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Audio editor better than Audacity?

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40hz:
^Still is. But at $500, it damn well better be. Especially with so many capable and lower priced (or free) alternatives available from everyone including SONY.

Let us know how you make out and what you ultimately select?

Ciao! :Thmbsup:
 

JavaJones:
Not that it will solve all your problems with Audacity, but for the one you mention, go to the Audio Track button with an arrow and drop-down menu (on the left of your audio track). Click and select Split Stereo Track. Adjust levels and whatever else independently. Select your 2 tracks and use Mix and Render from the Tracks menu to make them a stereo track again.

- Oshyan

tranglos:
Let us know how you make out and what you ultimately select?
-40hz (June 09, 2010, 05:05 PM)
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I tried a few of the free editors, but when I installed the Sony release of Sound Forge, I was sold. It's a pleasure to work with, all the commands are where you expect them, it's fast and (unlike, say, anything by Adobe) it's even relatively lean. In other words, Sony managed not to spoil the good piece of software that SF was, which is a rare occurrence as corporate takeovers of software go :)

(Of course I went for the $60 studio edition. Comparison table is here:
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/audiostudio/compare

And quite by accident I managed to find another reason to drop Audacity :) I had a wave file, about two hours long, from which I needed to clip the first hour. I did that in Audacity, since as I was very familiar with it. Audacity cut the file, but when it exported the remaining part, it created a 60 minute loop of a three-second snippet, repeating over and over. In other words, it clobbered the recording. From then on, it was Sound Forge all the way.

sajman99:
I have seen mentions of a free audio editor named Power Sound Editor Free. I never took the time to check it out, and then I saw Free Audio Editor 2010. Based on the download file size and screenshots, this appears to be the exact same software (with different names?) on at least 3 sites. :tellme:

http://www.free-audio-editor.com/index.htm
http://www.free-sound-editor.com
http://www.freeaudiovideosoft.com

From the first site...
-Powerful audio recording feature.
-Edit audio files visually Apply various effects easily.
-Powerful noise reduction tool Easy to use interface will get you started editing in just minutes.
-Real-time effect preview is supported.
-Easy to use bookmark and region manager.
-Supports a number of file formats including wav (multiple codecs), mp3, wma, ogg and many more.
-Burn your sound files to CD.
-Tools include speech synthesis (text-to-speech).
-Completely Free!
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Looks pretty good for a freeware, but I want to emphasize I personally haven't tried these audio editors. Just passing along the info FWIW. :)

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