SoundEdit

SoundEdit is the first digital sound editing application for the Macintosh, originally written by Steve Capps.
==History==
===Early development===
After completing work on the Finder for the first Macintosh, Capps took a leave of absence in 1985 to live in , where he independently worked on audio software for the Mac.Newton Hall of Fame by Douglas Luckie, Michigan State Palmtop User Group. Archived 1998-12-06. SoundEdit was initially included with sound digitizer kits being sold by the Berkeley Macintosh Users Group. Farallon Computing acquired the distribution rights in 1987 and briefly considered renaming it to "SoundTrack".BMUG and MacRecorder, 32by32. 1985-09-19.
===Commercial releases===
SoundEdit was commercially packaged by Farallon as part of the MacRecorder Sound System, which debuted in January 1988 at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco.Highlights from the MacWorld Expo, U-M Computing News, Vol.3, No.4, The University of Michigan Computing Center. 1988-02-15. SoundEdit was acquired by MacroMind-Paracomp in November 1991, where it evolved into SoundEdit Pro, which added support for 16-bit sound.Macromind announces products, acquires Farallon software by Jeanette Borzo, InfoWorld, p.13. 1991-11-18.Macromedia SoundEdit Pro by Paul D. Lehrman. Sound on Sound. mu:zines. 1992-11. The successor company, Macromedia, began shipping SoundEdit 16 on July 5, 1994.Macromedia Ships SoundEdit 16, Macromedia. 1994-07-05. Archived 1999-09-09.
===Discontinuation===
The final release of SoundEdit 16 was version 2.0.7. Macromedia discontinued sales on December 1, 2004. Technical support ended on June 1, 2005.Macromedia discontinued sales of SoundEdit 16 as of 1 December 2004., Macromedia. Archived 2004-12-15. It could be used until Mac OS X 10.4.11 under the Classic environment.Sound Edit Pro by Christopher Ryan. 2021-07-13.
==References==
==See also==
*SimpleSound, software from Apple to record audio in classic Mac OS.
*Voice Memos, software from Apple to record audio in iOS and macOS.
==External links==
*SoundEdit at the Higher Intellect Vintage Computing Wiki
*SoundEdit 16 at the Macromedia Wiki
* at Wikipedia
Category:Audio software
Category:Classic Mac OS software