The envelope tool, which can alter pitch, shave attack, remove sustain and aid in shaping stretched samples, is a neat tool that can really change the sound of a loop. The EQ is well done, except that there is no visual aspect - guess we must rely on our ears. I found you could really “gut” a groove or isolate specific events or samples. My personal favorite is the Transient Shaper for its beat-scrunching compression and clean-up gating effects. Each of the three effects can be separated into three optionally viewed toolbars. A new compressor, called Transient Shaper, and a 2-band parametric EQ with hi- and lo-cut knobs can also be found, as well as ReCycle’s signature time and pitch functions in real-time edit knobs. Installation under Mac OS is now drag and drop (no installer).Audio editing in ReCycle 2.0 has been duly improved: ReCycle now supports stereo loops, with real-time effects previewing and per-slice audio scrubbing. The authorization system and copy protection has been changed, reducing the risk of having to reauthorize the program. We have removed support for the Sound Designer II, Mixman and SampleCell formats since these are all outdated. Open Recent (documents) is now a sub-menu on Mac OS.

The Preference dialog has been streamlined and updated. The max length of audio files you can edit in ReCycle is no longer limited to five minutes. You can now use the Q, W, E and R keys to select tools. The Waveform now indicates graphically what sound will be played back, by dimming silent sections. Also, when importing audio files created in Record or Reason, the tempo information in those files is used for setting tempo and length in ReCycle.

When exporting AIFF and Wave files, Record/Reason-style tempo information is now included in the file. Some redundant controls have been removed and others added.

Scrolling is smoother and you can now zoom in further. The main window has been graphically redesigned, including new zooming and scrolling. ReCycle 2.2 requires a Mac with an Intel processor. ReCyle 2.2 is also a true Cocoa program under Mac OS and fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. The program is now compatible with 64 bit operating systems. ReCycle 2.2 is a free update that brings is 64-bit compatibility, is Mac OS X Lion compatible, and has a new look and some workflow improvements.

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