SoundApp

SoundApp is a freeware audio player for the Classic Mac OS. It was among the earliest MP3 players for the Classic Mac OS, and was widely praised for its ability to play back, and convert between, a variety of audio file formats.^[1][2]

SoundApp

Original author(s)	Norman Franke
Initial release	1993; 32 years ago (1993)
Stable release	2.7.3 / November 13, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-11-13)
Operating system	System 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9
Platform	PowerPC and 68k
Available in	English, with ports to Japanese, French, Dutch, Italian and German
Type	Audio player and converter
License	Freeware
Website	http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~franke/SoundApp/

The program appears to have been abandoned by its creator, Norman Franke, after the release of SoundApp 2.7.3. Franke's reasons for abandoning the project have never been made public, and SoundApp has never been ported to Mac OS X.

Another developer, Joachim Bengtsson / Third Cog Software, has begun a version for Mac OS X, "SoundApp Reborn", but this project does not use any of Franke's original code.^[3] As of 2017, SoundApp Reborn is at version 0.1.1 and supports audio playback but not conversion and does not incorporate all of SoundApp's features.^[3]

Features

Audio formats

• AIFF and AIFF-C
• Amiga IFF (8SVX)
• Audio CD Tracks
• AVR
• DVI ADPCM
• EPOC 32 (Psion Series 5)
• GSM 06.10
• IMA ADPCM
• IRCAM
• MIDI
• Amiga MOD
• MPEG Audio (including MP3)
• PARIS
• PSION sound
• QuickTime Movies
• Sound Blaster VOC
• Sound Designer and Sound Designer II
• SoundCap
• SoundEdit
• Sun Audio (AU) and NeXT
• Studio Session Instrument
• System 7 and SND files
• Windows WAV