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Backed by the power of Sound Grinder, Sound Grinder Pro is the Studio Monkey's secret weapon. Not only does Sound Grinder Pro™ make quick work of batch processing, but also does nifty tricks like editing waveforms, extracting audio regions and Portion Control™ without leaving the application. Oh, and this Pro also batch processes with the AU and VST plugins...clever little monkey.

Waveform Editing
With its efficient design, you will quickly find your way around the editor, saving time in your editing tasks. Work with fades, loops and markers with an intuitive interface. Edit multi-channel audio and customize the editing environment to your liking. Use the unique waveform overview to quickly navigate the audio and locate edits. Create and name regions for easy separation and exporting. Perform actions such as Normalize, Auto-Region, Auto-Trim, Apply Plugins, Change Sample Rate and much more.

Portion Control
New to version 1.1, you can now export user-defined portions of a file in a single batch process. Take sections of audio from the beginning, end or anywhere in-between, and apply fades based on type and duration. You can even perform an auto region and export the new regions in a single pass complete with custom naming. If you have ever needed to create demos of your work or export countless regions and loops, Portion Control is the feature you have been dreaming of.

Plug-in Processing
Batch-process your audio files through your favorite AU, VST and Monkey Tools plug-ins including the new Insert Silence and Auto-Trim plug-ins. Create a custom pipeline, preview your results before processing and create presets or Droplets to process your files with simple drag-n-drop.

High Quality MP3 including MP3 Surround
Sound Grinder Pro includes the powerful MP3 codec from Thomson/Fraunhofer. This new codec offers pristine conversion that is a must-have for audio production today. You can also create mono, stereo and 5.1 surround files in the MP3 format. In addition, we include the LAME MP3 codec for those die-hard producers who demand options. Download the demo and hear the incredible clarity you can achieve with this new codec.

Metadata Processing
Todays content producer needs the ability to edit metadata data quickly and in large batches. To meet that need, we have included several powerful metadata tools including: Setting specific tags to be applied to all assets on export, mapping of metadata from one tag to another, and the importing and viewing of MPEG 4 and ID3 artwork.

Additional Processing
Process your files with these additional time-saving features:

• Droplets: Create droplets for those repetitive tasks. Then simply drag and drop assets and they will be processed with your custom settings.
• Movie Preview: Preview the video track of video files, and process the audio while retaining the video track.
• Rapid Convert™: Use Rapid Convert to activate the Sound Grinder Pro processing engine from the Finder, even using previously created presets.
• Process: Perform advanced file processing on your audio assets and then open them in another application. Change formats, apply normalizing, apply AU and VST plugins. Create presets for quick recall of common settings. Apply advanced naming schemes to the output files.

And there's more!

• Share your edit sessions with other collaborators.
• View and add artwork into ID3 metadata
• Audition audio files with all conversion settings and plugins applied before processing.
• Preview video tracks while auditioning audio tracks in movies.
• Create custom fi
  lenames for export using a wide range of criteria.
• Import/export Digidesign specii
  c content in AIFF, WAVE/BWAV, and Sound Designer 2 fi
  les.
• Import/export Spotlight (Finder) comments and include processing information during export.
• View metadata embedded in your assets.

Visit the Features and Screenshots pages to learn more about this new version, or download it now to try it in your own studio. We are confident that in its use, you will find that it can be a great tool saving time in your production process.

Next Steps

Whether you are an industry professional, an up-and-coming audio engineer, or someone looking for a great way to process and edit audio files, you owe it to yourself to check out all that Sound Grinder Pro has to offer.  Download our 15 day full-featured demo and try out the time-saving features and high quality conversion of Sound Grinder Pro.

At any time, you may purchase Sound Grinder Pro directly within the application or buy using our online web store. Qualified Sound Grinder users can upgrade to Sound Grinder Pro at a discount. Launch Sound Grinder Pro and click Upgrade at the Splash Screen.