Major update - Übercaster v1.1 released
Offenburg, Germany - June 07, 2007 - E.R.S “Pleasant Software for the People” releases Übercaster v1.1.
With Übercaster v1.1 “Pleasant Software for the People” releases a major update for its complete podcast production suite.
Übercaster is a complete production suite for podcasting on the Macintosh.
It lets podcasters prepare, record, cut and release their shows the way they’d expect it. The days of overloaded and bulky recording environments are over.
Übercaster v1.1 costs US$ 79.95, registered users can download as a free update. A demo version is available at http://www.ubercaster.com
Version 1.1 delivers some major improvements and new functions:
- Improved input device routines. Dramatically lower latency!
- New “select and cut” function in “Track Edit” subview on cut layer: To move events, click and drag in the upper fourth of the Track edit subview (option-drag for copy). It’s also possible to drag selections to other tracks in the cut view.
- New option “Reset Playhead on Stop” in the “Mark” menu. If switched on, the playhead resets to it’s start position after playback or record.
- New version of PleasantConnect (v1.1) for recording iChat, Skype or any other chat application.
- It’s now possible to choose a single channel from a multichannel input device.
- Added a progress bar to the dock icon, showing the release progress.
- Zoom tracks vertically on cut layer.
- Several interface refinements.
- Tons of other fixes and improvements.
See http://www.ubercaster.com/revisionhistory.shtml for a full list of changes.
Made for podcasting
Leave your garage and feel at home. Übercaster has been made with podcaster’s needs in mind. With its versatile options podcasters may record their show the way they’re used to and profit from Übercaster’s advanced cut and release tools. One may also take advantage of Übercaster’s groundberaking live audio recording. Auto ducking, effects, chapters for enhanced podcasts, ID3 tags, album cover art, mp3/AAC/AIFF encoding - you name it. It’s all there. Seamlessly integrated.
Appealingly easy
Übercaster bundles its awesome features in an eye-inpiring, innovative and easy to use software. Thanks to a clear and smooth interface, podcasters can jump right in and record their episode. All the goodies are waiting unintrusively in the corner and are there when you need them.
This makes Übercaster perfectly suitable for both, newbies and advanced users.
Pure bred Mac application
Übercaster uses the Cocoa framework and is completely written in OS X’s native language Objective-C. So its look and feel are pretty familiar. Moreover it benefits from powerful technologies like CoreAudio, CoreImage, Accellerated Framework and multi threading.
Other main features of Übercaster:
- Thanks to templates you don’t have to start from scratch. Just use a previous project and you are ready to record.
- Define multiple microphones and a special input panel for iChat, Skype and Gizmo recording.
- Import and play soundclips, pre-recorded material and sound effects live.
- Optional “Stealth mode” enables you to start and stop audio clips or change volumes without clicking the mouse.
- Edit your show in a full featured and easy to use multi track editing environment.
- Encode podcasts as MP3, (enhanced) AAC or AIFF and upload them to web servers (via FTP, .Mac, etc.) at once with a single click.
- Save your project as an archive which contains all audio you’ve used in your episode.
- And much more…
Übercaster v1.1 requires a Macintosh with a G4, G5 or Intel CPU and Mac OS X v10.4.4 or later.
For more information, screenshots and tutorial movies visit Übercaster’s homepage at http://www.ubercaster.com
E.R.S “Pleasant Software for the People” has been developing and selling high quality software products for the Macintosh since 1989. Its last product ShowMacster (http://www.showmacster.com) revolutionizes the way of video conferencing by seamlessly extending Apples iChat application.
For more information, please visit http://www.pleasantsoftware.com
