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We’re celebrating 24 years of Rogue Amoeba, and we’ve got a special birthday discount to mark the occasion. We’ve also got details on several notable updates and our support for MacOS 27 (Golden Gate). Let’s rock and roll!
Rogue Amoeba opened our virtual doors on September 30, 2002 and that means we’re just about to celebrate 24 years in business. Not bad! Our continued run making great Mac audio tools has been possible thanks to users like you, people who purchase our products and tell their friends about them too.
We’re always looking to help even more people. With that in mind, we’re celebrating our birthday with some savings. Right now, you can save a massive 24% with discount code 24YEARS on anything in our store. Act fast, though, because this discount ends October 4.
If there’s a Rogue Amoeba app you’ve been considering, this discount makes now a great time to buy. And if you can spread the news to others, we’ll be most grateful. Word of mouth from satisfied customers is our very best form of advertising.
We touted the upcoming release of SoundSource 6.1 in our last mailing, and now, it’s arrived. This update includes multiple refinements, including improved access to quick configs as well as a clearer menu bar icon. There are also substantial optimizations and bug fixes. It’s a free update for all existing SoundSource 6 users, so be sure to grab the latest version. And if you’re still running SoundSource 5, there’s never been a better time to upgrade to version 6.
If you’re not a SoundSource user, click to learn more. If you use audio on your Mac in any way, SoundSource can make things better for you.
Our flagship audio recorder got some love, with the release of Audio Hijack 4.6. We focused on the app’s built-in transcription functionality, which lets you easily convert speech into text. In Audio Hijack 4.6, we’ve added a new “Recommended” transcription model that balances size, speed, and accuracy. The Whisper.cpp backend that powers Transcribe has also been updated to reduce processor usage. Existing users should get this free update by selecting “Check for Updates” from the “Audio Hijack” menu. Not yet using Audio Hijack? Check out the Audio Hijack product page to see what you’ve been missing.
The Mac’s best soundboard app recently got its own update, when we shipped Farrago 2.2 with a wealth of improvements. Automation is now even more robust, with both new shortcuts and enhancements to existing shortcuts. The built-in editor has also been updated with a new “Loop Playback” option and enhanced visuals. If you’re already using Farrago, update to the latest today. If Farrago is new to you, visit its product page to learn more and download the free trial.
The aforementioned updates, along with several others, mean our entire product lineup now has support for MacOS 27 (Golden Gate). We’ve got an eye out for any further rough edges, but we know of no remaining problems on Golden Gate at present. In fact, we’ve found the new OS to be a marked improvement over MacOS 26 (Tahoe), fixing several flaws in the Mac’s underlying audio system.
With that in mind, we’re already recommending Golden Gate for all our users. But whenever you choose to update your Mac to Golden Gate, Rogue Amoeba’s apps will be ready. Just make sure you have our latest versions, and you’ll be all set.
While we email just a few times a year, our blog is updated much more frequently. Recently, we’ve had a steady stream of fun posts.
We’ve celebrated not one, not two, but three anniversaries for our employees. Aaron Wasserman celebrated 5 years helping users, while Lee Falin hit the 10-ish year mark across a variety of stints and roles, and Grant Farr became the second member of our 15 year club. It’s a privilege to work with our entire team, and it’s an honor to celebrate these particular anniversaries.
When he was done celebrating, Lee also penned two interesting posts that are worth a read, “The Aggregation of Marginal Gains” and “The Sleep-Promoting Resilience of Boring Infrastructure”. And let’s close this section out with a nod to Chris Barajas’s in-depth look at “Customer Service That Remembers”. It details some impressive work alerting hundreds of users about updates we knew would interest them.
We’ve made it to the end of this newsletter, but you can stay even more up to date by following us on social media, and of course by subscribing to our blog. Until next time, thanks for reading!
Signing off,
Paul Kafasis & the entire Rogue Amoeba Team
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