What's new in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.5.1

Oct 30, 2023
  • Both Editions:
  • Automatic captioning and transcription based on automatic speech recognition
  • Edit History pane with easy access to earlier editing steps
  • New DeEss:Dialogue plug-in
  • Updated Remix tool that can be inserted in the Processing Chain or the Batch Editor
  • Draw waveform tool
  • Search bar in keyboard shortcut and possibility to save and load keyboard shortcuts
  • Support for Broadcast Wave Metadata, including time offsets
  • Tab to transients in clip editor
  • Premium Edition Only:
  • Audit trail export from Edit History
  • Updated Extract:Dialogue to version 1.5

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.4.0 (May 19, 2022)

  • New Caption Editor makes it easy to create and edit captions for video production or to create text transcriptions
  • New Rotate Phase tool offers both adaptive and fixed phase rotation
  • New ARA2 plug-in offers the complete functionality of Acoustica’s clip editor in host applications with ARA2 support
  • Support for multichannel formats up to 7.1.2
  • New DeBird plug-in reduces bird noise
  • New DePlosive:Dialogue plug-in reduces plosive sounds from recorded dialogue
  • New DeClick:Dialogue plug-in reduces mouth clicks and lip smacks from recorded dialogue

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.3.22 (Nov 10, 2021)

  • Fixed: Phase issues when using deep learning based tools on mono input
  • Fixed: Crash when using Transfer to Acoustica tool i AVID MediaComposer
  • Fixed: Processing Chain's On/Off state should be persistent
  • Fixed: Dockable windows are reduced in height when added and removed from side docks.
  • Improved: The default Time Display dock mode does not make sense.
  • Fixed: Crash when loading invalid AAC encoded files on Windows
  • Fixed: Switch to plug-in versions of DeVerberate and DeFilter in Acoustica's Enhancement menu
  • Fixed: Immediately revert to default audio device if selected device no longer present.
  • Fixed: Last tool settings should be stored under Application Support subfolder on Mac
  • Fixed: Playback freezes when audio device is no longer available
  • Fixed: DeClip parameter recall doesn't work with different upper and lower threshold values
  • Improved: Better sample rate conversion settings in Transpose tool
  • Modified: Changed default maximum validation time to 30 seconds in plug-in scanner.
  • Improved: Complete rewrite of the plug-in scanning for better stability
  • Improved: Swithed from open to filled save icon for consistency.
  • Fixed: Possible thread sync errors in Extract:Dialogue, DeBuzz, DeWind, DeRustle plug-ins
  • Fixed: Horizontal scrolling with Shift+Mouse wheel does not work on Mac with OEM mouse
  • Fixed: Scrolling with Shift + Magic Mouse swipe reverts to old view port due to "inertia"
  • Fixed: Cursor can move out of viewport after looping even if playback scroll mode is not "No scrolling".
  • Added: "Export Selection as..." in multitrack sessions
  • Fixed: Double click in upper or lower waveform quarter should perform single channel selection
  • Fixed: Processor bypass state in the effect chain gets mixed up when deleting an entry
  • Fixed (Windows Installer): Last target VST2 folder setting should be stored in separate registry key for each product
  • Updated: JUCE version 6.1.1
  • Fixed: Crash when mix pasting into an empty recording
  • Fixed, DeNoise: Possible illegal floating point output when using "Solo Noise" on Apple M1 processors.
  • Added: Click outside viewport in ZoomScrollBar class should cause a page jump
  • Added: Overview waveform with up & down mouse movement to zoom in and out
  • Fixed: Disc burning fails with "Internal error" when running under Big Sur.
  • Fixed: Shift-selection from playhead
  • Modified: Replace selected content when pasting
  • Improved: Better phase estimation algorithm in deep learning based tools

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.3.9 (Jun 11, 2021)

  • Fixed: Modified flag removed when using Save Selection As or Save Regions to File.
  • Fixed: No save file query when choosing "Quit" from the File menu
  • Fixed: Select previous doesn't work when using shift click and magic wand tool in spectral editor
  • Fixed: Time-frequency geometries not scaled correctly when entering time or frequency ranges numerically in spectral editor
  • Fixed: Inconsistent max / min peak positions when showing statistics of null signal.
  • Fixed: Crash in Convolve when changing channel count
  • Extract:Dialogue, updated: New model file and added model selection to preferences
  • Added: Store processor preferences if available
  • Multiple plug-ins, fixed: Host notifications not sent when moving frequency bandwidth or slope handles.
  • Fixed: Increased minimum macOS requirements for Mac installer.
  • DeClip plug-in, fixed: Infinite notification loops in Final Cut Pro X when link thresholds is activated.
  • DeClip plug-in, fixed: Multiple calls to begin parameter gesture prior to end parameter gesture.
  • Fixed: Undo state not stored when moving sensitivity band handles in DeBuzz, DeRustle and DeWind
  • Dynamics, fixed: Sidechain filter range is +-15 dB in UI editor, but parameter range is +-16 dB
  • DeNoise plug-in, fixed: Gesture notifications not sent to host when changing emphasis filter bands
  • Extract:Dialogue, fixed: Undo not available after moving sensitivity bands
  • Fixed: Workspace files loaded from Shell open without processing chain
  • Fixed: Current preset name reverts to "Reset" when reopening processors
  • Fixed: Crash when using pan automation curves in multitrack sessions and static pan set to exact center
  • Improved: Don't hide playhead while selecting during playback
  • Fixed: Incorrect playback position with Time Stretch in Processing Chain when bypassing the whole chain.
  • Fixed: Exclude LFE from panning
  • Fixed: Surround panner boosts center channel of mono sources with 6dB in multitrack sessions with surround audio.
  • Fixed: Empty space at bottom of surround level meter with horizontal bars
  • Fixed: Level meter bars disappears completely when too narrow.
  • Fixed: Viewport moved to start when undoing paste operation
  • Improved: Center zoom around playhead when zooming while playhead is outside viewport
  • Fixed: Maximum true peak should be -inf on digital null signal
  • Fixed: Echo effect causes oscillations when using low pass filter above Nyquist
  • Fixed: Crackles and pops when adding Equalize after Time Stretch in Processing Chain.
  • Transfer AAX plug-in, fixed: Transfer not working properly on latest macOS versions
  • Fixed: Crash when opening Acoustica with missing plug-in in chain.
  • Improved: Moved property files from common to user space.

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.3.3 (Jun 11, 2021)

  • Fixed: Alternating A-Z and Z-A sorting order of plug-ins in submenus
  • Improved: Fixed vertical centering of file names in document tabs.
  • Fixed: Crash when creating multitrack session with mono rendering format and starting playback
  • Fixed: Mismatching plug-ins in menus directly after plug-in scan.
  • Fixed: Plug-in sorting doesn't work with mixed case letters
  • Added: Keep last selected file format in "Save Selection As..."
  • Fixed: Channel routing not working when number audio device channels equals audio source channels
  • Fixed: Rare crashes due to thread syncronization error in audio I/O system
  • Added: Additional spectrogram colour sets
  • Fixed: Import stems to multitrack session cuts off audio when project and source sample rates differ
  • Fixed: Acoustica doesn't playback files with 8 kHz sampling rate
  • Added: Scrolling by holding down middle mouse button
  • Fixed: Insert indicator doesn't work in Processing Chain with vertical scrollbar not at top.

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.3.1 (Jun 11, 2021)

  • Fixed: Crash when saving MP3 files in OS X 10.11 and earlier
  • Improved: Switched to 64 bit processing in sample rate conversion (SRC) and increased upsampling factor
  • Fixed: Extreme slow-down when a large number of plug-ins are installed
  • Fixed: Media File Browser folder sometimes empty on start-up
  • Fixed: Some errors in German help
  • Fixed: Minor paint glitch in spectral mode draggable corners

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.3.3 (Jun 9, 2021)

  • Fixed: Alternating A-Z and Z-A sorting order of plug-ins in submenus
  • Improved: Fixed vertical centering of file names in document tabs.
  • Fixed: Crash when creating multitrack session with mono rendering format and starting playback
  • Fixed: Mismatching plug-ins in menus directly after plug-in scan.
  • Fixed: Plug-in sorting doesn't work with mixed case letters
  • Added: Keep last selected file format in "Save Selection As..."
  • Fixed: Channel routing not working when number audio device channels equals audio source channels
  • Fixed: Rare crashes due to thread syncronization error in audio I/O system
  • Added: Additional spectrogram colour sets
  • Fixed: Import stems to multitrack session cuts off audio when project and source sample rates differ
  • Fixed: Acoustica doesn't playback files with 8 kHz sampling rate
  • Added: Scrolling by holding down middle mouse button
  • Fixed: Insert indicator doesn't work in Processing Chain with vertical scrollbar not at top.

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.3.1 (Jun 9, 2021)

  • Fixed: Crash when saving MP3 files in OS X 10.11 and earlier
  • Improved: Switched to 64 bit processing in sample rate conversion (SRC) and increased upsampling factor
  • Fixed: Extreme slow-down when a large number of plug-ins are installed
  • Fixed: Media File Browser folder sometimes empty on start-up
  • Fixed: Some errors in German help
  • Fixed: Minor paint glitch in spectral mode draggable corners

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.3.0 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • Most Important New Features at a Glance:
  • Native support for Apple Silicon processors such as Apple M1
  • Acoustica Premium Edition adds four new plug-ins for dialogue post production based on deep learning:
  • Extract:Dialogue
  • DeWind:Dialogue
  • DeRustle:Dialogue
  • DeBuzz:Dialogue
  • Improved selection tools in the spectral editor: Geometries can now be moved and resized
  • Improved Remix tool with adjustable sensitivity for each stem and a separate download is no longer required
  • Improved audio quality of the Time Stretch and Transpose tools
  • Several improvements in the multitrack editor, including clip fades, region selection with optional looping and snapping
  • Files can now be dragged from the Media File Browser and dropped in the clip editor, multitrack sessions or CD projects
  • 32 Bit Support:
  • The support for the 32 bit Windows version was discontinued with the release of Acoustica 7.2.

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.2.8 (May 19, 2020)

  • Fixed: Occasional crashes when reloading sessions
  • Fixed: Possible loss of audio device settings

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.2.7 (May 11, 2020)

  • Added: Number pad + / - keyboard shortcuts to move cursor to next / previous label
  • Fixed: Crash when closing Cleaning Wizard during noise analysis
  • Fixed: Incorrect sampling rate set in time ruler in Cleaning Wizard
  • Improved: Refactored waveform/spectrogram drawing for reduced CPU usage
  • Fixed: Switched to Cmd+Arrows for quick cursor movements since Ctrl+Arrows is not retrieved on macOS.
  • Added: Show other DeFilter and DeVerberate in Enhancement menu if licensed on computer
  • Added: Remember last "save as" audio format
  • Added: Add "Use OpenGL" option to preferences
  • Added: Half speed playback
  • Added: Ability to turn off drag & drop editing
  • Added: Ability to disable channel selection based on Y position in waveform plot
  • Added: Commands to move to nearest left or right zero crossing
  • Added: Support for 32 bit default resolution in multitrack sessions
  • Fixed: Arrow keys cannot be re-assigned in the keyboard shortcut editor
  • Fixed: Time Stretch accumulates input audio during "bypass"
  • Fixed: Recording and stem import don't use the bit resolution set as multitrack session format
  • Added: Add "Create Clip from Selection" command
  • Fixed: Silence at selection begin after applying the remix or dialogue extract tool
  • Added: Add "Enter" keyboard shortcut (equivalent to "Home" key)
  • Added: Default to Media Foundation / CoreAudio decoder for unknown file formats
  • Fixed: Time display shows negative time when using audio scrub tool and dragging to a position before the recording has started.
  • Improved: Chorus processor based on upcoming Multiply 2
  • Fixed (Equalize plug-in): Refactored update sequencer to fix automation issues in REAPER
  • Fixed: Close button not removed when changing dock type
  • Fixed (Equalize and Verberate plug-ins): Error in threaded update sequencer that could cause missed parameter automation notifications.
  • Impoved (DeClick plug-in): Transient detection could be improved to avoid transient softening.
  • Added (Limit plug-in): Meter range selector in Limit (analogue to Dynamics)
  • Improved (DeClick plug-in): Increased crackle length to reflect changes in mask smoothing
  • Fixed (DeClick plug-in): Signal outside detected click and crackle time regions are affects by processing
  • Fixed: Rare crashes when using WASAPI driver model
  • Fixed (Equalize plug-in): Crash in when processing audio with three or more channels in linear phase mode
  • Fixed (Equalize plug-in): Deadlock when adjusting parameters in Equalize 2 during automation
  • Fixed (all plug-ins): Parameter values don't appear in the generic editor in Logic Pro X

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.2.1 (Mar 27, 2020)

  • Fixed: The Apply window gets too big when hosting VST3 plug-ins in high DPI
  • Fixed: Multitrack sessions crash Acoustica when pasting clip with no track selected
  • Fixed: "Save As..." in multitrack sessions doesn't update session title.
  • Fixed: Labels at the very end of a file are not stored when saving the file
  • Fixed: Duration changes not reported correctly in processing chain when bypassing processor
  • Fixed: Remix skips blocks with 96 kHz sample rate
  • Fixed: WASAPI crash when switching from mono to stereo playback (processor preview)
  • Fixed: "Move clips" is added to undo stack just by selecting a clip in multitrack sessions
  • Fixed: Undo after import stems from file isn't atomic
  • Fixed: Statistics jumps to wrong positions when selection doesn't start at beginning of clip
  • Fixed: Import Stems from File command creates distorted stems when source file sample rate is above 44.1 kHz

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.1.6 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • Tabbed user interface, new file formats (FLAC, MP4 and WAVE64), CD Cover Editor, K-System metering, Convolution reverb.

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.1.1 (Oct 9, 2018)

  • Most Important New Features at a Glance:
  • Extensive collection of plug-ins for use in other host applications [Premium Edition only]
  • Pro Tools Transfer tool lets you transfer audio to Acoustica and back again after processing [Premium Edition only]
  • Improved Retouch tool with new Replace and Attenuate methods [Premium Edition only]
  • The processing in the Batch processor is now multi-threaded for increased performance on multi-core CPUs
  • Improved docking system with detachable window panes for multi-monitor setups
  • Improved recording dialog with optional pre-roll
  • RF64 support
  • Automatic update notifications

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.0.51 (Feb 12, 2018)

  • Fixed: Horizontal axis grid in Vitalize doesn't match frequency axis
  • Fixed: Vitalize crashes when switching to a clip with different sample rate with the processor UI open
  • Fixed: DeNoise & DeNoise Light doesn't update frequency scales when switching to a clip with different sample rate
  • Improved: Smoother looking selection geometries generated by the brush tool
  • Fixed: Ensure time selection after undoing time-frequency region operation
  • Added: Drag and drop reordering of tracks in multitrack sessions
  • Fixed: ID3 tags preventing MP3 files from loading in Media Player in Windows 7
  • Fixed: Changing track heights in multitrack sessions not always working.
  • Added: Show automation levels when moving curve points
  • Fixed: Keep last selection tool when returning to spectrogram mode
  • Fixed: Possible freeze in FLAC decoder (extremely rare)
  • Added: Persistent file export settings in Cleaning Wizard
  • Fixed: Batch Wizard encoder settings have no effect
  • Added: Persistent batch processing settings
  • Added: Mono compatibility check button in Processing Chain and Multitrack Session Master pane
  • Added: Expand selection to zero crossings
  • Fixed: Time display should show current cursor position when audio isn't playing
  • Added: Add track number meta data support
  • Added (help): Describe 'Statistics' command
  • Added (help): Describe color palettes in analysis settings
  • Added (help): Describe processor preview controls
  • Fixed: Zoom buttons and zoom menu commands should zoom in around cursor position
  • Added: Add setting for maximum plug-in validation time (necessary for Waves shell)
  • Fixed: DeNoise noise profile estimation resets when looping audio
  • Fixed: Error in MapScale potentially causing out-of-bounds memory reads
  • Fixed: Tab close button not always responding to clicks when highlighted
  • Fixed: Zoom range tool not working in waveform view
  • Added: Adjust magnitude range directly from scale indication
  • Added: Add "Eject when finished" checkbox to CD burn dialog
  • Added: Make Dynamics and Multiband Dynamics available for the aux send.
  • Added: Color palette options in Spectrogram, Wavelet and Spectral Histogram
  • Fixed: Length of loop crossfading should be limited by length of audio available before the loop starting point
  • Fixed: Selecting output file format in Cleaning Wizard's file export page has no effect
  • Fixed: Waveform visualization doesn't update after closing the VST editor window from certain plug-ins
  • Added: File open dialog should have "All supported files" option
  • Fixed: Possible crash when right clicking in empty waveform views
  • Fixed: Incorrect block size reported to plug-ins when applying to files with 96 kHz sample rate or higher (mostly AU plug-ins affected)
  • Fixed: Undo not possible after removing anchor per drag & drop
  • Fixed: Incorrect command names in undo stack when using Cut and Delete with time-frequency selections
  • Fixed: Delete command with time frequency selection results in two commands (Delete > Mute) in undo stack
  • Improved: Statistics window now contain file name in window title
  • Fixed: DeHum frequency indicators not updated without audio playing
  • Fixed: DeHum sensitivity knob has no effect
  • Fixed: Invert toggle not set when reopening "Volume" processing tool
  • Fixed: Crash when loading plug-in chain files containing certain plug-ins
  • Fixed: Incorrect ID3 Tag header size in exported MP3 files
  • Fixed (Windows only): Plug-in Windows too big when opened from Processing Chain and using DPI scaling
  • Fixed: Unable to load processing chain files with some rare combinations of processors
  • Fixed: View range not validated after sample rate conversions.
  • Improved: Sample rate conversion accuracy and speed

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.0.41 (Dec 15, 2017)

  • Fixed: Memory leak in Cleaning Wizard which also prevents deletion of temporary files
  • Fixed: Crash when trying to open a plug-in that can no longer be instantiated
  • Fixed: Loading chain and session files fails when a plug-in is unavailable
  • Fixed: Audio I/O channel map editor appears behind recording window when opening device settings from recording window and clicking the channel map button on Mac
  • Fixed (Mac only): Errors in ID3 tags parsing and Wave64 text encoding and decoding
  • Fixed: Pad length error in Wave64 encoder
  • Fixed: Audio preview button doesn't work for mp3 and AAC files
  • Added: Cursor position indicator in top navigator
  • Added: Separate conversion toggles for sample rate and channel format in batch processor
  • Added: ID3 picture support (album artwork, etc.)
  • Added: Playback scroll mode selection in Preferences (General tab)
  • Added: Optional auto-close after clicking "Process" in tool windows
  • Added: Click middle mouse button on tabs to close documents
  • Changed: Adding processing tools to chain automatically opens UI editor
  • Added: Allow automatic import of multiple stems across tracks in one go
  • Added: Indicate samples values as well as reconstructed waveform with high zoom factors
  • Fixed: Loop toggle button has no effect during playback.
  • Fixed: Renamed "Play selection" to "Play from cursor"
  • Added: Video format support for m4v files
  • Added: Video format support for mov, mpg, mpeg and wmv files (Windows only)
  • Added: Optional downscaling of low levels in Level Meter.
  • Improved: Contrasted colours in DeClip UI
  • Added: Snap to default value in curve editors
  • Added: Save and load workspace layouts
  • Fixed: Rare crashes when the Statistics window opened
  • Fixed: Thread synchronization issues in BaseAudioProcessor (crashes during preview start and stop in extremenly rare cases)
  • Fixed: Undo / redo in Volume Curve Editor
  • Fixed: Improved translations and fixed typos in English
  • Fixed: Cut and copy should be disabled when there's no selection
  • Fixed: Memory leak in Statistics Viewer which also prevents deletion of temporary files
  • Fixed: Memory leak in noise analysis task (Noise Analysis and Automatic DeNoise commands) which also prevents deletion of temporary files
  • Fixed: Selecting the whole recording and deleting leaves zero signal with same length
  • Fixed: Analyzer pane toggles don't always work
  • Improved: Handling of default audio settings
  • Fixed: Playhead offset when using processors with high latency in processing chain
  • Fixed: Reordering of multiple tracks per drag and drop in CD projects
  • Fixed: Timer record window's cancel button incorrectly started the timer record
  • Fixed: Timer record level detection should use absolute maximum value for peak detection
  • Fixed: Crash when clicking play button in CD project without a selected track
  • Added: Drag and drop reordering of CD tracks
  • Fixed: Drag and drop in processing chain crashes when dragging an element out of the chain and releasing the mouse button

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.0.35 (Nov 10, 2017)

  • Fixed: Crash when opening automation curve chooser in multitrack sessions on some computers (rare)
  • Fixed: Level meters sometimes inactive after undo in multitrack sessions
  • Fixed: Rare crashes when clicking edge of clips while importing or time stretching
  • Fixed: Incorrect default selection after activating Retouch tool in multichannel files
  • Fixed: Incorrect German translation strings
  • Fixed: Byte Order Mark (BOM) should be stripped in UTF8 when importing ID3 tags
  • Fixed: Random crashes when using retouch tool on multichannel files
  • Fixed: Playback locked after applying processing chain while audio playback is active
  • Fixed: Incorrect start offset when using loop tool on left clip edge
  • Fixed: Clip visualization not always updated after importing or processing clip
  • Fixed: Crash when applying processing chain containing certain AU plug-ins
  • Fixed: Crash when time stretching recorded clips in multitrack sessions
  • Fixed: Some OS X native UI elements appear in German when having English as UI language

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.0.29 (Oct 27, 2017)

  • Added: Multi-lingual support. Currently avaiable localizations are English (US) and German (DE)
  • Added: File playback in Media File Browser
  • Fixed: Memory leaks in FlacDecoder
  • Fixed: Memory leaks in FlacEncoder
  • Fixed: Memory leaks in OggVorbisDecoder
  • Fixed: Looping not working when previewing in "Fade" tool
  • Fixed: Looping not working when previewing in "Volume Curve" tool
  • Fixed: Time-frequency selections aren't played in loop (silence after first play)
  • Fixed: Latency compensation not working properly in Batch Processor
  • Added: "View all vertically" command and renamed "View all" to "View all horizontally"
  • Fixed: Retouch tool shifts anchors after selection
  • Improved: Expand the hit test rectangle for the exit buttons in the document tabs
  • Improved: Expand amplitude range in signal generator
  • Fixed: Click and hold vertical scrolling in spectral editing mode with logarithmic view fails
  • Fixed (Mac only): Incorrectly displayed Unicode file names (precomposed unicode conversion)
  • Fixed: True peak and sample peak normalization disregard negative peaks
  • Fixed: Processing MP3 files in Batch Processor with two-pass tools such as Normalize or DC offset correction resulted in zero signal files
  • Fixed: Remove multitrack session commands with no effect: moveCursorToSelectionBegin, moveCursorToSelectionEnd, viewSelection, playLooped, editClips
  • Fixed: Scaling issue in spectrum analysis tools resulting in read-outs being 6 dB too low

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.0.24 (Oct 3, 2017)

  • Improvements over Version 7.0.18 Here are some of the most important improvements since the last public build: Improved handling of loops and added loop toggle button to main toolbar Improved magic wand tool ID3 tag support in MP3 import and export

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 7.0.2 (Jul 22, 2017)

  • Redesigned and modern looking user interface
  • Spectral editing allows precise restoration work since processing can be limited to isolated regions in time and frequency (Premium Edition)
  • Restoration Suite 1.8 plug-ins are seamlessly integrated (Premium Edition)
  • The award winning plug-ins Equalize and Verberate are seamlessly integrated (Premium Edition)
  • EBU R 128 and ITU-R BS.1770 compliant metering
  • Loudness normalization according to EBU R 128 and ITU-R BS.1770
  • Click free editing with optional auto de-click at splice points
  • Entirely redesigned collection of professional grade processing tools, including limiting, compression, multiband compression (Premium Edition), dithering, sample rate conversion and much more!

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 6.0 Build 8 (Jun 11, 2013)

  • Multitrack Editing:
  • Create as many audio tracks as you want
  • Apply effect chains to tracks or master track
  • Clips can easily be looped and stretched
  • Add transitions between clips by simply overlapping them in the time line. Several transition curves are available
  • Double click a clip to open and modify the content in an audio editor window
  • Mix-down to 5.1 and 7.1 surround formats
  • New Phase Linear Equalizer:
  • Phase linear six band parametric equalizer
  • Six different filter types
  • No frequency warping when close to the Nyquist frequency
  • Variable bandwidths and filter slopes (from -3 to -120 dB / oct.)
  • New Audio Restoration Tools:
  • Acoustica Premium Edition now includes the same tools as found in the Restoration Suite:
  • DeNoise is a plugin designed to reduce stationary noise, such as broadband noise, hiss, wind noise, buzz and camera noise
  • DeHum targets hum and buzz typically introduced by poorly grounded electrical equipment, but also other tonal noise sources like electrical motor noise
  • DeClick is designed to remove impulsive noise such as clicks and crackle
  • DeClip restores audio recordings distorted by analog or digital clipping
  • Other Improvements:
  • Improved VST preset handling which is more consistent with how presets are managed for the internal processing tools
  • Automatic recovery of recording audio if the computer shuts down unexpectetly during recording
  • WAVE64 - support for files bigger than 4 GB now also in the Basic and Standard Edition

New in Acoustica Premium Edition 5.0.0 Build 32 (Jan 7, 2011)

  • Graphical user interface:
  • New audio plug-in design
  • Tabbed MDI interface
  • Dockable file browser pane
  • New file formats:
  • FLAC
  • AAC
  • WAVE64 - support for files bigger than 4 GB (Premium Edition only)
  • CD Cover Editor:
  • The new CD Cover Editor lets you create CD covers from your CD projects in a breeze.
  • CD Projects:
  • Save and open CD projects
  • Erase CD-RWs
  • K-System metering:
  • The new K-System level meters help you to produce consistent sounding music while preserving appropriate dynamic range.
  • Enhanced spectrum analysis:
  • The updated offline analysis tools allow you to select frequency and amplitude ranges. The spectrum analysis now allows logarithmic frequency scales and can show the average spectrum over a large time selection.
  • Convolution reverb:
  • Simulate the reverberation of physical or virtual spaces based on pre-recorded impulse responses.
  • Enhanced denoiser with adaptive mode (Premium Edition only):
  • The new adaptive mode constantly updates the noise profile to match changes in the signal noise.
  • Test signal generator (Premium Edition only):
  • White, pink and brownian noise
  • Sine tones
  • Chirps