Sound Grinder Pro provides advanced audio batch-processing and waveform editing. Features include comprehensive waveform editing, AU and VST plug-in processing, support for the Thomson/Fraunhofer IIS MP3 and MP3 Surround codec, drag-n-drop DAW import, Droplets for drag-n-drop conversion in the OS X Finder, metadata processing, a new waveform editor and much more.

Feature Overview:

Power:

• Sophisticated processing engine for speed and stability.
• One window design.
• Customizable list view.
• Resizable control section.
• Rapid Convert providing in-Finder file conversion.
• Unattended processing mode.
• Multiple error logging levels.
• Unicode support.

Processing:

• Comprehensive conversion engine.
• Droplets for drag-n-drop processing.
• AU and VST plugin support.
• Multi-channel file support.
• RMS and Peak normalizing.
• Advanced naming options.
• User presets.
• "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.

Waveform Editing:

• Multi-channel editing.
• Movie Preview while editing.
• Waveform overview with advanced selection options.
• Sample-level editing
• Resizable channel waveform view
• Support for fades/loops/markers/regions.
• Auto-trimming.
• Auto-regioning with naming.
• Region exporting
• Comprehensive edit actions.

Metadata:

• Metadata batch-processing.
• Copy metadata from selection
• Support for Finder/Spotlight comments.
• Support for ID3 tags, Vorbis Comments, FLAC Comments, and Quicktime User Data.
• All metadata viewable in the list view.

Playback:

• Preview process settings.
• Full playback control including scrubbing.
• Playback slider.
• Loop playback.
• Quicktime movie video preview.

New in v1.0.2

• Fixed an issue where v1.1 Tags were always written to MP3 files.
• Fixed an issue when opening a saved session.
• Fixed an issue where the application was still in demo mode after activation.
• Fixed an issue with Droplets.
• Fixed a Rapid Convert crash.
• Fixed a crash issue with Check for Update.
• Fixed a crash when writing MP3 files.
• Fixed several plugin issues.
• General enhancements.