I need a Mac OS X audio editor and hate Peak and Wave Editor

LivePsy · Post by **LivePsy** » Sat May 31, 2008 4:43 am

What else is there out there? I want to clean up samples: trim, fade, pencil the odd spike. i don't need mastering or multitracking. Just sample editing, mostly drum samples and no looping.

I love Sound Forge on the PC, but I can't find something similar on the Mac.

Any ideas?
B

Atomikat · Post by **Atomikat** » Sat May 31, 2008 4:45 am

Soundstudio...it used to come free with every Mac.

nate_D · Post by **nate_D** » Sat May 31, 2008 4:52 am

i use audacity but i hate it and it craps out on me all the time.

it has does have good days sometimes. just make sure you save before you export a .wav cause i've lost 3 or 4 good mixes and it's a major be-otch trying to put them back together after that (1000+ .tmp files).

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:01 am

Why don't you like Wave Editor? Have you thought about just getting Parallels and running Sound Forge still? I did that to run Wavelab, works great, no issues at all.

Gnuus · Post by **Gnuus** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:02 am

Amadeus Pro is a powerful multitrack audio editor supporting a variety of formats including MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, Apple Lossless, AIFF, Wave and many others.

http://www.hairersoft.com/AmadeusPro/AmadeusPro.html

evernaut · Post by **evernaut** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:18 am

DSP Quattro.

muthafunka · Post by **muthafunka** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:23 am

Heard that Soundtrack Pro that comes w/ Logic Studio is pretty fab...if you already have it

LivePsy · Post by **LivePsy** » Sat May 31, 2008 9:08 am

Tarekith wrote:Why don't you like Wave Editor? Have you thought about just getting Parallels and running Sound Forge still? I did that to run Wavelab, works great, no issues at all.

Wave Editor - dunno it just doesn't feel comfortable. I really tried to like it, honest I did! Even matched the key and mouse as close to SF as possible. Actually I didn't think I liked SF that much - until I tried the Mac products.

If I get parallels, I'm up for another XP license am I not?

Of course, if Ableton put basic wave editing in Live 8 ... It does seem like a hole waiting to be filled.

Cheers,
B

BinaryB · Post by **BinaryB** » Sat May 31, 2008 10:46 am

evernaut wrote:DSP Quattro.

its sick.

Michael Hatsis · Post by **Michael Hatsis** » Sat May 31, 2008 11:36 am

LivePsy wrote:
Tarekith wrote:Why don't you like Wave Editor? Have you thought about just getting Parallels and running Sound Forge still? I did that to run Wavelab, works great, no issues at all.
Wave Editor - dunno it just doesn't feel comfortable. I really tried to like it, honest I did! Even matched the key and mouse as close to SF as possible. Actually I didn't think I liked SF that much - until I tried the Mac products.

If I get parallels, I'm up for another XP license am I not?

Of course, if Ableton put basic wave editing in Live 8 ... It does seem like a hole waiting to be filled.

Cheers,
B

Honesly,
I so all my wave editing in Live with Clip envs - then consolidate, crop or render/resample the cli based on what im looking for. the only thing that Live lacks for me as far as wave editing is a batch processor...I never really took to any wave editor though, so its possible that I dont know what im missing...

earsmack · Post by **earsmack** » Sat May 31, 2008 11:46 am

If I didn't already own Sound Studio I would probably pick Amadeus Pro. Sound Studio is pretty good for what it is. However, I'm downloading DSP-Quattro to check it out now but the UI looks kinda busy.

4ace · Post by **4ace** » Sat May 31, 2008 3:35 pm

BinaryB wrote:
evernaut wrote:DSP Quattro.
its sick.

+1 GREAT App.

LivePsy · Post by **LivePsy** » Sat May 31, 2008 11:01 pm

mike@TrackTeam Audio wrote:I do all my wave editing in Live with Clip envs - then consolidate, crop or render/resample the cli based on what im looking for.

Good idea! I'm thinking of doing without an audio editor altogether and maybe just shuffle files back to my PC for Sound Forge, although I appreciate the suggestions all you posters have offered.

The sample editing I can do in my X6 or M3 is exactly what I am looking for. Basic sample editing built into Live would be great, but otherwise I think I will do editing off the Mac.

Cheers,
B

gomi · Post by **gomi** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:55 am

LivePsy wrote:What else is there out there? I want to clean up samples: trim, fade, pencil the odd spike. i don't need mastering or multitracking. Just sample editing, mostly drum samples and no looping.

I love Sound Forge on the PC, but I can't find something similar on the Mac.

Any ideas?
B

audition
by adobe

its actually nice.
because they bought someone else's app and rebranded it.

goldedit, or cooledit or something... available on mac and pc

rsagevik · Post by **rsagevik** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:42 pm

I`d say +1 to Amadeus Pro as well.

Very nice audio editor. Great value for money.
I usually do most of the editing in Live, but
for quick stuff, and batch processing Amadeus
is great.

I need a Mac OS X audio editor and hate Peak and Wave Editor

I need a Mac OS X audio editor and hate Peak and Wave Editor

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