Good digital audio editor?
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a copy of soundforge le came free with my sony pcm-m10 and it does everything i've needed to do with it.
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Wavelab fan here; but I have the full version 7, which is several hundred dollars US (at least). Wavelab's layout is also not the most intuitive. But if you ever need a good mastering software product for making industry standard CDs (yeah I know; "what's a CD?"), there you have it. Definitely you should have a look at Wavelab Elements, though.
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It's funny, people (myself included in the past!) often complain about audio editors in the following manner:
1. the free ones suck and won't work for my needs!
2. the 'big' ones cost too much and do more than I need them to do! I won't use all that!
Well, I went through this for a loong time and eventually I just realize it's absolutely worth it to pay the extra dough and get a 'real' audio editor, because the free ones really do suck, and once you discover the additional functionality of having a great audio editor, you might actually start making use of it.
My choice (mac) is absolutely Adobe Audition. I tried a bunch of stuff, too. Triumph is inscrutable and weird and removed some core functionality from Wave Editor in a manner that I'll never forgive them for; Sound Forge was basically a full-priced program featuring the functionality of the free-level software: e.g. total crap, IMO. there are some other mid-price ones (forgetting the name of one in particular right now, but it's UI looks like logic and it has a funny name...) but they always fell short, usually in terms of straight up workflow functionality, navigation, etc.
Audition does everything I need it to do, including key features like the ability to make a selection, right click, then paste the selection to a new file. This is -huge- when you want to 'sample' from movies / large audio files, and it's stunning how many editors lack this kind of functionality. Audition also has a ton of useful FX on board, and I think Adobe's overall browser system is very useful (and totally user-configurable, too).
1. the free ones suck and won't work for my needs!
2. the 'big' ones cost too much and do more than I need them to do! I won't use all that!
Well, I went through this for a loong time and eventually I just realize it's absolutely worth it to pay the extra dough and get a 'real' audio editor, because the free ones really do suck, and once you discover the additional functionality of having a great audio editor, you might actually start making use of it.
My choice (mac) is absolutely Adobe Audition. I tried a bunch of stuff, too. Triumph is inscrutable and weird and removed some core functionality from Wave Editor in a manner that I'll never forgive them for; Sound Forge was basically a full-priced program featuring the functionality of the free-level software: e.g. total crap, IMO. there are some other mid-price ones (forgetting the name of one in particular right now, but it's UI looks like logic and it has a funny name...) but they always fell short, usually in terms of straight up workflow functionality, navigation, etc.
Audition does everything I need it to do, including key features like the ability to make a selection, right click, then paste the selection to a new file. This is -huge- when you want to 'sample' from movies / large audio files, and it's stunning how many editors lack this kind of functionality. Audition also has a ton of useful FX on board, and I think Adobe's overall browser system is very useful (and totally user-configurable, too).
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Adobe audition 3. I quickly can get what I want from a sample out of it.
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Autition sounds great, but this is drag and drop in DSP Quattro, can't speak for other audio editors but it's there in DSPQ.mholloway wrote: Audition does everything I need it to do, including key features like the ability to make a selection, right click, then paste the selection to a new file. This is -huge- when you want to 'sample' from movies / large audio files, and it's stunning how many editors lack this kind of functionality.
Agreed in it being almost a critical thing in using found sounds for sure.
I'm pretty happy in DSPQ, though Audition and "Triumph" <-- bad name change, would get a serious look at if DSPQ ever let me down.
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by the by.........what is this "subscription" stuff and what does it mean for someone who just wants to clean up some audio? (nothing major)
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If iZotope RX 4 has some workflow improvements like individual key commands for fades then I will use it full time for editing from there on out.
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Soundforge Studio
Goldwave
These are budget ones.
Goldwave
These are budget ones.
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Yeah, Adobe is moving to subscription services for just about everything that's not free.eyeknow wrote:by the by.........what is this "subscription" stuff and what does it mean for someone who just wants to clean up some audio? (nothing major)
I don't like subscriptions because they slowly eat away at the monthly finances. For this reason, I now avoid all Adobe software. I'm even looking for a good non-Adobe replacement PDF reader for every Windows, Android, and iOS device I have.
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Interesting. To me what I thought of was 20 bucks a month, still for a year would equal the equivalent of "a host" but if it's tits, that could be worth it to me.Harmonic Progression wrote:Yeah, Adobe is moving to subscription services for just about everything that's not free.eyeknow wrote:by the by.........what is this "subscription" stuff and what does it mean for someone who just wants to clean up some audio? (nothing major)
I don't like subscriptions because they slowly eat away at the monthly finances. For this reason, I now avoid all Adobe software. I'm even looking for a good non-Adobe replacement PDF reader for every Windows, Android, and iOS device I have.
I record a lot of bass and guitar, and I really need a decent editor for the dumb things (like an accidental hit or noise) and these freeware options don't work well with live.
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^ i'd say try some demos before a subscription. i have no doubt Abobe's offering is good, but what you're describing is basic... definitely give Wavelab Elements a shot and/or Soundforge. audio editors aren't the have the latest version kind of application. if you find something that works for you... you can stick with it until O.S. and /or host application limitations force your hand.
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Audition looks great but I don't have the bucks. And my needs are basic.... ocen would be great if I could get the scrolling to work in playback...
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Does wavelabs elements need that elicenser key?
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If you wanna stick with SF, it's only $80 right now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sound-f ... mpt=uo%3D4
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I've been using Steinberg Wavelab Elements 7 for quite a while and I love it. It's got great batch processing as well and it's nice to look at IMO.
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