SoundApp

Infobox Software
name = SoundApp



caption =
author = Norman Franke
developer =
released = 1993
latest release version = 2.7.3
latest release date = 2000-11-13
latest preview version =
latest preview date =
operating system = System 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9
platform = PowerPC and 68k
language = English, with ports to Japanese, French, Dutch, Italian and German
status =
genre = Audio player and converter
license = Freeware
website = http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~franke/SoundApp/

SoundApp is a freeware audio player for the Macintosh operating system. It was among the earliest MP3 players for the Classic Mac OS, and was widely praised for its ability to play back, and convert between, a variety of audio file formats.

The program appears to have been abandoned by its creator, Norman Franke, after the release of SoundApp 2.7.3. Franke's reasons for abandoning the project have never been made public, and SoundApp has never been ported to Mac OS X.

Another developer has begun a version for Mac OS X, "SoundApp Reborn" [http://thirdcog.eu/apps/soundapp] , but this project does not use any of Franke's original code.

Features

Audio formats

* AIFF and AIFF-C
* Amiga IFF (8SVX)
* Audio CD Tracks
* AVR
* DVI ADPCM
* EPOC 32 (Psion Series 5)
* GSM 6.10
* IMA ADPCM
* IRCAM
* MIDI
* Amiga MOD
* MPEG Audio (including MP3)
* PARIS
* PSION sound
* QuickTime Movies
* Sound Blaster VOC
* Sound Designer and Sound Designer II
* SoundCap
* SoundEdit
* Sun Audio (AU) and NeXT
* Studio Session Instrument
* System 7 and 'snd' files
* Windows WAVE

External links

* [http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~franke/SoundApp/ SoundApp home page]
* [http://www.mac.org/utilities/soundapp/ Download page at mac.org]
* [http://www.stereosociety.com/mp3revsap.html Stereo Society review of SoundApp]
* [http://telcontar.net/Articles/opensource.php Page discussing the demise of SoundApp]