SoundTransformer is a collection of ten digital-audio transformations that work in the frequency domain and operate as a plug-in effects within any MacOS Premiere-compatible audio application, including Adobe Premiere, Macromedia DECK II, Opcode Vision/StudioVision/Studio Vision Pro, MOTU Digital Performer, Bias Peak, Emagic Logic Audio and Cakewalk Metro 4.
SoundTransformer is an analysis/synthesis system. The analysis is a short-term Fourier transform ; it describes the input as a sum of sinusoids whose parameters are frequency, amplitude and phase. A signal is analysed in successive overlapping windows. The window size, which determines temporal and frequential resolution, can be adjusted according to the properties of the sound. After analysis, the modifications are applied. The modifications of the sound consists in modifying these parameters, before re-synthesis. From an input signal, SoundTransformer generates various transformations chosen and controlled by the user. These transformations can modify the pitch, spectrum and amplitude of the sound.
Who Should Use Sound Transformer?
SoundTransformer allows audio enthusiasts and computer musicians, sound effects designers and multimedia artists, webmasters and anyone else who enjoys working with sound to analyze and modify digital audio on Mac computers without special purpose hardware.
Currently included plug-ins:
*ST Spectral FIlter
*ST Spectral Shift
*ST Spectral PitchShift
*ST Spectral Randomizer
*ST Spectral NoiseKiller
*ST Spectral NL Stretch
*ST Spectral Mirror
*ST Spectral Magnet
*ST Spectral Sieve
*ST Spectral Wobble
2. Installation and System Requirements
Sound Transformer requires:
*A PowerPC Mac OS computer with System 7.5.5 or later. Fast processor strongly recommended.
*An Adobe Premiere - compatible audio application ( I've tested with Premiere 4.2, BIAS Peak 2, DECK II 2.5, Cakewalk Metro 4.0, LogicAudio 4.0)
Installation of SoundTransformer is fairly simple. Just drag-n-drop the SoundTransformer’s plug-ins to the appropriate Plug-Ins folder of your Adobe Premiere - compatible audio application... and that’s all, folks!
3. Version History:
For those unfamiliar with software development conventions:
"Alpha test" identified by "a" in the version number are pre-release versions in which basic product features
are not fully implemented or tested.
"Beta test" identified by "b" in the version number are pre-release versions which are substantially complete
but not fully tested.
"Candidate" identified by "c" in the version number are complete candidates for final release pending confirmation of minor fixes or enhancements.
Version 1.0c3 ( October 24, 1999)
• A bug that could cause the error -192 while launching Digital Performer finally has been fixed.
• Several resource-releated improvements were made in order to eliminate crashes while registration.
Version 1.0c2 ( October 16, 1999)
• Changed code in the EffSetupSwitchCustom routine to avoid error -108/ -192 while launching Digital Performer.
• Several improvements were made in order to eliminate crashes while PREVIEW mode.
• Optimezed FFT engine.
• The Global Optimization turned off, in order to increase stability of the plug-ins.
• Plugin dialog is moveable now.
Version 1.0c1 ( October 9, 1999)
• A bug that would cause Sound Transformer to crash Emagic Logic Audio host application in certain situations has been fixed.
• A cosmetic problem with small arrows controls has been fixed.
• Tested with Cakewalk Metro 4. Several memory leaks were located and fixed.
• Improved error handling.
• A problem that could cause Sound Transformer to crash while calling a MixedModeManager callback has been fixed.
• Tested with TurboMorph 1.8. A problem that could cause Sound Transformer to crash has been fixed.
Known Problems:
• Some of the MOTU Digital Performer users report about error = -108. I am working to resolve this problem.
• Sound Transformer don't work correctly with Gallery TurboMorph, I think, there is a problem in the TurboMorph Premiere host code.
Version 1.0b1 ( September 25, 1999)
• First public beta.
4. Registering Sound Transformer
Sound Transformer is Shareware.
Pricing is as follows:
A Single User License, $15 per user.
A Site License costs $300 and covers all locations for your organization within a 160 kilometer radius of your site (100 miles). One big advantage of a Site License is that you do not need to keep track of how many people at your site are using the software.
A World-Wide License costs $600 and it covers all locations for your organization on the planet earth.
Registration entitiles you to:
• Get rid of that annoying shareware message.
• Be able to use Sound Transformer past the 30 day trial period.
• Feel good for supporting shareware.
• Allow for continued development of Sound Transformer.
• E-mail support
If you do not register:
• No support.
• You will have to live with the annoying shareware message.
• Sound Transformer will expire.
• Devleopment of Sound Transformer may cease.
Registration is easy. Inlcuded in the Sound Transformer package you obtained was a Register application.
Run the Register application and send the output to the Kagi mail address provided by the register application.
-OR-
Register online at: http://order.kagi.com/?9YL
Registrations for Sound Transformer are handled by Kagi Shareware service run by Kee Nethery.
Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street PMB#392-9YL
Berkeley, CA 94079-1405
USA
registration: <sales@kagi.com> send your registration and registration related questions here.
internet: <http://www.kagi.com> read here for more information.
FAQ via email: <FAQ@kagi.com> send a message and receive the current FAQ as a reply.
Fax: 510-652-6589
How we do business:
Kagi does business via email . We receive postal mail, email, faxes and phone calls, and process registration payments. Kagi processes software product payments for several hundred authors and their programs. We need you to use the Register program that came with Sound Transformer since most of the payment processing is automated to keep costs low and frees us help you when you need it.
How we can respond you:
After processing we will send all registered users an email that will give you more information about Kagi and the program. Email and fax registrations will be sent an acknowledgement that we received your registration request. Because of the low percentage that Kagi charges for payment processing we will not respond with a phone call, unless you have an "800" number or receive collect calls, and we do not send faxes. The only mail that we send is postcard receipts that have been paid for. Kagi is NOT a software publisher and does not ship any product or return anything sent on disks. Kagi does not provide technical support for any of the other programs they handle.
For technical support:
Contact the author of the Sound Transformer <alexy@kagi.com>. The email address of the author should also be on the copy of the registration form that you send us, so save a copy for yourself.
How to get help from us if you need it:
If you do not get a response from your registration request in a reasonable amount of time, email in four days, faxes in six days, postal mail in a few weeks, please send the message below to us with the information entered. This way we can help you as quickly as possible:
*We need this data:
Anything that you can provide us with would be helpful, such as when and how you sent your payment and any previous email messages sent. Please tell us exactly what you want us to do/send to you.
Payment-method: Card , Check and check #, cash invoice or First Virtual
Register-to: Registrants name
Time/Invoice: if original had that number
Email: email address
Addr: If used
Card-name: card holder's name
Credit-card#: first 10 digits
Program: program name & cost
For more information, read the enclosed "How to Register" document.
5. Payment
Paying for Sound Transformer is fairly simple. Open the Register program that accompanies Sound Transformer. Enter your name, your email address, and the number of single user licenses you desire for each program you wish to purchase (or Site or Word-Wide licenses). Save or Copy or Print the data from the Register program and send the data and payment to Kagi.
If paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can email or fax the data to Kagi. Their email address is <sales@kagi.com> and their fax number is +1 510 652-6589. You can either Copy the data from Register and paste it into the body of an email message or you can Save the data to a file and you can attach that file to an email message. There is no need to compress the data file, it's already pretty small. If you have a fax modem, just Print the data to the Kagi fax number.
Payments sent via email and through the online registration site are processed within 3 to 4 days. You will receive an email acknowledgement when it is processed. Payments sent via fax take up to 10 days and if you provide a correct internet email address you will receive an email acknowledgement.
If you are paying with Cash or USD Check you should print the data using the Register application and send it to the address shown on the form, which is:
Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street PMB#392-9YL
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA
You can pay with a wide variety of cash from different countries but at present if you pay via check, it must be a check drawn in US Dollars. Kagi cannot accept checks in other currencies, the conversion rate for non-USD checks is around USD 15 per check and that is just not practical.
If you have a purchasing department, you can enter all the data into the Register program and then select Invoice as your payment method. Print three copies of the form and send it to your accounts payable people. You might want to highlight the line that mentions that they must include a copy of the form with their payment.
Kagi cannot invoice your company, you need to act on my behalf and generate the invoice and handle all the paperwork at your end.
Please do not fax or email payment forms that indicate Cash, Check or Invoice as the payment method. As far as we know, there is still no technology to transfer physical objects via fax or email and without the payment, the form cannot be processed.
Payments send via postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up to 10 days for processing. Again, if you include a correct email address, you will hear from Kagi when the form is processed.
6. Distribution
Any modification, reorganization, reverse engineering, recompiling and reassembly are prohibited.
Sound Transformer can be freely distributed as long as it is not modified and there’s no charge for it, but it may not be included in any commercial package without my consent.
Also, please distribute Sound Transformer as a complete package, including Register application, "How to Register" and this file.
All online services and bulletin boards may make it available to their users at no charge other than the normal connection fees.
All non-profit user groups may distribute it.
All magazines may publish it on floppy disk without asking me first, as long as I get a copy of the issue containing my software.
All CD-ROM shareware collections and CD-ROM magazines may include it without my prior consent, as long as I get either a copy of the CD-ROM or an offer to buy the CD-ROM at a discount price.
All redistribution companies such as Pacific HiTech, AMUG, Celestin or Educorp may distribute it, as long as I get a copy of each media containing my software and a catalog of the company’s offerings (where applicable).
For more information, contact me by e-mail.
7. Credits:
Sound Transformer was developed by Alex Yermakov using Metrowerks CodeWarrior and Mathemaestetics Resorcerer®.
Portions are protected by the copyrights of their respective holders.
Copyright 1996 Motorola, Inc., Libmoto - a PowerPC™ microprocessor math library for Apple MacIntosh™.
Special thanks to Oyvind Hammer for his ideas, for the source code of Ceres and the educational and inspirational value it provided.
Thanks to Steve Berkley from BIAS for PremiereShell SDK and for assistance.
The writing of some effects was inspired by the public works of Johnathan F. Lee, Paul Koonce and Perry R. Cook.
8. DISCLAIMER
THE AUTHOR ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS OF TIME, DATA, MONEY OR OTHER ASSETS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF “SOUND TRANSFORMER” (THE PROGRAM). THE AUTOR IS NO WAY LIABLE FOR ANY SUCH LOSSES. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PROGRAM IS USED BY THE USER AT HIS/HER OWN RISK. USER AGREES TO THESE TERMS BY INSTALLING THE PROGRAM.
Any comments, suggestions, advice, bug reports, requests, may be emailed to: <alexy@kagi.com>;
I will definitely read each email but responding to them may not be practical.
