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Acoustica Standard Edition Changelog

What's new in Acoustica Standard 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 Standard 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 in Acoustica Standard 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 Standard 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 Standard 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 Standard 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 Standard 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 Standard Edition 7.2.8 (May 19, 2020)

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

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

  • Multitrack audio editing:
  • Create as many audio tracks as you want to
  • 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 transitions curves are available
  • Double click a clip to open and modify the content in an audio editor window.
  • New processing tools:
  • Superb quality time stretching as previously only available in the premium edition
  • Transpose tool (pitch shift) based on the new time stretching engine
  • New reverb with much better control over the room and filter parameters.
  • The parametric equalizer now offers six different filter types - low shelf, peak, high shelf, high pass, notch and low pass.
  • Other:
  • Improved VST preset handling which is more consistent with how presets are managed for the internal processing tools.
  • WAVE64 - support for files bigger than 4 GB

New in Acoustica Standard Edition 5.0 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.