Your preferred audio editor

2010-09-12 16:11:12

I excluded general DAWs from "Digital audio editor" Wiki list, then added GoldWave (maybe I should have added Matlab/Octave, but it wouldn't make the poll more correct)

Apologies for missing products, "other" field is provided as correction

[edit] I edited post to correct grammar error and poll disappeared (browser JS was disabled) so I made it again, apologies to those who voted till now[/size]

Your preferred audio editor

Reply #1 – 2010-09-12 17:27:20

Amadeus Pro

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Reply #2 – 2010-09-12 19:54:33

Amadeus Pro is one of the greatest little apps ever for the price it's amazing what it can do.

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Reply #3 – 2010-09-12 21:12:10

I don't need an editor often, but when I do, I usually use Audacity.

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Reply #4 – 2010-09-12 21:53:11

- I voted Audition, but I have also used Wavelab and still like to use it for some tasks.

- Sound Forge has two and Wavelab three different versions. IMHO, it would be better to have one poll for the free and the inexpensive commercial programs and a separate poll for the expensive professional programs.

- Other: Wavosaur is an interesting free editor that is missing from the poll. I have only tried it quickly, but it is seems to be quite capable.

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Reply #5 – 2010-09-12 22:10:23

I still use my old Diamond Cut 6.

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Reply #6 – 2010-09-13 00:01:22

Audacity (free) and Reaper (payware, but cheaper compared to most).

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Reply #7 – 2010-09-13 00:05:14

CEP 2.0 + Reaper (for VST)

C.

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Reply #8 – 2010-09-13 00:07:49

Nowadays I mostly use Wavosaur.

It's free, supports VSTs (better than Audacity from when I tried) and it's small/fast/portable. The only thing I miss is FLAC support.

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Reply #9 – 2010-09-13 01:57:00

mp3DirectCut
I use Audacity too, but mostly all I need is something to trim MP3s without re-encoding, which mp3DirectCut is ideal for.

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Reply #10 – 2010-09-13 05:28:19

You mean a Wave editor? Magix Samplitude professional (Version 7 still), at some work I can legally use it. Love it. It's also a multitracker, but anyway it's rather on the wave editor side. At home I rarely need a wave editor, if so, I use the Nero one because I have a Nero license. I don't like it.

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Reply #11 – 2010-09-13 06:55:28

I used Wavelab Lite (came bundled with the e-mu 0404) until I upgraded to Windows 7 where the installation of Wavelab didn't work. Now i'm using Audacity.
Greetings, Harald

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Reply #12 – 2010-09-14 13:26:29

Wavosaur is a nice audio editor.
But Reaper does all I need within my projects.

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Reply #13 – 2010-09-14 14:36:10

I used to use Sound Forge in the 90s back when it was made by Sonic Foundry, which was headquartered just down the road from me. It cost me a pretty penny back then, a couple hundred bucks IIRC (and that was with a discount). I absolutely loved its design, and got very used to its keyboard shortcuts. I did a lot of work futzing with Grateful Dead soundboards which were popping up everywhere as more people got high speed internet access. Ah, FTP servers, how I don't miss you one bit!

Now it's Audacity, because it's the best that runs under Linux, my primary OS. It is pretty stable, and by and large works well. I like the fact that you can write filter plugins for it rather easily. I use it now to do simple production work, and to record LPs.

I wonder how Sound Forge has changed since it was sold to Sony. Too bad there's not a Linux version, I might even be wiling to pay for it.

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Reply #14 – 2010-09-14 15:07:32

Nero WaveEditor

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Reply #15 – 2010-09-14 18:39:20

Audacity, sometimes Cool edit.
SPecialized ones: CDWav, MP3direct cut

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Reply #16 – 2010-09-15 17:30:42

FYI, WaveLab 7 is out: http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/wavelab/start.html

Finally with a 21st-century looking GUI?

Chris

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Reply #17 – 2010-09-16 01:09:06

Audition, Reaper, Logic Pro, and Sound Forge have been good to me throught the times I've used them. Then again I don't do very complex editing with them so it can't be just luck haha.