(H)olistic (A)udio (R)ecorder and (E)ditor Version 2 Downloads

All ACORNS software is freeware, however, the author, Dan Harvey, retains full copyright privileges to this software. You may install this software on as many computers you want. You may not sell this software for profit or reverse engineer it. Our hope is that it prove useful, but we do not provide any guarantees of its suitability for any purpose. By downloading this software, you agree to abide by the terms just described. Please contact Dan Harvey at harveyd@sou.edu if you have questions or comments regarding permissible use.

We create the Hare Sound Editor using the install4J multi-platform installer builder.

The HARE audio editor downloaded from this link runs as a stand alone application (also called the ACORNS Sound Editor). It also runs from within the primary ACORNS application. This means that if you use the ACORNS application for creating indigenous lessons, you don't need to download the HARE audio editor separately, that is unless you want to also run it stand-alone. The icon for the HARE audio editor ithin an ACORNS install is a picture of of an audio speaker; if installed from this page, the icon is a picture of a hare.

This application is now also available for download in Windows Store and in Apple Store. In the Windows Store, search for Holistic Audio Recorder and Editor. You can also find it by searching for Hare. In the Apple Store, simply search for Hare
Hare has features where in addition to editing and creating audio files, you can annotate these files with text.To learn how to this, please refer to: Annotating Audio with Text
Windows 64 Bit Systems Windows Installer After the download, simply click to install and folow the instructions.
Mac/OS Systems MAC .dmg install   
 After the download, click on the dmg file. Next, Click on the installer program that appears; it will perform the HARE install for you.

Note: It is necessary that your Apple system allows installations from recognized developers. If your not sure about this, take the following steps.

  1. Click on the Apple icon on the top left of the display
  2. Click on System Preferences
  3. Click on Security and Privacy
  4. If the General Tab is not highlighted, click on it
  5. At the bottom there are two radio buttons. One of them allows installs from recognized developers. Select that one
  6. You can now download and install. Use either the Safari or Chrome browsers
Linux tar.gz bundle HARE tar.gz bundle   
 After the download, uncompress the bundle. The executable is Hare. You can also execute the hare.jar file from the command line by typing java -jar hare.jar.

If the Java Run Time Environment (JRE) is not already on your system, make sure to install it first. You can obtain the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from Oracle. The download is free.