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Feature Comparison by Edition

Comparison by Edition

Sound Mill ships in 4 editions: Basic, Pro, Power, and Ultimate. This table shows features included with each edition.

Features by edition Basic Pro Power Ultimate
Automation        
Run Scheduler (time of day script or cue firing)       Yes
Use of Automator tool - Create scripts, finer run control.       Yes
Run automation scripts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Effects        
Create/Play 3D Sound [1]     Yes Yes
Create Fx Effects [1]   Yes Yes Yes
Play Fx Effects [1] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Volume fade-in/fade-out at positions Yes Yes Yes Yes
Start/End play at positions by cue Yes Yes Yes Yes
Play controls (volume / pan) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Edit Descriptors (name, special instructons) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Play modifiers        
Set start Volume by cue Yes Yes Yes Yes
Set Pan (L/R) position by cue Yes Yes Yes Yes
Loop cue Yes Yes Yes Yes
Time delay before and/or after play Yes Yes Yes Yes
Play multiple times Yes Yes Yes Yes
Preempt - suspends other playing cues Yes Yes Yes Yes
Audio formats        
WAV, MP3, WMA, MIDI, AU, AIFF, MPG, MPEG, WMV Yes Yes Yes Yes
Extended formats: FLAC, OGG, ACC and more [4] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Editing & Reports        
Unlimited number of sound cues Yes Yes Yes Yes
Classify cues by type and script location Yes Yes Yes Yes
Drag and drop list build Yes Yes Yes Yes
List sorting Yes Yes Yes Yes
Copy and paste sounds Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power editing (set attributes on selection of cues) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Auto repair after moving audio files Yes Yes Yes Yes
View/print sound plot reports Yes Yes Yes Yes
Device Support        
Select sound driver by cue. (DirectX / WMP) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Devices with DirectX drivers [1] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Any Device capable of WMP play [2] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Play cue on mulitple devices [1] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Output Groups (default) [1] [3] 16 16 16 16
Operation        
Cue Play, Stop, Pause, Resume, Stop All Yes Yes Yes Yes
Manual adjust of Volume and Pan Yes Yes Yes Yes
Auto scroll of Volume and Pan Yes Yes Yes Yes
Password protect Sound Lists Yes Yes Yes Yes
Show mode - locks edit mode by password Yes Yes Yes Yes
Program Skins - for darkened venues Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes indicates the feature is included.

[1] - DirectX capable device required for DirectX features only. Most sound cards are DirectX capable ( version 9.0c or higher). DirectX advanced features supported for Wav format only.

[2] - Windows Media Player 10 or 11 (WMP) program pre-requisite. WMP driver supports all audio formats.

[3] - Output Groups default 16, add more as needed (fee applies)

[4] - Extended audio format support via WMP third party plugins
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