<s>
SoundEdit	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
popular	O
GUI-based	O
audio	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
digitized	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SoundEdit	B-Application
was	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SoundEdit	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
audio	O
applications	O
created	O
during	O
a	O
sabbatical	O
by	O
Steve	O
Capps	O
during	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SoundEdit	B-Application
first	O
shipped	O
in	O
January	O
1988	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
hardware	O
product	O
called	O
MacRecorder	O
Sound	O
System	O
,	O
by	O
a	O
company	O
called	O
Farallon	O
Computing	O
(	O
which	O
eventually	O
became	O
Netopia	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
sampling	O
rate	O
in	O
SoundEdit	B-Application
was	O
22,256	O
Hz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
drivers	O
for	O
SoundEdit	B-Application
was	O
Apple	O
's	O
HyperCard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
MacRecorder	O
Sound	O
System	O
,	O
stack	O
makers	O
could	O
finally	O
create	O
alternatives	O
to	O
HyperCard	B-Application
's	O
two	O
built-in	O
sounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
multimedia	O
programs	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
(	O
Director	B-Operating_System
and	O
Authorware	B-Application
)	O
also	O
adopted	O
it	O
right	O
away	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
SoundEdit	B-Application
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Macromind-Paracomp	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
Macromedia	O
(	O
now	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macromedia	O
rebranded	O
the	O
program	O
as	O
'	O
SoundEdit	B-Application
16	O
 '	O
and	O
expanded	O
its	O
capabilities	O
to	O
support	O
CD-quality	O
stereo	O
audio	O
(	O
16-bit	O
)	O
and	O
added	O
QuickTime	B-Application
soundtrack	O
editing	O
and	O
an	O
audio	B-Application
plug-in	I-Application
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
SWA	O
files	O
could	O
be	O
streamed	O
to	O
web	O
viewers	O
using	O
by	O
the	O
free	O
web	O
audio	O
player	O
(	O
downloadable	O
from	O
Macromedia	O
)	O
or	O
by	O
creating	O
a	O
custom	O
interactive	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
experience	O
embedded	O
into	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
content	O
is	O
created	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
Director	B-Operating_System
multimedia	O
authoring	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SoundEdit	B-Application
16	O
software	O
was	O
discontinued	O
by	O
Macromedia	O
in	O
December	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
version	O
only	O
runs	O
on	O
PowerPC	O
Macs	O
running	O
Classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
not	O
run	O
under	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
