http://photosounder.com Photosounder is a new and innovative sound editing and synthesis tool that allows you to edit sound in powerful new ways by turning the entire sound into an image that describes accurately every of the sounds features. It can therefore accomplish things that are simply impossible with any other tool. It also allows you to use images, all sorts of images, to create new sounds that are nothing like what we know, or perhaps even more interestingly to create images that produce familiar sounds. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:30:00 +0100 06 Apr 2011 11:44:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20110406 Changes since version 1.8.2 : <ul> <li>History/Scripting function: All actions done in Photosounder are saved to a human-readable history file (history.pha) which when opened redoes every action. It also allows for writing elaborate scripts interpreted by Photosounder.</li> <li>Resume Last Session function</li> <li>Option to suspend processing</li> <li>Waits for synthesis to complete before saving sound to file</li> <li>Changed the windows compiler, more optimisations, larger address space</li> <li>4/4 rhythm overlay</li> <li>Semitone overlay</li> <li>Constant Time Resolution Analysis option</li> <li>Linear knob control option</li> <li>Added option to only view/edit/hear the current group of layers</li> <li>Optional History menu to set history recording options</li> <li>Fixed freeze when checking for updates (Windows)</li> <li>logfile.txt always created in the Photosounder folder (Windows)</li> <li>Fixed freezes on certain Macs</li> <li>Added new View menu</li> <li>Fixed crash in Group to Nearest Semitone</li> <li>Made Escape key not quit but select the cursor instead</li> <li>Remembers window size and tool size and intensity</li> <li>Asks to save before opening a new file</li> <li>Made drawing smoother, Gamma and Intensity knobs much more responsive</li> <li>Improved harmonics drawing</li> <li>Menus extend to the side when they reach the bottom of the screen (Windows)</li> <li>Improved behavior of left/right arrow keys</li> <li>Extended support for high precision slow mouse movement</li> <li>Changed which layer is selected after a Merge Down operation</li> </ul> 11 Sep 2010 10:35:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20100911 Changes since version 1.8.1 : <ul> <li>Mac version out of beta</li> <li>MP3 input in Mac version (no add-on required)</li> <li>Saving whole session to a Photosounder Archive (.pha) file</li> <li>Various other fixes and improvements (see changelog)</li> </ul> 06 Jul 2010 13:38:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20100706 Changes since version 1.8 : <ul> <li>New convolution/propagation blending modes</li> <li>New layer intensity knob</li> <li>New Fill to Left and Bottom, Horizontal/Vertical Normalisation and Horizontal/Vertical Curves operations to manipulate horizontal and vertical envelopes</li> <li>Various other fixes and improvements (see changelog)</li> </ul> 01 Jun 2010 17:02:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20100601 Changes since version 1.7.3 : <ul> <li>New basic stereo support</li> <li>New layer system</li> <li>Interface made more responsive</li> <li>New move tool</li> <li>Changed WAV and AIFF output to 32-bit float</li> <li>Toggleable loop playback</li> <li>Various other fixes and improvements (see changelog)</li> </ul> 20 May 2010 04:03:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20100520 See the <a href="/announcement.php">announcement</a> 05 Apr 2010 01:21:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20100405 Changes since version 1.7.2 : <ul> <li>Mac menus added</li> <li>Chunks of sound in view get processed first</li> <li>New interface layout for lossless mode</li> <li>Faster image display</li> <li>Various other fixes and improvements (see changelog)</li> </ul> 01 Mar 2010 08:42:00 +0000 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20100301 Changes since version 1.7.1 : <ul> <li>Speed improved by 100% (Windows)</li> <li>Various other fixes and improvements (see changelog)</li> </ul> 24 Feb 2010 23:01:00 +0000 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20100224 New official forum hosted on KVR Audio (<a href="http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=155">link</a>) 17 Feb 2010 17:07:00 +0000 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20100217 Changes since version 1.7 : <ul> <li>Zoom</li> <li>Waveform display updates while loading sound</li> <li>Fixed/improved the non-gradient image display</li> </ul> 11 Feb 2010 17:40:00 +0000 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20100211 Changes since version 1.6.6 : <ul> <li>Menus added</li> <li>Online update checking added</li> <li>New image creation</li> <li>Various other fixes and improvements (see changelog)</li> </ul> 23 Oct 2009 06:42:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20091023 Changes since version 1.6.5 : <ul> <li>New "road roller" tool for smart erasure</li> <li>Faster (optimised) spray tools</li> </ul> 19 Oct 2009 06:23:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20091019 Changes since version 1.6.4 : <ul> <li>Harmonics modifier for spray tools</li> <li>Magnet modifier for spray tools</li> </ul> 5 Oct 2009 11:29:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20091005 Changes since version 1.6.3 : <ul> <li>Mask invert</li> <li>Improved spray tools</li> <li>Precision mouse cursor function</li> <li>Mouse cursor for tools</li> <li>Fixed lack of mouse position updating after sound loading</li> <li>Fixed block range to resynthesise after spray tools are used</li> </ul> 26 Aug 2009 15:18:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090826 Changes since version 1.6.2 : <ul> <li>New configuration options that allow changing several default parameters</li> <li>Perfected calibration in analysis</li> <li>Mac display issues on window resize fixed</li> <li>Optimised the redraw of the frequency scale</li> <li>Fixed range of affected blocks for the rectangle tool</li> </ul> 17 Aug 2009 15:13:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090817 Changes since version 1.6.1 : <ul> <li>Fixed a volume bug that would occur after saving a sound</li> </ul> 16 Aug 2009 19:41:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090816 Changes since version 1.6 : <ul> <li>Uses new configuration file to set audio buffer size (used to fix stuttering issues)</li> <li>Doesn't crash as easily anymore when running low on memory</li> </ul> 27 Jul 2009 20:19:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090727 Changes since version 1.5.5 : <ul> <li>New waveform display</li> <li>Reprocesses only modified areas</li> <li>Fixed opening with Open With.. (Windows)</li> <li>Sound moved back to SDL</li> <li>Minor interface rearrangements</li> <li>Processing stops faster when cancelled</li> <li>Fixed crash when loading a sound after another that existed since 1.4</li> <li>Fixed behaviour for when loading an unrelated image when the lossless mode is on</li> <li>Adjusted audio volume so there can be clipping only above +0.0 dB</li> <li>Fixed mask range bugs</li> </ul> 15 Jul 2009 16:38:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090715 Changes since version 1.5.4 : <ul> <li>Rectangle tool added</i> <li>Fixed window issues at loading time</i> <li>Fixed after-rotation crash</i> </ul> 12 Jul 2009 10:41:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090712 Changes since version 1.5.3 : <ul> <li>Undo/redo function added</i> <li>Fixed invert on masks</i> </ul> 9 Jul 2009 12:49:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090709 Changes since version 1.5.2 : <ul> <li>Added dialogs and checks to make lossless mode less confusing</i> <li>Fixed Mac error dialogs</i> </ul> 29 Jun 2009 18:17:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090629 Changes since version 1.5.1 : <ul> <li>Beep every 6 seconds in demo replaced with silence every 12 seconds</i> <li>Holding a Control key while pressing the left mouse buttons acts like a right mouse click</i> </ul> 26 Jun 2009 19:35:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090626 Changes since version 1.5 : <ul> <li>Fixed display issues such as interface choppiness and white windows</i> <li>Fixed support for audio files with non-44.1 kHz sampling rates</i> </ul> 10 Jun 2009 6:00:00 +0100 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090610 Changes since version 1.4.3 : <ul> <li>Mac version released</i> <li>Image redraw made much faster, spray tools no longer lag</li> <li>Vision Mode doesn't change when an image is loaded</li> <li>The selected tool's button stays down</li> <li>INV button is toggleable</li> <li>Time-frequency cues appear when the spray tools are used</li> <li>Window is maximisable</li> <li>Interface rescales automatically when the window becomes too small (Windows-only)</li> <li>Most libraries have been replaced with new ones</li> <li>Various bugs fixed</li> </ul> 21 Mar 2009 11:10:00 +0000 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090321 Changes since version 1.4.2 : <ul> <li>Time resolution knob crash fixed</li> <li>Click bug at the end of a sound in lossless mode fixed</li> </ul> 14 Mar 2009 23:55:00 +0000 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090314 Changes since version 1.4.1 : <ul> <li>Crash in lossless mode fixed</li> <li>Original audio file name now indicated in lossless mode</li> </ul> 02 Mar 2009 11:25:00 +0000 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090302 Changes since version 1.4 : <ul> <li>Spray tool delay bug in lossless mode during processing fixed</li> </ul> 28 Feb 2009 17:40:00 +0000 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090228 Changes since version 1.3 : <ul> <li>New <b>lossless</b> mode</li> <li>White paint spray added</li> <li>New backwards and ping-pong playback modes</li> </ul> 20 Feb 2009 20:00:00 +0000 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090220 Changes since version 1.2 : <ul> <li>Fixed freezes and various minor bugs</li> <li>The image is now displayed progressively as the sound is being analysed</li> <li>Files can now be opened through Windows' Open With..</li> <li>MP3 input (optional)</li> <li>Added support for more WAV formats, FLAC, AIFF, AU and every other format supported by libsndfile</li> <li>Sounds can be saved to WAV, AIFF and FLAC</li> <li>Input sound samplerates other than 44.1 kHz are now correctly supported</li> <li>Open dialog re-opens instead of quiting the program when an invalid file is opened</li> <li>Multi-threaded parallel synthesis</li> <li>Time display changed to MM'SS"XXX instead of only seconds</li> <li>Frequency and pitch at the mouse cursors position is indicated in the lower left corner of the window</li> </ul> 08 Feb 2009 14:20:00 +0000 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090208 Changes since version 1.1 : <ul> <li>Calibrated and equalised analysis for a higher fidelity in sound reproduction</li> <li>Pitch resolution in the analysis increased to up to 60 pixels/octave (instead of 24 pixels/octave)</li> <li>Synthesis now about twice faster</li> <li>Interface now keeps updating properly when out of focus</li> <li>Looped playback added</li> <li>New colour gradient</li> </ul> 04 Jan 2009 12:30:00 +0000 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20090104 Photosounder is now available for &euro;25 with a non-commercial license. More information <a href="http://photosounder.com/buy.php">here</a>. 31 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0000 http://photosounder.com photosounder-20081231 New features : <ul> <li>Saving images to files</li> <li>Copying images to clipboard</li> <li>Visual mode switch</li> </ul>