Library Monkey Pro features extensive asset management tools, CD ripping with index support, search options with recent search recall, waveform editing, plugin support, MP3 export and batch processing.

Feature Overview:

Power:

• Sophisticated processing engine for speed and stability.
• One window design.
• Customizable list view.
• Resizable control section.
• Quick access to conversion-only session.
• Rapid Convert providing in-Finder file conversion.
• Unattended processing mode.
• Multiple error logging levels.
• Unicode support.

Asset Management:

• CD ripping with index support.
• User-defined fields.
• User-defined Sets.
• Smart Sets for automated searches.
• Recent search recall.
• Field specific searches.
• Multiple bins for quick asset recall.
• Support for Finder/Spotlight Comments, and other industry-wide standards.
• Open assets in external applications including Pro Tools, Digital Performer, etc.
• Quicktime movie video preview.

Waveform Editing:

• Multi-channel editing.
• Movie Preview while editing.
• Waveform overview with advanced selection options.
• Sample-level editing
• Resizable channel waveform view
• Support for fades/loops/markers/regions.
• Auto-trimming.
• Auto-regioning with naming.
• Region exporting
• Comprehensive edit actions.

Processing:

• Comprehensive conversion engine.
• Droplets for drag-n-drop processing.
• AU and VST plugin support.
• Multi-channel file support.
• RMS and Peak normalizing.
• Advanced naming options.
• User presets.
• "Retain Folder Structure" option.
• Naming options for Pro Tools compatibility with split audio files.
• Pull-up/pull-down sample rates.
• Custom sample rates.
• 31 character name limit support.

Metadata:

• Metadata batch-processing.
• Copy metadata from selection
• Support for Finder/Spotlight comments.
• Support for ID3 tags, Vorbis Comments, FLAC Comments, and Quicktime User Data.
• All metadata viewable in the list view.

Playback:

• Preview process settings.
• Full playback control including scrubbing.
• Playback slider.
• Loop playback.
• Quicktime movie video preview.

New in v2.1

• General improvements
• Brand new Cocoa User Interface
• Improvements Volume Slider
• Improvements Broadcast WAVE functionality
• Improvements MPEG 4 Support
• Enhanced QuickTime File Support
• Bugfix for issue with storing the contents of Sets
• Bugfix for playback crashes

New in v2.0.7

• Bugfix for search crash
• Better AIFF Support
• Improved WAVE Support
• Improved Enhanced SD2 Support
• Bugfix for issues that could cause crashes when importing certain SD2 files.
• Bugfix for Mountain Lion Issues
• Bugfix for MP3 file reading.
• Bugfix for Edit menu issues.
• Enhanced Float32 Audio Code Playback Support
• Audio files encoded as Float32 samples should now playback on recent versions of OS X.
• Other general enhancements
• Various other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in v2.0.4

• General enhancements
• Bugfixes in Preferences
• Bugfix for start up hanging
• Other enhancements and fixes

New in v2.0.3

• Fixed a crash issue with WMA files
• Fixed an issue where certain WMA files would cause a crash.
• Fixed issues when closing the application
• Fixed a few crashes that could occur when closing the application.
• Fixed issues related to reading various audio files
• Fixed a few issues where files could be read incorrectly which may have resulted in crashes.
• Fixed the issue of reading Apple Lossless on 10.7.x
• Fixed an internal issue that prevented the processing and playback of Apple Lossless content on 10.7.
• General enhancements
• This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in v1.1.11

• Fixed an issue where after performing a search, the Delete key would no longer work in the Search Field.
• Fixed an issue where full portions may not be exported if the source file is an AIFF or WAVE file.
• Fixed an issue where displaying the duration of video content would generate errors when the display units was set to Samples.
• Fixed an issue where changing samples would not update the display properly.
• Fixed an issue with Hierarchal Sets in which the application would crash on exit if any Set had a child Set.
• Fixed an issue where invoking Make Silence when not all channels were selected would sometimes not work.
• Fixed an issue where audio playback was not respecting the audio routing setup in Audio MIDI Setup.
• Fixed an issue where pausing audio playback may cause a buzzing on some hardware. The fix may also address other playback issues.
• Fixed an issue where drawing short files in the Waveform Editor would sometimes not update the display.
• Fixed an issue where the application may crash when using the MT Trim plugin on pieces of audio that are very short.
• Fixed an issue where processing MP3 files may not happen correctly (exporting a portion and other).
• Fixed an issue where importing a folder that didn't contain any recognizable files would cause a subsequent crash.
• Added a workaround to import Region info correctly when saved with incorrect endianness.
• Updated the Quicktime Time Reference metadata display to show a time value according to the current time units settings.
• Updated the various Time metadata displays to correctly display sample counts.
• Fixed an issue where closing an Edit Session and then choosing Save would not actually save the session.
• Fixed an issue where, in rare cases, interleaved exported files may be created with mono audio split between output channels.
• Added change to skip reading Region Data from WAVE files when the chunk data size is 0.
• Fixed an endian-swap bug on PPC that would cause certain WAVE files to be imported as Quicktime files.
• Fixed an issue where the current time was not maintained properly when not reading from the beginning of the MP3 file.
• Fixed an issue where an error would be displayed when writing stereo MP3 files under certain special circumstance.
• This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.

New in v1.1.10

• Added functionality to allow for the pruning of missing files as well as removal of any asset from any library.
• Artwork in media files is now handled by loading the artwork as needed instead of loading during import. As a result, the "Import Embedded Artwork" Preference has been removed.
• Added a metadata item "Asset Added Date" to indicate the date and time an asset was added to the Database.
• Fixed an issue so now extensions can contain ".".
• Fixed an issue where the Remove and Cancel buttons did not work in the Marker Properties Sheet.
• Fixed an issue that prevented all files of a split file to be included in a Drag and Drop operation to an external application.
• Fixed an issue where "COMPOSER" and "CONDUCTOR" were not being written to or read from FLAC files.
• Fixed an issue where the video track could not be retained when processing the entire asset.
• Added Soundminer to file metadata mappings.
• Fixed a crash that would occur when clearing a numeric metadata field.
• Fixed an issue where entering times in the 00h00m00s format would not be interpreted properly.
• Fixed an issue where the filename(s) would be incorrect in the Search or Convert Session windows after performing Commit Changes to Original File in the Waveform Editor.
• Fixed an issue where metadata from the original asset is not included when exporting regions in the Waveform Editor.
• Improved LAME Codec UI to better communicate the methodology of the encoder.
• Enhanced Metadata Artwork Editor:
  - Enhanced the editor to show as a drop target when dragging to indicate valid image files.
  - Added a Remove button to the editor to remove artwork from the Asset.

• Enhanced DRM content handling:
  - Updated Waveform Editor button to not highlight if only DRM Assets are selected.
  - Added error message when clicking Edit button and a selected Asset is using DRM.
  - Fixed playback issues with Play Control when playing DRM and some other content.

• This version contains several other fixes and enhancements providing greater stability and efficiency.