Apps: Audio Hijack, Detour, MRJ Adapter...
updated 08:00 am EDT, Tue September 2, 2003
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- Detour 1.1 ($12) can be used to redirect the audio output of screensavers as well as any other application; it provides the ability to choose the audio output device for each individual application. Detour can also be used to lower the volume of some applications relative to others. [N/A]
- Veta Universal 1.0 Palm Edition allows Mac users to use a Bluetooth-enabled handheld running Palm OS 5.0 to control any Mac application, including iTunes, DVD Player and others. It works with the freeware Romeo 0.9.1 from Arboreal Software. It is $10 shareware. [60KB]
- MRJ Adapter is a free Java library that (1) implements a unified API for developers to access Mac specific functionality built into the various versions of the Java virtual machine and (2) provides a path for cross-platform development, so developers can integrate certain Mac specific functionality while not compromising the cross-platform nature of their application. [450KB]
- Emagic has released Logic Platinum 6.2.1 for Mac OS X, an update to its professional audio application. The update makes improvements to multitrack recording, bug fixes to the preset menu of Waves plug-ins, and other miscellaneous improvements. [22MB]
- ReVision 1.1 ($30) allows QuickTime movies to be played in sync with either Reason and Live with functions for play, stop, fast forward, rewind and frame advance. It adds tempo/time signature changes at the marker locations, AIFF stereo audio export, demo movie export, enhanced scrubbing, and support for multiple ReWire devices simultaneously. [938KB]
- iVolume 1.0 ($7) adjusts your iTunes songs to the same loudness level: "Therefore no simple peak analysis is made. Instead, the real from the human ears perceived loudness is calculated with an appropriate algorithm. The results of iVolume are much better than those of the iTunes 'Sound Check'." [620KB]
