The Snail v1.3 is a free software update for all previous owners and provides extended feature options, improved performance, license activation (supporting up-to 3 machines), documentation overhaul, and more. For those who never heard of this software, this is another of the great software tools produced by ircamLAB, and worth discovering and playing with.
As said, The Snail is a high-precision frequency-domain analyzer. The software offers two modes and three different display views. Music Mode is the most suitable to view music, if for instance it contains complex polyphonic content. Tuner Mode is the preferred to help tune an instrument as it increases the resolution of the analysis. When selecting the Snail View display option, it provides a representation of the fundamental frequencies and all related harmonics or overtones in real time. In this display mode sound is shown as 'blobs' along a spiral, with the low frequencies in the center and the higher frequencies (and their respective musical notes) up the spiral GUI.
Another display option is the Zoomed Tuner View, and displays an hexagonal shape which rotates and slows down as the user zeroes down to green on the exact reference frequency. This display is the closest view to a traditional tuner while being incredibly more precise. Finally, Sonogram View offers a more standard representation of the sound spectrum over time (vertically), highlighting the prevailing frequencies. This view provides more detail of the frequencies' energy for analysis.
For those who are familiar with the software and plug-in, the new version now offers new color and show grid options, Click and Tune, and significantly improved performance and optimized file size. The software comes with updated installers with EULA (macOS & Windows), updated authorization scheme and UI, and there's now an updated trial period scheme and UI.
In a sign of a care from the programmers, The Snail has a signed and notarized installer for macOS 10.15 and up, with Mac compatibility from 10.7 to 11.1 (inc. ARM machines with Rosetta 2).
The Snail is available now at a promo price of $49 until August 29, after which it will be sold for $99 (MSRP).
Directed by Frank Madlener, IRCAM is one of the world's largest public research centers in the world dedicated to both musical expression and scientific research. IRCAM is a unique establishment where artistic sensibilities from over 160 collaborators, fuse with scientific and technological innovation. Founded by Pierre Boulez, IRCAM is associated with the Centre Pompidou, under the tutelage of the French Ministry of Culture. In the realm of music and sound, IRCAM is on the cutting edge of scientific and technological innovations. It covers a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines including acoustics, signal processing, computer science (languages, real-time, databases, man-machine interfaces) musicology, and music cognition.
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