By David Sparks: In a different lifetime I was a studio musician and spent a lot of time with microphones and soundboards. As a result, I’m a bit of an audio nerd. The thing is, I remember how hard analog audio was to pull off. But today we live in the digital age and suddenly Audio gets much easier. This week I’m looking at Ambrosia Software’s latest application in its stable of audio tools, Wiretap Anywhere. To put this application in layman’s terms, wind the clock back about 80 years
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In the Mac audio software market, Ambrosia’s WireTap Studio made a splash last year when it launched, offering lossless capture and audio editing with a fresh interface (and competing with incumbent heavyweight Audio Hijack Pro from Rogue Amoeba). Although it aimed at being an end-to-end solution for basic podcasting and audio production needs, the limitations of the built-in editor meant that high-end and pro users still needed to export from WTS to complete a project elsewhere. Since most p
Ambrosia Software has introduced WireTap Anywhere, a tool which enables users to record the audio output of any Mac application or hardware input device. The new software is being presented at the 2008 New Media Expo in the Las Vegas Convention Center. A free trial of WireTap Anywhere is available here. Any application that creates audio appears [...]
iToner is Ambrosia’s application that makes it easy to put free ringtones on your iPhone. Because really — paying for ringtones is ridiculous. It works without hacks or tricks. Simply drop any MP3, AAC, WAVE, or AIFF audio file onto the application’s window and boom! You’re done. Ambrosia released version 1.0.8 this week, which offers compatibility with the iPhone 2.0 software. Other changes include Support for iTunes 7.7 Japanese localizaton A single license will cost you $15US and requir
Software industry/Computer and video game industry
Products
Shareware games and utilities
Website
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/
Ambrosia Software is a predominantly Macintosh software company located in Rochester, New York. Ambrosia produces utilities and games. Its products are distributed as crippleware; demo versions can be downloaded and used for up to 30 days.
Ambrosia's best-selling program is the utility SnapzPro, although the company is better known for the production and the distribution of games. Incorporated August 18, 1993 by its president, Andrew Welch, after graduating from the RIT in 1992, the first game produced by Ambrosia was Maelstrom, a remake of the Asteroids arcade game. Maelstrom quickly became popular in the Macintosh community, and won a number of software awards.
This initial success led Ambrosia to release several more arcade-style games. These included Apeiron (a remake of Centipede), and Swoop (a remake of Galaxian).
The unofficial mascot of Ambrosia Software is Hector the Parrot.
Products
Games
Ambrosia Software's games are, in order of release:
Maelstrom
Chiral
Apeiron — later ported to Mac OS X
Swoop
Barrack
Escape Velocity
Avara
Bubble Trouble — later ported to Mac OS X
Harry the Handsome Executive
Mars Rising
EV Override
Slithereens
Cythera
Ares
Ferazel's Wand
Pillars of Garendall
Deimos Rising
Coldstone game engine
Escape Velocity Nova
Bubble Trouble X — Mac OS X port of original, with minor gameplay changes
pop-pop
Uplink — Mac OS X port
Aki
Apeiron X — Mac OS X port of the original, with enhanced graphics
GooBall
Darwinia — Mac OS X port
El Ballo
Redline
SketchFighter 4000 Alpha
DEFCON — Mac OS X port
pop-pop — Universal Binary release
Uplink — Universal Binary release
Ambrosia's announced upcoming games and utilities, as of September 2007, include:
Aquaria — Mac OS X port
Siege — not on Ambrosia's upcoming page, presumed inactive
Rockfall — not on Ambrosia's upcoming page, presumed discontinued
Cythera X — not on Ambrosia's upcoming page, presumed inactive
Ambrosia, in conjunction with DG Associates, has also released the Escape Velocity Nova Card Game.
Productivity software
Ambrosia Software's utilities, in descending order of release:
WireTap Studio — Audio recording, editing and master storage; won a 2007 "Eddy Award" from Macworld
iToner — iPhone custom ringtone transfer utility
Dragster — File transfer application
EasyEnvelopes — Mac OS X v10.4 dashboard widget
Screen Cleaner Pro — April Fool's joke
WireTap Pro — Audio recording utility
Snapz Pro X — Mac OS X-compatible version of original
iSeek — Desktop search application
Snapz Pro— Screen capture application
ColorSwitch Pro
Eclipse
Community
Ambrosia Software has gathered a sizeable following in the Macintosh community in part due to forum-based discussion of its products, and the outgoing personalities of the company's employees. Mainly supported through the company's web site forums and their IRC server (irc.ambrosia.net), the community lists over 20,000 members with support forums for each of Ambrosia's utilities and games, complemented by general discussion forums focusing on politics, graphics, games and general camaraderie.
"Crippled" shareware
One of Ambrosia's founding mantras was that shareware software should not be distributed as crippleware. The company's software was released on the honor system with only a short reminder that you had used the unregistered software for "x" amount of time; so-called nagware. This policy has since been changed and the company today employs typical shareware piracy prevention measures. Their software products now fall under the category of crippleware. An article in the company's newsletter, the Ambrosia Times, outlines the factors that played into the policy change.
References
^ MacSlash Interview: Andrew Welch of Ambrosia
^ "Home-grown Ambrosia feeds software niche", Michael Saffran. In RIT: The University Magazine, Vol. 10, #1
^ Into the Maelstrom. The Mac Observer (199-12-08). Retrieved on 2007-07-08.
^ The Ambrosia Times Newsletter
External links
Ambrosia Software
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Ambrosia Software
Games
Aki · Apeiron · Aquaria · Ares · Avara · Barrack · Bubble Trouble · Chiral · Cythera · Darwinia · DEFCON · Deimos Rising · The Adventures of El Ballo · Escape Velocity · Escape Velocity Nova · Escape Velocity Override · Ferazel's Wand · GooBall · Harry the Handsome Executive · Maelstrom · Mars Rising · Pillars of Garendall · pop-pop · Redline · SketchFighter 4000 Alpha · Slithereens · Swoop · Uplink
Software
Coldstone game engine · ColorSwitch Pro · Dragster · EasyEnvelopes · Eclipse · iSeek · Screen Cleaner Pro · Snapz Pro · Snapz Pro X · WireTap Pro
