New Features

New features in SpectraLayers Pro 13.0.0

Highlights

Workflow and User Interface Improvements

  • New Paste Into Selection and Paste Insert actions added to the Edit menu. See Transferring Content.
  • Selection fade parameters can now be adjusted after a selection was made, and selection can additionally be resized by grabbing their corners. See Transform and Selection Tools.
  • Selection fades can be disabled or reenabled using the new Disable Selection Fades action in the Select menu. See Modifying a Selection.
  • Selection events can be fully disabled from History. See System Preferences.
  • Modules now all show a short description of what they do, if they depends on the FFT Size, and their associated shortcuts when hovering them. See Modules Panel.
  • Modules can now be searched by keywords such as name or topic (speech, noise, music…​). See Modules Panel.
  • Interface layouts now save module visibility, position and settings. See Show and Hide Interface Elements.
  • Keyboard shortcuts can now be assigned to more than 600 actions, including tools presets, modules presets and presets apply, and interface layout presets. See Shortcuts Preferences.
  • The VU Meter mode can now meter different peaks and loudness measurements. See Define Units and Scales.

New and Improved Modules

  • New Reconstruct module, which can reconstruct noise, tonal and transients automatically within a selection.
  • New Attenuate module which blends content within a selection to the level of surrounding ambience.
  • New Voice DeClick module to declick mouth noises such as lip smacks, tongue clicks, etc.
  • New Voice DeCrosstalk module to remove secondary voices.
  • New Unmix Two Voices module to unmix two voices without having to register a voice profile.
  • New Unmix Sound Effects module to separate ambience sounds from spot sound effects.
  • New Ambience Heal module to fill holes left in background layers after unmixing or cut operations.
  • New Level Check module to get loudness, peaks and RMS measurements, including within spectral selections, and peaks locations.
  • New Fade module to apply fade-in, fade-out and crossfades to layers.
  • Improved DeNoise module with more options and smoother results.
  • Improved Unmix Components module with higher quality results.

Other Improvements

  • New Batch Process Project Tabs to apply module chains to several project tabs at once. See Batch Processing.
  • Improved AudioSuite Bridge plugin for Pro Tools, now supporting multiple clips editing at once, and up to 16 channels. See Bridge Plugin for AVID Pro Tools.
  • Support for audio devices with more than 128 device channels. See Device Preferences.
  • Transcripts can now be exported to more frame rates. See Transcript Editing.