(28th February 2013 : links moved to another, unfortunately slower, server and some older versions removed from downloads)
HourGlass versions and download links
32-bit executables that run on 32/64 bit Windows Vista
or Windows 7 or on 32 bit Windows XP SP2/3. SSE2 capable processor required.
OS-X executable known to work on OS-X 10.6/10.7/10.8 with a 64 bit capable Intel
processor. OS-X version should be considered beta, as it hasn’t been
extensively tested.
| Version | Link | Comments |
| 1.3.0 | DL (Windows) | February 19th 2013 |
| 1.3.0 | DL (OS-X) | February 19th 2013 |
| 1.2.9 | DL (Windows) | November 6th 2012 |
| 1.2.9 | DL (OS-X) | November 6th 2012 |
where does i make donation to?
Need a mac version, please.
Sadly I currently have no official or unofficial way of running OS-X, so I can’t build/test for it…
Hi there,
What type of license does this have?
I haven’t really thought about that. Do you have some particular concern? It’s currently free of charge to download and use, and I have no plans to change that with version 1.0.0 or anything. While it isn’t explicitly mentioned anywhere in the download package, there’s the usual deal with software that HourGlass isn’t guaranteed to fit any particular use purpose and you must use it at your own risk. (ie, things they may occasionally break and I am not responsible for lost time and money due to that.)
The source code is closed for now, and as far as I can tell, that is compatible with the licenses of the 3rd party code libraries used.
Thanks mate, just wanted to make sure as I have a few guys in the company who would like to give it a try and needed to make sure that it was definitely freeware.
Thanks, I will let you know if they have any constructive feedback.
Please a Mac version
Sorry, still can’t do anything about that. Things haven’t changed with me being able to run OS-X in any way to the porting and building work. Contact Apple and ask them to support development for OS-X without running OS-X on their hardware…
Fabulous! I have no idea what I’ll do with it….
linux port please
Well, I have actually got it built and running under Ubuntu Linux at some point, but that was just a preliminary test just to see if it is possible at some level. (It did run and produce sound but had horrible graphics performance.) Getting a Linux build out in the public and in sync with the Windows builds unfortunately isn’t a priority, but perhaps some day it will happen…
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Really great , this last version accept Usine VST now, so it’s a big step for me ( and for some of my friends too), btw do you plan to create a VST version of HourGlass..? could be one of the best and creative one on the market !
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This is so much fun !!!! Just put some instances of stupid justin beaver songs in … and hell there is suddenly music coming out
I just wanted to thanks once more (forgot if I already did) as I started to do decent sound designing and love it since I use your software, thanks really a for for doing and sharing it for free, really! All the best
Hi Xenakios,
I downloaded Hourglass latest version in my computer (mac OS X, 10.7.5) and every sound I put in, I got the almost same result. A flangy, phasy sound. am I doing something wrong? could you please help?
thank you
panos
What results you can get out of HourGlass, depends greatly on the source audio material and settings used. The flangy/phasy result is fairly typical when close to “neutral” settings are used. (ie, not much speed or pitch changes to the original) If you don’t like that, you should aim for more extreme settings. Note that HourGlass is not intended to be a tool to subtly correct timing/pitch, it’s very much aimed for so called “sound mangling”. Can you explain me a bit more what kinds of results were you expecting?
Hi again,
is there a way to render/record the sounds in 48 kHz and 24bit? at the moment everything I get is 44.1, 16bit
thank you very much
p
Main menu Options->Render/live recording settings
Hey there, just wanted to drop you a note of thanks. Basically just wanted to let you know how much I love HourGlass, and how much I appreciate the work you put into it. Like the other guy asked, I would love to make a small donation to show my gratitude and to possibly help fund the development of further releases.