SoundApp

{{Short description|Freeware audio player app for the Classic Mac OS}}

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{{Infobox Software

| name = SoundApp

| logo = SoundApp-software-icon.png

| logo_alt = SoundApp software icon

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| author = Norman Franke

| developer =

| released = {{Start date and age|1993}}

| latest release version = 2.7.3

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2000|11|13}}

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| operating system = System 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9

| platform = PowerPC and 68k

| language = English, with ports to Japanese, French, Dutch, Italian and German

| status =

| genre = Audio player and converter

| license = Freeware

| website = http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~franke/SoundApp/

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SoundApp is a freeware audio player for the Classic Mac OS. It was among the earliest MP3 players for the Classic Mac OS, and was widely praised for its ability to play back, and convert between, a variety of audio file formats.{{cite book |title=Internet Starter Kit for the Macintosh |edition=3rd |last1=Engst |first1=Adam C. |author-link1=Adam C. Engst |year=1995 |isbn=9781568301976 |publisher=Hayden Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/mac_Internet_Starter_Kit_for_Macintosh_3rd_edition_1995/page/480 480-481] |url=https://archive.org/details/mac_Internet_Starter_Kit_for_Macintosh_3rd_edition_1995/page/480 }}{{cite web |title=Monday's Mac Gadget - SoundApp |publisher=The Mac Observer |url=https://www.macobserver.com/columns/macgadget/98/november/981102.shtml |date=November 2, 1998 |last=Braun |first=John F. |accessdate=August 30, 2017}}

The program appears to have been abandoned by its creator, Norman Franke, after the release of SoundApp 2.7.3. Franke's reasons for abandoning the project have never been made public, and SoundApp has never been ported to Mac OS X.

Another developer, Joachim Bengtsson / Third Cog Software, has begun a version for Mac OS X, "SoundApp Reborn", but this project does not use any of Franke's original code.{{cite web |title=Third Cog Software - Soundapp |author=Joachim Bengtsson / Third Cog Software |url=http://thirdcog.eu/apps/soundapp |accessdate=August 29, 2017}} As of 2017, SoundApp Reborn is at version 0.1.1 and supports audio playback but not conversion and does not incorporate all of SoundApp's features.