neil_f Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I am looking for a pc based sound editing software, just looking for ideas, I know of sound forge and pro tools and have just found a adobe one. I am look to see what people sujest and what thy feel is the bees package Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoppaDom Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Well before everyone else shoots in, what are you looking to do?Multitracking? Editing of pre-recorded material? Hardware solution as well? What platform you running it on? Do you have existing hardware? Do you want to purchase hardware as well? Many questions! Tell us more and maybe we can help! Poppadom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil_f Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 yeah it was a very vauge post I am look to edit pre recorded sound such as sound effects and music for dance, I have a pc that I am planing on using so it is jut the softwear that I am looking for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Audacity is reasonably powerful, and is open-source (free as in beer and speech). See if that will do what you want.Its downside is that it doesn't yet have the range of plugins that Soundforge and ProTools have. If not, then download the demo versions of the other ones you've found and see which fits your needs and method of working best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
char-p Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I used to do some work in a theatre recording and then delivering sound effects for shows - for this, I was a fan of Adobe Audition (when it was Cool Edit Pro 3). The advantages of this are an easy to use interface, but with advanced features if you need them, but also a multi-track view to build up an effect from multiple recordings to give the desired output. Again, before we just start listing every app ever made, it is suc a personnal thing, I think really you need a good name, and the kind of features I have just listed. Really then, you have to download some trials, and figure it out for yourself. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I too use Audition day-to-day but have not used any of the others so can't say whether it is "the best" or otherwise. Easy to use and flexible, yes. I have installed Audacity, but haven't yet had time to play with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Add me to the list of people who use Audition. I've used Soundforge in the past, and through work often have to use Protools (yuck!), but Audition is without doubt my favourite. However, as was said previously, you should download the trial versions of as many programmes as possible. A big chunk of how effective a piece of software is for you will be to do with the User Interface, and this is a fairly personal choice. Second, regarding Audition, the programme has just had a major re-write, with version 2.0 being released at the end of January. This was the biggest change in the software since Syntrillium first came out with Cooledit back in 96. The new software does some amazing things, but it requires a much higher spec machine (P4 3gig, 1 gig RAM recommended) to get the best out of the real time effects etc. The other thing to say about Audition is that is NOT a midi sequencer. I don't need this and am happy that the effort has been put into a great audio editor, but everyone has different needs. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPAman Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Another vote for Audition. I've tried many others, and been show just about all of them. Audition is the easiest to use by a log way (IMHO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I've got audition 1.5 and Soundforge. I did used to use wavelab,but that faded away. I tend to use Soundforge for most things, but am about to upgrade my video adobe software, so may well do audition too - especially as it has the spectral display editor function - I tried this on the demo and it works amazingly well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Hehehe...as luck would have it Paulears, my copy of Premier Pro 2.0 was delivered this morning! You may not see so much of me for a while! Regarding "Frequency Space Editing" in the spectral display, it can do amazing things. I once recorded a 10 person chorus and one member sang flat on a few notes. I was able to "draw around" the bad notes and bring the offending singer back on key using the pitch correction tool...without affected the rest of them. You likely know this, but the main difference between the Spectral Editing in 1.5 and that in 2.0 is the ability to draw a freehand shape in 2.0 rather than simply a rectangular box on 1.5. The earlier version was pretty amazing though. The one caveat I'd give you is that the change to ASIO support (with the resulting loss of look-ahead buffering) puts a much heavier load on your PC processor. Do pay attention to the recommended spec for processor speed and RAM. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Lawrance Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I know it's not high end, but it's bloody good. Goldwave. It's free (but has a limit on how long you use it) but if you save your work, close the program and open it again, it's fully useable again. I have been using it for years (I have purchased the license by the way) and it does everything and more that other software does. 2p in the pot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I know it's not high end, but it's bloody good. Goldwave.Add me to the list of GoldWave fans. I dont know what makes it "not high end", I've certainly never groped for a feature only to find its not there. If you get the hang using it with the keyboard rather than the mouse you can save lots of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstace Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 As I dabble in recording and post-production (at the "make us a demo CD" level), I invested a couple of years back on a copy of Cubase SE. Given the number of free plugins available for the VST/VST 2.0 protocols, I've been impressed at how flexible this is even for editing 1 or 2-track sound effects. It's not the ideal tool for the job I'll admit, but it's been more than "useful" for my needs. C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonen Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 FlexiMusic Wave Editor is ok for all simple PC-based audio editing. I feel its very nice and useful to edit my audio/mp3 files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueShift Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I use Audition 2.0 for normal editing and multitracking tasks and then use Nuendo for when im actually mastering tracks or live recordings. Audition is the way to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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