An update to the Rave audio editor has been released for AmigaOS4 and can be downloaded from OS4depot.net. The author's blog Rear Window has a new post that sheds some more light on the development of this update.


New in version 1.8:

- The program now uses sndfile.library (needs to be installed in LIBS:) for sample loading and saving, instead of a custom module.
- Added support for Microsoft ADPCM compression in the loader and saver code.
- New function in the Edit menu: "Set selection", which allows making precise selections based on user input or pre-defined ranges.
- The item "Extend selection" in the Edit menu has been renamed to "Modify selection", and its submenu contains two new commands, "Halve" and "Double".
- Fixed the "Create new drawer" function in the file requester, which would cause a lockup if the "Enter created drawer" option was selected.
- Fixed a small bug introduced in V1.7 which would leave certain menu commands available even if no sample was loaded.
- Across all program components, reworked memory allocations to make them more consistent and less error-prone.
- When loading the list of recently opened files, Rave now checks the list and removes all items that are no longer available.
- In the file requester, the file name gadget wouldn't accept more than 127 characters; the limit has been increased to MAX_DOS_NAME (255 characters) to support long file names in modern filesystems.
- Various other smaller improvements and fixes.
- Updated documentation.