Doggiebox Drum Sequencer Updated

Zygoat has released version 1.0.4 of Doggiebox, their beat sequencing software for Mac OS X.

Zygoat Doggiebox is a versatile percussion sequencer (drum machine application) for Mac OS X aimed at guitar players, drum programmers, home recording and low-end studio folk. With it, you can:

• Create and modify drum tracks of unlimited length using a flexible yet intuitive interface
• Specify intricate rhythms with ease
• Include tempo and time signature changes (including compound time) over arbitrary bars
• Create and modify your own drum kits, from the sounds they produce to the icons used within the program
• Play back a song using different drum kits, via automated instrument matching
• Designate song sections, such as verses and choruses, for easy navigation and management
• Export your creations to AIFF or WAV (or any of a dozen formats) for use in other audio recording applications

Version 1.0.4 is a free update and includes several improvements to both the drum kit editor and song editor.

New features in the drum kit editor:

• Support for dragging and dropping sound files to and from the Finder, as well as saving to disk in any chosen format.
• Volume slider control for adjusting the nominal level for each drum sound.
• Support for dragging and dropping drum images to and from the Finder, or directly from graphics applications, as well as copy/paste using the clipboard, and saving to disk in TIFF format.

Improvements to the song editor:

• Fixed a bug where some Undo functions would not work in a newly created song.
• Fixed a bug where importing or exporting sounds would fail when the filename contained non-standard characters.
• Fixed a bug where it was impossible to delete the first section marker in the list.
• Added a collapse-to-mono toggle button.
• Improved responsiveness of user interface and position indicator after stopping playback.
• Improved the alert messages when a drum kit is missing or unavailable - no longer says "Cannot find '(null)'".

Doggiebox costs USD $29. A functional evaluation version is available for free download. Doggiebox requires Mac OS 10.1.3 and up (though Mac OS 10.2 is strongly recommended).