Discuss music production with Ableton Live.
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malxwal
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by malxwal » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:14 am
Does anyone recommend a particular audio editor for Mac ? I've been told Quattro DSP is good, but I'm tempted by the price of Bias Peak LE, as I'm on a budget and would only be doing fairly rudimentary editing. Any advice welcome....
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glitchrock-buddha
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by glitchrock-buddha » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:36 am
said it before and I'll say it again. If audacity doesn't work for you (free), get amadeus II for 30$. (audacity was buggy for me -crashed Live when used as external editor).
Actually, just get amadeus anyways.
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dm
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by dm » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:58 am
like the buddah man says, audacity is amazing for free, but its a hassle using vst/au with it, plus it can crash. but for free its great for simple editting. i use dsp quattro, which i love (they have fantastic customer care, too).
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marky
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by marky » Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:23 am
Anything except Peak
Though Audacity was a bit unstable for me too.
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malxwal
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by malxwal » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:32 am
Cheers !! What's the prob with Bias Peak then ? Coud you give me a link to the Amadeus stuff as I've never heard of it..... Wait, isn't Google handy, found it !! Is this latest version OK for Intel Macs ?
Like the BAWJAWS bit, but by the way....
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D DAS
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by D DAS » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:46 am
i don't know what he is talking about by saying anything but peak, peak is all i have used for years and it works great. never heard of or used any of that other stuff. if you are on a budget then get peak le 5. i have only used the le versions and they have everything i need an audio editor to do. . you can't go wrong with it .
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earthlinger
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by earthlinger » Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:10 am
Peak LE has ridicilous limitations like it isn't supporting 32 bit files. I'm very happy with Wave Editor from AudioFile Engineering. It's also universal. If what they said to me is true, in the next version they will start to use Izotope algorithms for samplerate conversion, dithering and pitch-shifting. Other features are layered audio (like photoshop in a way), smart edits...
check it out;
http://www.audiofile-engineering.com/
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nonnus
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by nonnus » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:32 am
how about soundtrack pro from the big apple itself ?
been using it in the last months without too much issues
it just crashes on my mbp a little too often for my taste...
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Cone
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by Cone » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:41 am
Audacity is very un-Mac-like, but does the job. I've mainly used the old DSP Quattro SE, but find it a bit slow on my G4. I also tried Peak LE 5 but didn't really like the user interface. Freeverse Sound Studio 3 seems the nicest so far; I think I'll actually buy it when the trial runs out.
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by dodgyedgy » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:14 pm
Sooundtrack pro is awesome.
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by Bassfrq » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:02 pm
[i][b]Bob Dylan[/b][/i] wrote:
Noting the music industry's complaints that illegal downloading means people are getting their music for free, he said, "Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway."
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astromass
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by astromass » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:00 pm
i've been using tc electronics spak(le) for YEARS, which was like free or $20 or something...i like it .
nyquist theorem and nyquil...
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by hoffman2k » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:02 pm
Dsp quattro 2.
Little warning. Keep you eyes peeled for a nice discount.
I bought it last year at a xmas special for 60€.
Chances are that they might have that offer again this year.
Great sample editor.
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malxwal
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by malxwal » Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:15 pm
God God, thanks for all the opinions and info folks, it seems there's a great choice out there from free to costly, all I have to do is try some then.....
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4ace
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by 4ace » Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:05 am
Yeah i got the same deal around xmas last year also....
When will it go UB????
I haven't tried it on the imacintel,maybe i should try because i sure miss that app.
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