“Advanced waveform editor and batch-processor.”

Sound Grinder Pro is aimed at those of you looking for an advanced audio editor. The software matches a powerful conversion tool with the ability to create your own processes for quicker batch handling of audio files.

As with most audio editors, you'll find waveform editing in Sound Grinder, perfect for quickly reviewing your tracks and making edits. It works with multiple channels and you can reorganize the interface according to what tools you need to use most. Encoding to MP3 is excellent thanks to the inclusion of the Thomson/Fraunhofer codec.

If you already have some expertise in audio editing you'll be most interested in what separates the pro version of Sound Grinder from the original. The big difference is essentially the ability to create your custom editing processes, via droplets, so that you can take care of tracks without any hassle. Sound Grinder also supports a wide range of plugins to work with.

I didn't really like the interface, especially the bottom section, where you set things like plugins and metadata. This part can not be resized and extended. Similarly, there is a movie preview section, but you can't select the resolution, so your videos might come out slightly distorted.

Despite some issues with the interface and the movie preview, Sound Grinder is on the whole a powerful audio editor with a good batch process tool.

Languages:

English

Sound Grinder supports the following formats:

AIFF, AMR Narrowband, AU, FLAC, MP3, OGG Vorbis/FLAC, Quicktime, AAC, AMR Narrowband, Q-Design Music 2, Sound Designer II, WAVE/BWAV

Limitations:

15 day Trial Period Output files only contain first half

OS requirements for Sound Grinder:

OS: Mac OS X

Minimum requirements:

Processor: PPC/Intel 1.4 MHz
Mac OS X 10.3 or later
Apple Quicktime 6.4 or later

Pros

Waveform editing
Rapid and powerful conversion
Create your own processes
Works with lots of plugins

Cons

Interface could be better
Movie preview screen resolution can not be adjusted
Not that different to normal version

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From the publisher of Sound Grinder

Did you ever wish you could have a powerful editor and an advanced batch-processor in a single application? Introducing Sound Grinder Pro, the best waveform editor and batch-processor combination ever available!

Building on the success of Sound Grinder, we have created Sound Grinder Pro to meet the advanced needs of the production community. From advanced metadata and file support to the new waveform editor, you will save yourself a significant amount of time in editing and processing tasks, and with full support for both Intel and PPC processors, you can be assured that your results are fast, efficient and rock solid!

Sound Grinder Pro was also built as a companion to your DAW workstation with advanced naming, metadata processing, and drag-n-drop importing into Pro Tools or other DAW software. We invite you to try Sound Grinder Pro today and see how it can make a difference in your production environment!