixed a crash trying to load sd2 files without a resource fork.
• The progress bar when saving files was not very smooth.

Fixed

• TwistedWave would freeze with the real-time speech recognition.

Fixed in 32.7

• Fixed an issue where metadata from M4A audio files would fail to load.
• Fixed a crash when identifying the note in an empty file.
• Fixed an issue where some VST3 effects would fail to open or could cause crashes.
• Improved error messages in the batch processor.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where metadata from M4A audio files would fail to load.
• Fixed a crash when identifying the note in an empty file.
• Fixed an issue where some VST3 effects would fail to open or could cause crashes.
• Improved error messages in the batch processor.

New and Improved

• TwistedWave now uses high-resolution cursors.
• Added a preference to open files in tabs instead of windows.
• Improved the error message shown when a batch process fails due to an AudioUnit initialization issue.
• Fixed an issue where clicking the cursor position in the toolbar could move the window.

Video Editing Improvements

• Video editing is now supported for files using the VP8, VP9, AV1 and Apple ProRes codecs.
• Videos can now be saved in the WebM file format.
• Audio tracks in video files can now use the Opus codec.
• Improved video playback and export performance, with better handling of large video files.
• Video metadata is now correctly saved when exporting video files.
• Markers are now saved as chapters in exported videos.
• Speech recognition results are now saved as subtitles.
• Fixed an issue where exporting a video with an AAC audio track could freeze and the export task would never progress.
• Fixed an issue where editing some .flv video files could produce a corrupted video that would not play correctly.

New Features and Improvements

• Modernized the preferences window.
• Long-pressing the Undo/Redo buttons now shows a history list, allowing you to undo or redo multiple actions at once.
• Improved the "Speech Synthesis" effect.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where scanning VST2 and VST3 plugins was broken.
• Fixed cases where multiple menu items could share the same keyboard shortcut.

New Features and Improvements

• Added a new "Repair Selection" effect to automatically fix short audio glitches,
• The Save action in the Batch Processor now prompts for a destination by default,
• When closing all tabs or documents, you can now discard all unsaved changes with a single click instead of responding to multiple save prompts.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where edited H.265 videos would not play correctly.

New Features and Improvements

• Added the "Open Batch" and "Apply Batch" in the "File" menu,
• Added the ability to apply a batch to an open file from the batch processor window.

Fixed

• Fixed a crash on macOS 10.13 and 10.14.

New Features and Improvements

• Added "File > New Tab..." to the main menu,
• When opening multiple files, added an option to create one tab per file in a new window,
• When opening a file, it now loads in a new tab unless the option to open individual windows for multiple files is selected,
• It is now possible to save the subscription license key globally for all users on the computer,
• Added an option to automatically adjust vertical zoom when editing quiet parts of audio,
• Added an option to disable auto-scrolling when selecting to the edges,
• In the "Save" batch action, added an option to ask for the destination when the batch is run,
• The preferences window can now be resized to fit smaller screens,
• Snapping to markers is now disabled with Command (or Control on Windows) instead of Shift for consistence with other graphics editors,
• When editing an MP3 file, the status bar now shows "MP3" instead of the confusing and incorrect "16-bit".

Fixed

• When loading a movie, the video window could fail to attach correctly to the audio editor,
• When saving an MP3 file to WAV, TwistedWave now uses the last-used bit depth instead of defaulting to 16-bit,
• The bit-depth menu was incorrect when saving CAF files with the ALAC codec,
• 20-bit ALAC files would be saved as 24-bit,
• Sometimes, the Loop button in the toolbar would not show the correct state,
• Keyboard shortcuts would stop working when the History window had focus,
• TwistedWave could take some time to quit in some cases.

New and Improved

• macOS 26 Tahoe is now officially supported,
• More new features coming soon...

Fixes

• Some VST3 sound effects could cause a crash,
• The metadata from some WAV files would fail to load,
• The preferences window could be too high to fit on the screen.

Fixed

• Audio files would sometimes be saved without the markers.

Fixed

• TwistedWave could fail to save, showing an error message.

Improvements

• TwistedWave now uses Metal instead of OpenGL for faster waveform rendering,
• Marker names now correctly display non-English characters,
• Added an option to set the file time reference to the current time when recording into an empty file,
• Loading folders with many files in the batch processor is now much faster.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where "Edit > Reselect" was not working,
• Fixed a bug where extra corrupted samples could appear at the end of an AMB file,
• On macOS 15, TwistedWave could fail to save .aif files,
• Fixed an issue where sessions could fail to restore after a crash,
• Fixed crashes when loading certain video files,
• Fixed crashes when loading some UAD plugins,
• Fixed a crash when scrubbing.

Speech Recognition

• Fixed broken yellow highlighting in PDF files on recent macOS versions,
• On macOS 15, TwistedWave could crash when loading a PDF file with an empty page,
• Fixed a crash when loading a text script from the clipboard.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where sessions could fail to restore after a crash.

Fixed

• TwistedWave would show an error message when trying to install a TwistedWave 29+ license key.

New Features

• It is now possible to export markers and speech markers with the batch processor,
• Added an option to close the progress panel when the batch process is done,
• Added the playback speed to the Audio menu so that it is possible to configure keyboard shortcuts.

Fixes

• In some rare cases, two words could get flipped in the speech recognition,
• Fixed a crash when TwistedWave is unable to read a video.

Fixes and Improvements

• Removed a confusing dialog when upgrading to a subscription,
• When exporting markers, the default file name would be incorrect if it contained a ".".

Fixed

• TwistedWave would crash on macOS 15.2

Fixed

• TwistedWave would crash on macOS 15.2

Fixed

• TwistedWave would crash on macOS 15.2

Fixed

• TwistedWave would crash on macOS 15.2

New

• It is now possible to save silence detector presets,
• It is now possible to use the silence detector in a batch process,
• When importing markers from .csv files, TwistedWave can now read SMPTE timecodes.

Speech Recognition

• The Whisper speech recognition engine now produces more accurate timestamps,
• Added support for the large-v3-turbo Whisper model.

New

• macOS Sequoia 15 is now officially supported,
• Added the option to export the speech markers,
• It is now possible to export markers to an .srt (subtitles) file,
• Added the "All Formats" submenu for quick access to all supported file formats without having to manually configure the formats menu.

Fixed and improved

• When selecting all, the cursor will now move to the start of the file,
• When resampling a file in a batch script, in some cases, the two channels could go out of sync,
• It is possible to disable the message that shows the peak level when using the peak detector.

Fixes

• TwistedWave will now show up in the Finder's "Open With" menu for mp4 files,
• WAV files could be rejected when uploaded to some sites,
• An error message complaining about the file extension could prevent files from being saved,
• The files could contain invalid characters when splitting a file by markers.

Fixed

• In some cases, TwistedWave could crash when recording.

New Features and Improvements

• You can now change the playback speed,
• Special Pasting can remember the audio used to paste between sessions,
• Added the undo history window (View > Show History),
• Added a function to identify a note (File > Identify Note),
• Added a function to measure the BPM (File > Measure BPM),
• It is now possible to customize the file format list in the file save dialog,
• Saving WAV files larger than 4GB is now possible by saving as RF64,
• The "Find Peak" will now show the level of the peak,
• When selecting, you can disable snapping to markers by pressing shift,
• The silence detector will now only work on the selected region,
• Added the ability to delete an installed Whisper model,
• Shows a "processing complete" message when a batch terminated without any error.

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Fixed

• Fixed some random crashes.

New

• Added the 768 kHz sampling rate option.

Fixed

• All the speech markers could disappear when adding a new marker,
• Some metadata fields would not be preserved when editing FLAC files.

New

• You can suggest features and vote before May 8th.

Fixed

• There was a small delay in the punch-in recording that could cause the microphone to pick up a part of the previous take,
• Fixed a freeze with some VST effects,
• When installing new VST effects, it is possible to add them without refreshing the whole VST effect list.

Fixed

• An error message could appear when clicking the "Update License" button.

New Features

• When splitting by markers, added an option to ignore audio before first marker, and add "Track i of n" metadata,
• Added an option to paste from the clip list with a marker,
• Added an option to import the preferences and presets from a Mac App Store version of TwistedWave, in the Help menu.

Speech Recognition

• The script synchronization would not work well with words that contains accents,
• Moving the cursor when audio is playing could stutter with long files that had many speech recognition labels.

Video Synchronization

• TwistedWave could crash when opening some video files,
• The "Link Video..." will now also allow .webm files.

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed a crash with some AudioUnit plugins,
• There was an extra "&" in some menu items,
• More work to make audio glitches less frequent,
• The rows in the batch processor are smaller, more consistent with previous versions of TwistedWave.

Fixed

• With Rosetta, TwistedWave would crash on launch.

Fixed

• The title bar and toolbar were unified on Intel Mac devices. Now reverting to the old behavior.

Fixed

• The custom keyboard shortcuts were broken in 29.5,
• The speech recognition could show extra speech markers at the beginning of the file.

Fixed & Improved

• The tiny icon in the upper left hand corner of the waveform can now be dropped on Apps other than the Finder to make a quick export to an external DAW, for instance,
• The AUMultibandCompressor GUI doesn't work on macOS Sonoma, so TwistedWave will show a generic GUI instead of refusing to open until it gets fixed by Apple.

Speech Recognition

• Whisper speech recognition is now much faster on Macs with Apple Silicon,
• Added support for Whisper's new Large-v3 model.

Video

• Some video files could appear stretched,
• Saving a video could result in a new file with a wrong orientation,
• The video would not be synchronized correctly when changing the sample rate.

Fixed & Improved

• The cursor would be hidden when it fell on a marker on non-retina displays,
• TwistedWave could crash at startup in some cases on macOS 10.13 and 10.14,
• Punch-in recording wouldn't work when monitoring levels,
• Command-dragging can now be used for both zooming and dragging the waveform,
• The analyze batch action will now remember its settings,
• When deleting audio from the beginning of the file, if there is a marker at the beginning of the file, it will not be deleted,
• The display would not correctly switch to light mode when waking the computer from sleep in the morning.

New

• The macOS Sonoma update is officially supported by TwistedWave,
• It is now possible to configure the sample rate batch action to only convert the sample rate up or down.

Scrubbing

• You can now scrub by holding the ctrl button while click and dragging with the mouse, or dragging with the right mouse button,
• The cursor will not wiggle anymore when scrubbing in repeat mode,
• In repeat mode, a smaller portion will be repeated for better accuracy.

Cursor

• The cursor is now dark green by default, for better visibility,
• It can now have a different color inside a selection, also for better visibility,
• It is thinner on non-retina displays, and can be made even thinner on retina displays,
• The above can be changed in "Edit > Edit Colors" if you don't like the new defaults,
• The mouse cursor is now the I-beam instead of an arrow for better pointing accuracy.

Speech Recognition

• Added speech recognition based on OpenAI's Whisper speech recognition engine,
• Supports many more languages than Apple's built-in speech recognition,
• Can be configured to be either much faster or much more accurate than Apple's speech recognition.

Video Synchronization

• The video rotation would not always be preserved after editing,
• Many more video types can now be edited without re-encoding the whole file,
• Some h264/h265 video files could not be saved.

Fixes

• The export text script and export waveform image batch actions were broken,
• TwistedWave was unresponsive for a fraction of a second when switching from another application,
• TwistedWave would stutter a bit when starting playback or moving the cursor when there were many markers or speech markers in the file,
• Some .WAV files could crash TwistedWave.

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when opening .wav files that contain mp3 encoded audio,
• Fixed a problem where the speech recognition would never finish,
• The channel order could change when saving AAC files with more than two channels.

Fixes

• Some AudioUnit plugins such as Oeksound's Soothe2 and Matthew Lane's StereoDelta could cause crashes,
• The speech recognition could sometimes hang and never complete processing,
• TwistedWave would fail saving an .m4v or .mp4 video if it originally contained PCM audio,
• When editing a video, in some cases the aspect ratio was not preserved,
• The display could be corrupted if the overview was hidden,
• The preferences file could sometimes get corrupted, preventing TwistedWave from starting up,
• With some audio interfaces, the input device had to be manually selected every time TwistedWave was restarted in order to be usable.

Improvement

• When clicking a TwistedWave 29 license installation link, install the license and offer to download TwistedWave 29.

Fixed

• TwistedWave could fail to run on macOS 10.13,
• A message box was confusing when upgrading to TwistedWave 29

New

• Added support for video in the batch processor,
• Added the "Rename Markers" batch action,
• Improved the marker renaming tool,
• The analyze action in the batch processor will now generate the total samples, duration and sample rate of the analyzed file,
• It is now possible to enable / disable play through while recording,
• Some improvements to help with glitches.

Fixed

• Running TwistedWave with Rosetta was broken,
• The FabFilter Pro-L 2 VST3 plugin didn't work, and the VST2 version only processed the left channel,
• A problem exporting mp3 files if one channel was shorter than the other,
• A crash when quitting TwistedWave with AudioUnit effects applied globally,
• An error message when opening the "Edit" menu if no TwistedWave window is open and the default shortcut for the "Delete" item was changed.

New

• Added the "Rename Markers" batch action,
• Improved the marker renaming tool,
• The analyze action in the batch processor will now generate the total samples, duration and sample rate of the analyzed file.

Fixed

• Fixed an error message when opening the "Edit" menu if no TwistedWave window is open and the default shortcut for the "Delete" item was changed.

New

• Added the "32-bit float" option when creating a new file,
• Added the "Markers > Move Markers..." function.

Fixed

• Selecting "File > Print" on an audio file from the Finder would crash TwistedWave,
• Fixed a crash when analyzing an empty file,
• The format settings button was not always updated correctly when editing the format (macOS Ventura only),
• Some 32-bit float files could display 16-bit in the status bar.

Fixed

• It is now possible to name markers ending with a #,
• The glitch detector was broken.

VST Fixes

• When refreshing the VST effect list, the uninstalled effects will be removed, and the effects installed since launch will be detected,
• Fixed a UI glitch with some VST effects,
• Fixed a crash when closing an effect stack containing VST effects,
• The main menu should be more responsive when many AudioUnit and VST effects are installed.

Speech Recognition Fixes

• The speech recognition while we are recording would not work if the option to auto mark recordings is enabled,
• Fixed a problem where the speech recognition would never stop on macOS 10.15,
• All the speech markers were duplicated when moving a marker,
• The speech markers would not be placed correctly when doing a punch-in recording,
• Fixed a crash performing speech recognition while recording.

Fixed

• Splitting a file by markers was broken.

Fixed

• Fixed a crash with some AudioUnit plugins,
• The Punch-In Recording didn't work if the audio before the cursor was shorter than the pre roll duration,
• Manually entering a new sampling rate in the sampling rate conversion batch effect didn't work,
• Re-enabled the options window when loading multiple files on macOS 10.15 Catalina.

New and Fixed

• When the effects in a stack can't be loaded, warn and show them as missing,
• Fixed a crash with some AudioUnit effects.

Important

• Fixed a crash when saving files with the upcoming macOS 13.1 Ventura update.

Important

• Fixed a crash when saving files with the upcoming macOS 13.1 Ventura update.

New

• Added support for VST 3 effects,
• The comments fields in the metadata editor are resizable,
• Added an option to prevent playing from the beginning of the file when the cursor is at the end,
• Added an option to disable the automatic scrolling of the text script when recording,
• It is possible to specify the start number when rename the markers.

Fixed

• Fixed a crash when cancelling a FLAC export,
• TwistedWave could freeze while opening more than one file at the same time on macOS 10.14 Mojave,
• AIFF files containing 32-bit floating point audio would be saved as 32-bit integer by default,
• Removing the speech markers would also remove the regular markers if the selection is active,
• Fixed a discrepancy between the ruler and cursor position in the toolbar when SMPTE 2398 is selected.

New

• It is now possible to make the level meter even larger.

Fixed

• Saving video files with the h264 codec could sometimes result in unplayable files,
• Fixed a crash when the option to recognize speech when recording was selected,
• Fixed a crash when using a marker name with too many digits, such as a phone number,
• The progress bar wouldn't show any progress when loading a file,
• Reverting to the default color scheme was broken in dark mode,
• The analyze window was too small on M1 Mac computers, and it had to be scrolled to display all the lines,
• TwistedWave could stop playing if we started playing before the file was fully loaded,
• The option to show only 5 seconds when opening a new file was broken.

New features

• When loading multiple files, they can be opened in tabs
• When dropping multiple files, TwistedWave asks what to do with them (load in windows, load in tabs, merge channels, append the files, append with markers)
• When selecting, the video will follow the cursor
• Pasting multiple times from the clip list now duplicates the pasted audio like the global paste does
• Added "Mark Transients" to the batch processor
• It is now possible to open Ogg Video (.ogv), .dsd and .dff files

Fixed

• TwistedWave could run out of memory when exporting some videos
• Some files, especially compressed AAC files, would open truncated, or padded with silence
• Some AudioUnit plugins would not render audio correctly with mono audio
• TwistedWave could freeze for a fraction of a second when switching between applications
• It wasn't possible to configure Cmd-Space as a custom keyboard shortcut

Fixed

• The first channel was not normalized correctly when normalizing the RMS or LUFS level of multichannel files,
• TwistedWave would crash instead of reporting an error when recording fails,
• Opening files with many markers or speech recognition markers was slow.

New feature

• It is now possible to normalize marker separated regions independently.

Fixed

• Loading a file that contained many markers, or speech recognition markers could be slow,
• The speech recognition should now be faster, not remain stuck before it finishes, and shouldn't stop before the whole file is processed anymore.

Fixed

• Fixed a distorted sound issue when using some AudioUnit effects with mono audio.

New features

• Added a function to remove markers that are duplicate or very close to one another,
• Added a function to rename all the markers,
• Added a function to mark the transients.

Speech recognition

• The batch processor can now export the recognized text script to a text file, or save it to a metadata field,
• TwistedWave could crash in some cases when the option to recognize the speech while recording was enabled,
• The speech recognition didn't work when there was no internet connection.

Fixed

• TwistedWave could crash when closing a file if the video window was open.

Fixed

• Some AudioUnit effects would not render correctly, causing sound level issues.

Fixed

• Typing a space in a marker name would instead start playing the file.

Fixes and improvements

• It is now possible to configure the behavior of the zero crossing detector (rising / falling edge or any zero crossing),
• Some AudioUnit effects would be broken when working with mono files,
• The voice list for the speech synthesis was empty on macOS 10.14 Mojave.

Speech recognition improvements

• It is now possible to press space to control audio playback when the text script window has the focus,
• Added an option to export a text script from the recognized speech,
• The speech recognition would sometimes fail to match the end of the text script.

Video synchronization improvements

• The video window would remain empty in some cases,
• In some cases, the video window would appear even when loading audio only files,
• If you close the video window, TwistedWave will remember this, and not open it when opening video files.

Fixed

• TwistedWave would fail to save some edited video files,
• The bit depth button had disappeared when using the ALAC codec.

New: Speech Recognition and Video Synchronization!

This version of TwistedWave introduces two important new features that allow you to synchronize an audio file with a text script, and edit videos!

These features have to be purchased separately, but you can try them during a 30-day trial period.

Fixes and improvements

• The zero crossing detector will now only detect rising edges, making cuts and pastes less likely to introduce audible clicks,
• Some files would fail to save when the metadata contained invalid UTF-8 characters.

Fixed

• Show an error message when trying to preview an AudioUnit with an unsupported sample rate,
• TwistedWave could freeze when recording on versions of macOS before 10.12.

Fixed

• In some cases, a long silence could appear in recordings,
• Trying to reduce the occurence of glitches in recordings.

Fixed in 25.1 to 25.6

• Play-through wouldn't work when the recording was paused.
• A glitch could be heard when doing a punch-in recording.
• The glitch logger didn't work on macOS prior to 10.15.
• TwistedWave will gather statistics on recording glitches in order to help determine if a specific hardware or macOS version is more likely to cause them.
• TwistedWave would not start on the M1 chip.

Fixed

• Play-through wouldn't work when the recording was paused.

Fixed

• A glitch could be heard when doing a punch-in recording.

Fixed

• The glitch logger didn't work on macOS prior to 10.15.

New

• TwistedWave will gather statistics on recording glitches in order to help determine if a specific hardware or macOS version is more likely to cause them.

Fixed

• TwistedWave would not start on the M1 chip.

New Features

• TwistedWave is now optimized for the M1 chip.

Fixes and Improvements

• Reduced the occurrence of glitches at the beginning of recordings,
• Adjusting AudioUnit presets in the batch processor was broken,
• TwistedWave can now read metadata from RF64 files,
• Fixed a crash when moving TwistedWave from a retina display to a non-retina display,
• The slider for the trim effect now goes down to -100 dB.
• The vertical zoom with Command-Wheel was broken with non-magic mice.

Fixed

• Cosmetic issues with the toolbar on macOS Big Sur,
• Fixed a UI glitch when moving the TwistedWave window to or from a retina display,
• The AudioUnit windows would not remember their positions.

Fixed

• Re-enabled the dark mode,
• Some AudioUnit effects would not appear correctly.

Fixed

• The analyze action in the batch processor would complain that the csv file was write protected.

New Features

• Added a noise reduction effect,
• Automatically detect glitches caused by missed buffers when recording,
• Show an error instead of falling back to the built-in microphone when the selected audio interface is not available for recording,
• Added an Analyze action to the batch processor,
• You can now opt to automatically get beta versions of TwistedWave through the automatic update system,
• When a punch-in recording is initiated while the selection is active, the contents of the selection will be replaced, and the recorder will stop when it reaches the end of the selection.
• Added the "Open Recent Document" item in the "File" menu to re-open the last viewed file,
• Added an option to format the times like H:M:S in the toolbar, to show the number of hours,
• Added a button to clear the metadata,
• The toolbar can be customized with a big version of the cursor position,
• Added an option to close all the document windows at once,
• When saving a file while recording, the document wouldn't be marked as dirty, and you would not be offered to save it again after the recorder was stopped.

Changes

• Dropped the "1." from the version number. Versions with three digits, like 24.0.1 will be beta versions,
• When moving the cursor to the beginning or end of the file, the selection is now discarded.

Fixes

• Saving color schemes was broken,
• Video files shouldn't open with TwistedWave by default,
• The lambda and quality parameters were swapped and didn't work as expected in the "Change Pitch and Speed" effect in the batch processor,
• TwistedWave would crash when asked to generate a tone with a negative frequency.

Fixes and Improvements

• When saving files, the "Settings..." button will now show the codec, bit depth and bitrate details of the selected format,
• Saving files was broken on macOS 10.9,
• TwistedWave now shows the correct bit depth when opening ALAC files.

Fixes

• The toolbar would not show the stop button when doing a punch-in recording,
• The ID3 metadata in some WAV or AIFF files could be ignored by TwistedWave,
• When converting an MP3 file to WAV with TwistedWave, the metadata wouldn't appear in the Finder,
• More bug fixes.

Fixed

• Some AudioUnit plugins wouldn't update their GUI correctly.

New Features

• The batch processor can now process files in parallel,
• Added support for saving OPUS files,
• Retry a punch-in recording by selecting "Audio > Punch-In Recording" while a punch-in is already in progress,
• Added an option to configure the audio interface sample rate to match the file being played,
• Automatically bypass the effect stack when it was applied.

Fixes

• The cursor could stop moving when playing audio, bug introduced in 1.22,
• Saving .m4r files on Catalina was broken,
• Batch processing split multichannel files was broken,
• The bitrate parameter was not taken into account when saving AAC HE files,
• The level meter could show nan or inf when recording audio,
• A small click could be heard on a punch-in point.

New Features

• The batch processor can now process files in parallel,
• Added support for saving OPUS files,
• Retry a punch-in recording by selecting "Audio > Punch-In Recording" while a punch-in is already in progress,
• Added an option to configure the audio interface sample rate to match the file being played,
• Automatically bypass the effect stack when it was applied.

Fixes

• Saving .m4r files on Catalina was broken,
• Batch processing split multichannel files was broken,
• The bitrate parameter was not taken into account when saving AAC HE files,
• The level meter could show nan or inf when recording audio,
• A small click could be heard on a punch-in point.

Fixes and improvements

• Some ALAC files would fail to open with TwistedWave,
• The ID3 metadata in WAV files would not be recognized in some cases,
• It is possible to use Command- and Alt-Arrow shortcuts to navigate in text fields,
• When exporting the selection with "File > Export Selection...", a mono file is generated if audio is selected in one channel only,
• The audio playback could glitch while adjusting the left edge of a selection while playing in loop mode.

Fixed

• When doing a punch-in recording, the pre-roll could sound glitchy in some cases,
• Fixed a crash with some keyboard shortcuts with international keyboards,
• The marker editor sheet could be very large when the marker name is very long,
• Changing the speed with the "Change Pitch and Speed" effect could introduce glitches when ZTX is disabled and speed is 30% or less.

Fixed

• Fade in/out effects could introduce clicks, or fail to fade correctly,
• A punch-in recording in an almost empty file could crash,
• Many AudioUnit plugins were incompatible with TwistedWave built for Mojave, resulting in an invisible UI. I have reverted this change. Unfortunately, that also means no more dark mode in TwistedWave.

Fixed

• TwistedWave would fail to start in some cases,
• Some AudioUnit plugins, such as Sonnox plugins, would crash TwistedWave.

Fixed

• TwistedWave would fail to start on macOS 10.10.

Fixed

• Automatic updates were broken in 1.21,
• VST and AudioUnit plugins failed to load,
• TwistedWave could crash when recording,
• The dark mode could be used enabled on older versions of macOS,
• mp3 encoding was slow.

Fixed

• Automatic updates were broken in 1.21.

Fixed

• A couple of bugs were introduced in 1.21 preventing some VST and AudioUnit plugins from working, and causing crashes when recording.

New

• Added support for punch-in recording,
• Added support for dark mode on macOS Mojave,
• Added a function to find the peak in the file / current selection,
• It is now possible to re-apply the last used effect with Command-F,
• It is now possible to paste multiple times by repeating Command-V,
• It is now possible to delete a marker with backspace,
• TwistedWave can now optionally ask for a name when a new marker is added,
• The batch processor can now resolve aliases.

New

• When playing a loop, the loop is updated immediately while the selection is adjusted.

Fixes and improvements

• When running a batch process with the "Normalize" effect, temporary files could accumulate on the scratch disk until TwistedWave was restarted.

New

• TwistedWave can now read .opus and .webm files

Fixes and improvements

• TwistedWave can now read Ogg/Opus audio files,
• Some AIFF files would fail to load,
• Some Wavpack files would not open in TwistedWave,
• The markers from some WAV files would fail to load,
• TwistedWave would record silence if it does not have the authorization to use the microphone on macOS Mojave,
• Customizing the toolbar could crash on macOS Mojave.

Fixes and improvements

• WMA file export was broken.

Fixes and improvements

• The AUNBandEQ effect could produce silence when applied to mono files,
• More bug fixes.

Fixes and improvements

• When saving a file, the file formats now appear in alphabetical order,
• Some VST effects could crash TwistedWave,
• A directory named "A file being saved by TwistedWave" could remain after saving a file to an external drive

Fixes and improvements

• Double clicking an effect stack to install it could sometimes fail,
• The effects would not appear in the alphabetical order on High Sierra,
• The markers from some WAV files would not be read by TwistedWave,
• Added the ability to normalize channels independently,
• Some SD2 files could fail to load.

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed a problem where the waveform could fail to update correctly when recording.

Fixes and improvements

• Reverted the scrolling behavior to the original and less confusing behavior

Fixes and improvements

• TwistedWave could freeze after using the normalize effect

Fixes and improvements

• The format selection box would be invisible in High Sierra,
• Some AudioUnits could crash TwistedWave when batch processing,
• Some AudioUnit effects could cause a glitch at the end of the processed audio,
• Recording a file while simultaneously editing another one works better,
• Save battery life by not requiring the high performance GPU.

Fixes and improvements

• Playing a file could change the current sample rate of the audio interface
• Saving files to an external drive could fail in some cases
• Fixed a crash when a batch process contains artwork metadata

Fixes and improvements

• TwistedWave would fail to start when installed for the first time.

Fixes and improvements

• It is now possible to change the scratch disk location,
• The "File > Revert to Saved" option was broken,
• TwistedWave could crash when saving files on macOS Sierra,
• TwistedWave could crash when reading some WAV or MP4 files.

Fixes and improvements

• Added the possibility to generate sweeps with the signal generator
• TwistedWave could fail saving a file in a different file format
• Applying an AudioUnit effect on a very short selection could produce silence

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed a crash when saving an mp3 file with many markers
• Resizing the editor window was jerky El Capitan
• Fixed a crash when opening DV files if the "Auto play" option is enabled
• When doing a batch process with a VST effect, the tail of one file could appear at the head of the next file
• Some AudioUnits would not update their user interface correctly

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed a crash when saving a file introduced in 1.16

Fixes and improvements

• Added support for markers in MP3, OGG and FLAC files
• The metadata was not saved correctly when it contained accented letters, and the comments field did not appear in iTunes
• Fixed a small delay when starting playback or recording with some audio interfaces
• Fixed a crash when running TwistedWave on OS X 10.7
• Fixed a couple other crashes

Fixes and improvements

• TwistedWave failed to run on older versions of OS X.

Fixes and improvements

• Better handling of corrupted mp3 files,
• Added support for the VOX file format,
• Some Audio Unit plugins (esp. from Meldaproduction) would not be displayed correctly,
• The view doesn't jump to the beginning of the file when double clicking,
• It is now possible to open files with the .BWF file extension

Fixes and improvements

• TwistedWave could freeze in some cases

Fixes and improvements

• Some Audio Units would not appear in the list,
• Clicking "Select Channels..." in the preferences could crash.

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed a crash when using the silence detector,
• A correct serial number could be refused,
• The cursor position and selection length in the toolbar could be shaking when playing audio in El Capitan.

Fixes and improvements

• Restored the compatibility with OS X 10.6

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed a crash when reading some WAV files,
• The markers were deleted when silencing a selection,
• The metadata from mp3 files was not read in some cases,
• TwistedWave would use too much memory when opening .avi files,
• More fixes and improvements...

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed a crash when playing audio through when recording.

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed some issues where AudioUnit plugins could crash, or be irresponsive when playing back audio
• MP2 files are generated without frame padding, to comply with some radio broadcasting agencies

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed a crash when using the AUPeakLimiter effect on a mono file.

Fixes

• Fixed a performance issue when loading large files.

Fixes and improvements

• Added the loop crossfade batch effect
• TwistedWave now remembers the visible tab in the prefs window
• Fixed a problem when creating a batch process with an effect stack
• Some .mov files would fail to load correctly

Fixes and improvements

• Added an option to trim silences from a file
• It is possible to select the tail behavior with AudioUnits in a batch process
• Install an effect stack by double-clicking it
• Some .mov files could not be opened, such as those produced by the ecamm Skype call recorder
• Many other bug fixes...

Fixes

• Batch processing was broken.

Fixes

• Opening empty files failed.
• Saving WMA files failed.
• Playing a very small selection, smaller than 0.01s would fail.
• Fixed a bug when deleting a small click where it would still be displayed in the waveform when zooming out.
• TwistedWave would hang at startup if spotlight is disabled.
• Updating the artwork metadata in a batch process was broken.
• (A Document Being Saved By TwistedWave) folders could be created next to the file being saved.
• Splitting by markers would overwrite files if some markers have the same name.
• The markers labels and cut handles would be too small on retina displays.

Fixed

• Some Audio Unit and VST effects would fail to run.

New Features

• The sample rate conversions are done with SoX one of the best available implementations available.
• Normalizing to a target RMS, LUFS or true peak value, in addition to the peak value.
• Support for the retina display.
• Support for the 32-bit floating point codec in the WAV and AIFC files.
• Support for the "AAC High Efficiency" compression.

Fixes

• Too many to list.

New Features

• The sample rate conversions are done with SoX one of the best available implementations available.
• Normalizing to a target RMS, LUFS or true peak value, in addition to the peak value.
• Support for the retina display.
• Support for the 32-bit floating point codec in the WAV and AIFC files.
• Support for the "AAC High Efficiency" compression.

Fixes

• Too many to list.

New Features

• The sample rate conversions are done with SoX one of the best available implementations available.
• Normalizing to a target RMS, LUFS or true peak value, in addition to the peak value.
• Support for the retina display.
• Support for the 32-bit floating point codec in the WAV and AIFC files.
• Support for the "AAC High Efficiency" compression.

Fixes

• Too many to list.

Fix

• TwistedWave would not remember the preferences if a version older than 1.10 was used previously.

New Features

• Upgraded to DIRAC 3 Pro, for a faster speed and better quality when pitch shifting or time stretching.
• Added support for saving mp2 files.
• Added the TwistedWave Remote, to remotely control TwistedWave from an iPhone.
• Added the ability to append files together when multiple files are selected from the open dialog.
• It is now possible to drag/drop files directly from iTunes.
• Added the volume and loop toolbar items.

Fixes

• YouTube import was fixed.
• Fixed a problem with the RemoveDC effect.
• Other fixes...

New Features

• Support for VST plugins.
• Import YouTube soundtracks.
• Integration of Apple's speech synthesis.
• Support for reading .wmv, .flv and .ac3 files.
• Support for Audiobook .m4b files.
• The markers are loaded/saved as chapters in mp4 (.mp4 .m4a .m4b .m4r) files.
• Split multichannel support for batch processing.
• New batch processing actions: cut, fade in/out, reorder channels, add/remove/split by markers, copy a metadata field to another.
• Support for trackpad swipe and pinch gestures.
• Automatically place markers at regular intervals.

Improvements

• Smoother zooming and scrolling with the magic mouse or trackpad.
• Uses Sparkle for automatic updates.
• Added the possibility to undo all the previous actions of the same kind at once.
• Much faster file loading, especially reading mp3.
• The Insert Silence effect will replace the selections if a selection exists.
• Use shift-space to stop playing without moving the cursor back.

Fixes

• The markers from some wav files would not load.
• Fixed a problem when saving files whose samples were more than 0 dbFS.
• Saving/loading MP3 files would add a small silence at the beginning/end of the file.

New Features

• Support for VST plugins.
• Import YouTube soundtracks.
• Integration of Apple's speech synthesis.
• Support for reading .wmv, .flv and .ac3 files.
• Support for Audiobook .m4b files.
• The markers are loaded/saved as chapters in mp4 (.mp4 .m4a .m4b .m4r) files.
• Split multichannel support for batch processing.
• New batch processing actions: cut, fade in/out, reorder channels, add/remove/split by markers, copy a metadata field to another.
• Support for trackpad swipe and pinch gestures.
• Automatically place markers at regular intervals.

Improvements

• Smoother zooming and scrolling with the magic mouse or trackpad.
• Uses Sparkle for automatic updates.
• Added the possibility to undo all the previous actions of the same kind at once.
• Much faster file loading, especially reading mp3.
• The Insert Silence effect will replace the selections if a selection exists.
• Use shift-space to stop playing without moving the cursor back.

Fixes

• The markers from some wav files would not load.
• Fixed a problem when saving files whose samples were more than 0 dbFS.
• Saving/loading MP3 files would add a small silence at the beginning/end of the file.

New Features

• Automatically split a sound file by detecting silences.
• A 64-bit version is available.
• Exporting iPhone ringtone files.

Improvements

• Seting a default zoom when opening documents.
• Editing the selection by dragging its edges.
• Option to keep the processing tail when applying an effect stack.
• Once an effect stack was applied, it becomes bypassed.

Fixes

• The sound level could be reduced when using the "Change Pitch and Speed" effect.
• Recording or playing could stop working if an audio device is unplugged/replugged, or when the computer goes to sleep.
• Auto extend to crossing didn't work when playing audio.
• Saving 8bit aiff files was broken.
• Reading markers would fail for certain WAV files.
• Importing markers was broken.

New Features

• Automatically split a sound file by detecting silences.
• A 64-bit version is available.
• Exporting iPhone ringtone files.

Improvements

• Seting a default zoom when opening documents.
• Editing the selection by dragging its edges.
• Option to keep the processing tail when applying an effect stack.
• Once an effect stack was applied, it becomes bypassed.

Fixes

• The sound level could be reduced when using the "Change Pitch and Speed" effect.
• Recording or playing could stop working if an audio device is unplugged/replugged, or when the computer goes to sleep.
• Auto extend to crossing didn't work when playing audio.
• Saving 8bit aiff files was broken.
• Reading markers would fail for certain WAV files.
• Importing markers was broken.

New Features

• Batch processing.
• Support for DIRAC time stretching/pitch shifting and automatic pitch correction.
• Exporting waveform images.
• Support for saving WMA files.
• Added support for the MS and IMA4 ADPCM codec.

Improvements

• Clicking on a marker moves the cursor.
• Selecting markers in the markers window selects the corresponding audio regin.
• Prevent doing a selection by mistake when doing a simple click.

Fixes

• Fixed a problem exporting CAF AAC and IMA4 files.
• Fixed a problem with Audio Units whose GUI would resize.
• A crash when Command-dropping a file before 0.
• Applying an ohm force plugin failed.
• The default preset for Audio Units was broken.
• TwistedWave failed recovering a session where the signal generator was used.
• TwistedWave was not looping seamlessly.
• When using the special paste, the cursor could move to the start of the file in some cases.

New Features

• Added the ability to change the pitch and speed.
• Added the loop crossfade effect.
• Improved the custom fade window.

Fixes and Improvements

• A crash when opening the preferences window.

New Features

• Custom fade.

Fixes and Improvements

• Fixed a freeze when applying some audio unit effects, or changing the speed.

Minor improvements

• Adjustable buffer size.
• The selection is now replaced when pasting.
• Move the cursor to the beginning/end of the selection with option-left/right.
• Scroll left or right with page-up/page-down.
• The cursor remains visible when moving it with the arrow keys.

Fixes

• Improved play through with lower latency.
• The crash recovery could fail in some cases.
• A crash when loading T-RackS 3 plugins.
• Ozone4's GUI could disappear in some cases.
• The audio could get corrupted when recording with an Apogee duet.
• Playing 192kHz files was broken.
• The manual would not open correctly from the help menu, or the help buttons.
• Marker names with accents wouldn't show up correctly.
• Markers would be duplicated when converting to mono.
• The audio units from the effect stack were applied in the reverse order.
• Some audio unit plugins, such as soundhack's ones could produce a few seconds of silence.
• TwistedWave could record with a wrong sampling rate, resulting in a pitch shifted audio.
• When recording, play through could play only on the left side in some cases.
• Some jpeg files did not work properly in mp4 files artwork metadata.
• Scrolling with shift + mouse wheel was broken.

New Features

• Support for markers.
• Added the ability to manipulate cuts/crossfades.
• Automatically restore the session after a crash.
• Drag and dropping the selection.
• Play through when recording.
• Saving the color scheme presets.

Fixes and Improvements

• Wave64 support was broken on 10.4/intel.
• Ability to zoom when command dragging the overview window.

New Features

• Added the ability to automatically apply a crossfade when deleting a region.
• Ability to export channels as individual files.
• Added the ability to register TwistedWave for all users.

Fixes and Improvements

• TwistedWave remembers the selection and cursor position when performing an undo/redo.
• The TimeReference is correctly updated when exporting the selection, creating a new doc with the selection, or changing the sampling rate.
• Fixed a crash when reading large files.
• Fixed some clicks when reading a 32bit floating point wav file.

New Features

• Vertical zoom.
• Scrubbing.
• Support for WavPack and Wave64 files.
• Added a level meter.
• Added the File/Analyze menu item to gather some info about the waveform.
• Added the option to lock the channels together.
• Ability to display times in SMPTE.
• Uses the TimeCode reference from .wav and .aiff files.
• It is now possible to select the channels used for recording/playing.
• New shortcuts: shift mouse wheel to scroll, and command wheel for vertical zoom.

Fixes and Improvements

• The presets of individual effects in a stack would not always be remembered.
• When saving a preset, the new name was not taken into account when OK was pressed. Only when validating with return.
• TwistedWave now handles properly Audio Units whose GUI can resize.
• When saving a WAV file, TwistedWave would fail if the extension is not in lower case letters.
• Saving as OGG would only write 44100kHz files.
• Closed files would remain open by TwistedWave, preventing them from being emptied from the trash.

New Features

• Support for metadata.
• Added a signal generator.
• A configurable special pasting that automatically fades in/out.
• Added an icon for the files saved by TwistedWave.
• Added the ability to export the selection.
• Added the ability to create a new document with the current selection.
• Added the ability to choose whether to open an untitled document at application launch, the last visited, or nothing.
• When applying an audio unit effect, there is an option to tell TwistedWave whether to truncate, insert, or merge the tail with the rest of the sound.
• Added the ability to have an audio unit applied globally to all documents.

Fixes and Improvements

• TwistedWave could crash reading some WMA files.
• TwistedWave could crash when using the Apple Matrix Reverb audio unit.
• TwistedWave could fail saving a file in some cases.
• Fixed a memory leak leading to some crashes when reading some large files.
• TwistedWave could not read wav files larger than 2GB.
• In some cases, when recording, only one channel would be recorded, or the channels could be swapped.
• TwistedWave could crash when selecting a region extending beyond the visible area.
• AIFF files produced by TwistedWave could not be read by MaxMSP.
• When editing keyboard shortcuts, all the menu items are now enabled.
• The audio units GUI would not display properly in some cases.
• The 'Remove Channel' command now removes the channel the cursor is in.

New Features

• Added the ability to move the cursor to the next transient.
• Saving OGG/Vorbis files.
• Reading WMA files.
• Added the ability to disable the automatic scrolling when playing.
• Added the insert silence effect.

Fixes and Improvements

• Improved the audio units management.
• When loading a split multichannel file, the document name was Untitled.
• The audio units GUI would not reflect the changes when a preset was loaded, on Leopard.
• TwistedWave would fail reading files that were several GB in size.

New Features

• You can stop recording by pressing the space bar.

Fixes and Improvements

• A crash when trying to rename channels in the channel reordering tool.
• A crash when trying to save a file with a number of channels not supported by the codec.
• A crash when trying to save a file in a format that TwistedWave can only read.
• A crash when trying to record for the 33rd time.
• TwistedWave would continue recording if the document was closed.
• The default file format with new documents is now the last used one (was always CAF).
• Opening and closing files repeatedly would not free all the resources, and eventually lead to a crash.
• The bit depth was not taken into account when saving in AIFF or SD2.
• Saving an 8 bit WAV file did not work.
• The bit depth in the status bar would not be accurate for ALAC files.
• A crash when 'Reverting to Saved', and the original file cannot be read.

New Features

• Ready for Leopard!
• Reading/Writing FLAC files.
• Reading OGG/Vorbis files.
• Saving CAF files.
• It is possible to choose the sample size, bit rate and codec when saving a file.
• Added the cursor position and (optional) selection length in the toolbar.
• Added two dialogs for editing the cursor position and selection.
• Added the ability to reorder the channels.
• The file duration is displayed in the status bar.
• Added support for split multichannel files.
• Double click to select a whole channel, triple click to select all.
• Added the 'Invert Polarity' effect.
• It is possible to change the timeline font size.

Fixes and Improvements

• Recording would crash if the sound file and input device didn't have the same number of channels.
• Previewing the "Change Speed" effect could crash.
• The check for updates should pass through proxies.
• The help buttons would not always open the documentation at the right page.
• Shift-clicking will select everything between the cursor and the mouse pointer.
• Improved the way TwistedWave follows the wave when recording.

New Features

• Added the 'multiple paste' option to the clip list.
• It is possible to preview the files from the file open dialog.
• It is possible to move the cursor to the beginning or end of the file or selection with the arrows.
• The normalization level is adjustable.
• Clicking on the rulers sets the cursor position on all channels, making it easier to work on multichannel files.
• Added support for reading Ambisonic sound files.
• Added the menu items to move the cursor to the beginning or end of the file.
• Automatically checks for updates.

Fixes and Improvements

• When previewing an audio unit, there was a 1 second latency when changing a parameter.
• Improved the behavior of the zoom in/out buttons.
• Reading a WAV file, and saving it in MPEG4 would crash.
• Trying to save a document with more than 2 channels in mp3 would crash.
• Applying an effect when there is not enough disk space would crash.
• TwistedWave would refuse a valid serial number if the user name was not capitalized correctly.
• The 'Select All' shortcut would not work in text fields.
• When saving a new clip, the name entered was ignored, and the default name was used when clicking Ok.
• Added a friendly message instead of a crash when an audio unit fails to initialize.
• It was possible to apply some effects when no document was open, leading to a crash.

First release