HourGlass

HourGlass is a software utility whose purpose is to aid you in processing your audio files and playing them, with support for viewing waveforms.

The installation process can be skipped with great ease, as this tool is portable. As a result, the Windows registry and Start menu/screen are not going to be affected in any way, and no leftovers will remain on the drive after its removal.

It is important to keep in mind that you can take HourGlass anywhere with you and run it on any PC you come in contact, just by clicking the EXE file and placing the program files to a removable data unit (e.g. pen drive).

The interface you come by presents a pretty cluttered, yet quite well-organized build, as it contains a menu bar, a waveform of the uploaded item, several buttons and a few drop-down menus. All types of users can find their way around it, regardless of their previous experience with the IT world.

This software program supports import from formats such as WAV, AIFF, AU, PAF, OGG and FLAC, while you can also play or stop a song, with the help of the built-in playback controls. In addition to that, you should know you can adjust fragment rate and length, panning center, fragment volume, panning and transposition spread, and sound source select.

It is possible to also record sounds with this tool, and customize main parameters such as sound weights morph, fragment length, script meta A, playback speed, pitch morph, texture position and master volume.

To conclude, HourGlass is a useful and reliable piece of software for optimizing tracks. The interface is user-friendly, the response time is good and there are sufficient options integrated to keep you glued to your computer for quite a while. It does not put a strain on your computer’s performance and we did not pick up on any errors or crashes in our tests.