MP3 Trimmer

Another minor maintenance update. Most importantly, it takes care of the broken Version Checker.
In addition it takes care of some minor, non-critical bugs.
I'm aware of the need of a new and nicer looking website to host MP3 Trimmer, and this will be reality next year...

This update adds gain- and fade in/out-editing with CRC-protected MP3 files. CRC-protection is not widely used, but once in a while you might stumble upon such a file. In addition, some MP3 realtime recording devices uses CRC as default.

The major new improvement is instant registration.
For all new users that register: From now on - registration will be sent immediately in the 'Thanks for your purchase' e-mail from Kagi. No more waiting for your serial number!
Please note that you will need version 2.9 or later to register MP3 Trimmer from now on. Of course, all previous registrations will work as before...

Batch processing

Now you can process a bunch of files at once - make intro-clips from hundreds of songs, adjust gain on albums, etc. Easy to use and complete with fade- and gain-settings.

Improved Repair

Repair routines now handle seriously damaged MP3s better. In addition, MP3 Trimmer now repairs MP3s with incorrectly set emphasis bits (iTunes refuses to play such files).

MP3 trimmer now remembers window position between launches

Button for quick-swapping artist/title info in the AutoTrim window (quite common ID3-tag mistake)

The Find audio Silence feature was broken in the previous release. It's been repaired and should be working again...

(however, if you're working with mp3 files, I recommend the visual aid of the waveform display as a faster and more reliable way to find silent parts).

Larger waveform display

One of the top requests since 2.5 was released has been a larger waveform display. In 2.5.3 you now have the option to enlarge it by more than 200% by just clicking on it with your mouse. Click on it again to reduce the size to normal.

Improved audio scrubbing

In addition, the much appreciated audio scrubbing feature (introduced in 2.5.2) has been improved and now also features an Auto-Loop functionality; by holding the mouse button down after moving the locator, the current location will loop.

This release takes care of some minor bugs and also re-introduces the audio scrubbing feature (which was removed in 2.5). Audio scrubbing allows you to keep listening to the music playback while dragging the locator bar.

[*new*] MP3 waveform display – As soon as the MP3 file has been imported waveform analysis begins. This is done in the background, so you can begin working with the file immediately after import.
[*new*] Auto-Trim – The new, renamed & improved cue sheet window now supports more advanced trimming techniques
[*new*] Fade curves now available from main window
[*new*] Improved Audition window with built-in 'nudge-controls'
[*new*] Basic support for MPEG-1 Layer II (aka 'MP2')
[update] Improved MP3 Joiner with ID3 tag preservation
[update] CRC detection more reliable now
[update] improved time/frame accuracy

Cuesheet editor improved : The ID3 genres list has been increased to support all genres in the official ID3 specs. ID3 fields now features a 'auto-complete'-feature (like iTunes). Switching between the cuesheet and main window works better now (moving the mouse to the window will select it).

More keyboard shortcuts added : the Audition window can now be invoked with a keyboard shortcut and operated entirely with the keyboard as well (see the help files for additional info).

Fine-adjust the fades : The fade-in and fade-out settings can now be controlled in steps of 0.1 secs (by holding down the Shift key).

Improved & repaired Update check - The Update check has been improved and repaired (an ISP relocation made the update check non-functional)

Unique filenames on repair files : To avoid repair files being overwritten by accident, the Repair function now creates unique filenames on the output files.

Some windows missing a default dismiss button have now recieved one. Using a default dismiss button makes it easier to close a window by just hitting return instead of using the mouse.

A text encoding bug affecting high-ASCII characters was also fixed.

Lots of 'under-the-hood' improvements and minor bugfixes.