I'll probably see what "new features and upgrades" happen before laying down that first $60. The update from 28.6 to 28.8 is allowing us to subscribe. I can hardly contain my excitement.
It's claiming new speech recognition and video editing capabilities but I have no idea if that's new in 29 or in a previous release—don't need either at the moment.
Perhaps Thomas Thiriez is looking to retire. I don't know.
TwistedWave has become the DAW of choice for voice over artists on Mac. Though the iOS and Online versions do not have the same functionality, both are popular. Now that TW for Windows is out of beta, I expect it to become ubiquitous for VO work. Android users will continue to cry in their beer that yet another serious, professional app is unavailable to them but that is not my issue.
I see that current license holders are eligible for an immediate Level 3 discount. Sure the hell not paying $99.95 in The App Store.
Yearly billing Save 2 months
First year — US$99.90
Second year — US$79.90
Third year onward — US$59.90
At least it's not a full Subscription that goes away if you stop paying:
Perpetual Fallback License
A perpetual fallback license grants you access to a specific version of the software without an active subscription. It includes all bugfix updates within that version, more specifically in version X.Y all Y releases are included. Here's how it works:
Purchasing an annual subscription provides an immediate perpetual fallback license for the version available at the time.
Paying on a monthly basis grants a perpetual fallback license once you've paid for 12 consecutive months, giving you access to the version available when your 12-month subscription started. You'll receive perpetual fallback licenses for each version you've paid for 12 consecutive months.
Dislike subscriptions?
If you prefer not to subscribe, you have another option:
Pay for one year, and continue using TwistedWave indefinitely without the need for a subscription. You can re-subscribe at any time to regain access to updates.
Having bought it through Cult of Mac many years ago for $15, I'm not in a position to rant over this.
I use it mainly to decode FLAC and convert anything to mp3 or m4a Apple Lossless in a fraction of the time of DSP-Q which takes a fraction of the time that DP does. Like DSP-Q, TW can batch-convert multiple file types simultaneously and sort the results as I see fit.
In addition, I use Twisted Wave's ZTX implementation to stretch, compress and re-pitch audio files in a fraction of the time it takes for DP. I want that voiceover exactly 60 seconds? Done in less time than it took me to type that.
I rarely use the iOS version—Michael Mortilla gave us the heads up on that when first released as a freebie. It lacks much of the functionality but it loads audio files for playback much faster than iTunes/Apple Music and this comes in handy. It will be interesting to see if that is affected at all.
