Fission

An issue with the Revert command malfunctioning has been corrected.

* CPU usage during playback has been reduced.
* 24-bit mono files are now properly supported.
* The LAME MP3 engine, used for pasting/dropping files into an MP3 document, has been updated to 3.98.4
* A long hang which could occur when closing large documents in certain circumstances has been fixed.
* A crash caused by buggy QuickTime components failing to provide a file extension has been fixed.
* A glitch occurring when fading to the end of a file has been corrected.
* A bug caused by certain characters in the name of an iPhone ringtone has been fixed.
* A bug where the waveform was not show correctly at certain zoom levels has been fixed.

Fission 1.6.8
Released on 10/27/09
* A problem with fades placed at the very end of MP3 and AAC files, introduced in version 1.6.7, has been corrected.

Fission 1.6.7
Released on 10/22/09
* Fission now requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
* An extremely rare crash that could occur while pausing playback has been fixed.
* A bug that could lead to audio corruption when applying fades in stereo AIFF, WAV, and CAF files has been corrected
* A problem which would cause faded sections to not respect gain changes or normalizations in AIFF, WAV, and CAF files has been fixed.

Fission 1.6.6
Released on 08/28/09
* A serious crashing bug that could occur when a fade was set has been fixed.

Fission 1.6.5
Released on 08/26/09
* A Split at Playhead toolbar button is now included for easier splitting.
* Files can now be dragged to Fission's Dock icon right from iTunes.
* Fades are smoother, as they're applied directly to the waveform data in Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV, and CAF files.
* Fission now has full compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
* A bug where Fission would run a redundant spotlight query for metadata, resulting in decreased performance at startup, has been fixed.
* NUL bytes are now removed from filenames when saving, fixing a bug which would truncate filenames of files with badly-formed titles.
* Improved window flushing should reduce or fully prevent flicker in certain circumstances.
* If Fission is hidden at startup, the Welcome Window is no longer improperly shown.
* A bug where QuickTime would refuse to export to certain filenames containing colons has been worked around.
* A bug with saving partial Apple Lossless frames has been fixed.
* A bug where Fission would not allow aborting the save of a very long AAC file has been removed.
* Fission no longer offers to install Smart Crash Reports.
* When decoding errors from corrupt files occur, silence is now produced instead of garbage data.
* A bug where custom registration window errors would display incorrectly has been fixed.
* Fission now checks for updates weekly, instead of every 15 days.
* Software update check now sends the processor architecture to the server.

* Looped playback is now properly gapless.
* A bug with the new scrubbing indicator and waveform scrolling has been fixed.
* Parsing of WAV files has been improved.
* Runaway memory usage when using Smart Split or applying a cue sheet to very large files has been corrected.
* CAF files can now be opened by dragging them to the Fission application icon.
* The Shift-arrow key combination now behaves correctly in all cases.
* A crash when opening a cue sheet and then canceling the open file sheet asking to locate the audio file has been fixed.
* Registration information is now written to disk immediately when entered.
* All preferences are now written to disk immediately after being changed.
* The application name and version are now shown in the Registration window.
* Several small bug fixes and memory leak fixes are included.
* Normalization now works correctly on files with corrupt packets.

Fixed a rare crash that could occur after intensive editing
Fixed a drawing-related crash on Tiger when using the I and O keys to create a selection

Turn any audio file into a ringtone, with built-in iPhone ringtone saving

- The Insert Silence option enables you to insert periods of silence into a file
◊ The new Set Playhead command allows you to specify an exact timestamp for the playhead
◊ Now uses Sparkle for easy software updates
◊ Almost two dozen additional improvements and bug fixes