Audio editor

aural roberts · Post by **aural roberts** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:54 pm

Hi,

I've just started recording at 24 bit resolution and I need an editor (Windows) that can handle this - does anybody know of one, preferably freeware ?

fsk · Post by **fsk** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:59 pm

soundforge ?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 3:09 pm

Audacity can handle 24 & 32 bit files, is available on Windows/OSX/OS9/Linux. And it ain't half bad if you don't require the extras that the big boys provide.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

mosca · Post by **mosca** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 3:26 pm

Sound Forge 7

mosca

Pauldog · Post by **Pauldog** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 3:36 pm

Audiomulch, freeware. Hot tip from those that know.
Not sure about the 24 bit, but expect it does.

http://www.audiomulch.com/download.htm

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 4:24 pm

goldwave is a really good cheap audio editor

Martyn · Post by **Martyn** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:29 pm

I'd highly recommend Goldwave, it's the only free editor apart from Audacity, but has more facilities. It writes the best mp3 of any audio editor that I've used, including Wavelab & Soundforge! It only gives you the nag screen at startup, and is only around 25 uk pounds to buy, so you can't really lose.

SharksFin · Post by **SharksFin** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:52 pm

yep another vote for goldwave, great value for money

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:47 pm

Anything for Macintosh anyone could recommend (Mac OS 10.2.6).

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:31 pm

Not free but just $49 is SparkLe www.tcelectronic.com/sparkle

fsk · Post by **fsk** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:32 pm

owwww nice one that tr909 kit is really good. nice one.

the best site for loops and samples is primesounds.com tho... u do have to pay but u get to pre listen to everything before hand and it aint that over priced.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:57 pm

I just downloaded Audacity for Mac. Pretty good but only exports in 16 Bit. Does Spark LE do 24 Bit?

Kerrydan · Post by **Kerrydan** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 3:09 am

Anonymous wrote:I just downloaded Audacity for Mac. Pretty good but only exports in 16 Bit.

Which version of Audacity did you download? I have the latest beta (v1.2.0pre3) for Windows XP, and it most definitely can export as AIFF in all flavours (8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit, 32-bit). So I assume the OSX version can too.

You have to change the Uncompressed Export Format setting (Preferences dialog box, File Formats tab). It's a drop-down menu, and you need to select Other, then specify the Header type (AIFF, WAV, RAW, etc.), and the Encoding (Signed 24-bit PCM, or Signed 32-bit PCM are what you want, I assume).

Hope this helps,

-K

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 8:45 am

Kerrydan - Thanks very much. I didn't see the "other" option.

Tim