Any Audio Editing Tool other then Adobe Audition CC?

[Anneta]

I am looking for the audio editing software that should have a good rating and community trust. I only found the Adobe Audition CC. Can you please suggest me software other than Adobe Product.

 

[abraxalito]

Audacity.

 

[Anneta]

Does it have features like the Adobe Audition? Or have fewer features and low editing options.

 

[abraxalito]

Seeing as its completely free I'd surmise it has many fewer features than a commercial product. But what features are important to you?

 

[ergo]

Check out Reaper. That one has similar (or more) capabilities than Adobe Audition. Not free, but for very reasonable prices imho. There is some learning curve, but that is the same with most of these specialized tools.

http://reaper.fm

 

[silasmellor]

I second reaper. It is as full featured as any professional tool including protools and audition, has recently even gotten spectral editing features, advanced routing, plugin support etc. I use it for mixing and mastering. It is free to try and they only ask you pay the 60-ish euro price if you like it and plan to keep using it. Strongly recommended.

 

[haiqu]

Steinberg Wavelab.

 

[Kravchenko_Audio]

Audacity has tons of options and plugins. And as noted completely free.

 

[mlloyd1]

abraxalito asked the crucially important question.

didn't scott share a while ago that audacity doesn't truly record in 24bit?
... just in case that is important to you ...

mlloyd1

... what features are important to you?

 

[Kravchenko_Audio]

abraxalito asked the crucially important question.

didn't scott share a while ago that audacity doesn't truly record in 24bit?
... just in case that is important to you ...

mlloyd1

Bit Depth - Audacity Wiki

Seems like there have been a few changes since that claim about Audacity was made.

audacity-users - Recording from 24-bit sources

 

[Zero D]

I use the Very good free Wavosaur for editing etc

And Reaper for composing/mixing etc etc

Both Excellent

 

[scott wurcer]

Bit Depth - Audacity Wiki

Seems like there have been a few changes since that claim about Audacity was made.

Two mods here have sent me files recently they were not 24 bit and they were even brick walled at 22.05kHz. You can also be fooled by post-facto dither applied at 24bit levels to 16bit data. You need to examine the histogram around 0 and the spectrum. 24/96 has a smooth histogram and a 48kHz BW.

Please remember we are talking Windows here.

EDIT - The only software that works (under Win) AFAIK use paid for ASIO drivers or had the savvy to compile 24 bit ASIO support into their programs. ARTA works fine with an ASUS Xonar, Soundblaster, or Scarlet 2i2. They all fail under Audacity and Win 10. Things seem to have changed a little though, the audio settings tool under the latest upgrade no longer lets you set any resolutions that won't work.

 

[torb]

Ardour is quite brilliant, and open source.

 

[scott wurcer]

I have to correct what I said above, if you have a device that supports WASAPI it possibly works with Audacity if that option is not greyed out. I've spent so much time trying to get sound playing and recording to work in Python that I have not checked every few months to see if things have been fixed with other software.

Even so the behavior using a USB Soundblaster card is all over the place, setting 24/48 looks like it maybe is OK but 24/96 goes back to brickwalled at 22.05k with a funky looking histogram. None of these situations flag the user that they might not be getting what they expect. YMMV.

 

[Markw4]

Another vote for Reaper here, as I have been saying for quite some time. There is a learning curve though, particularly if one has never used a full featured DAW before.

 

[Kravchenko_Audio]

Ardour is quite brilliant, and open source.

Just checked and it's a pay to use program or it shuts off after 10 minutes.

I think I would pull my last three hairs out if I had to work on something that shut off every time I was just getting going.

 

[scott wurcer]

Just checked and it's a pay to use program or it shuts off after 10 minutes.

Not my idea of open source.

 

[MarcelvdG]

I rather like GoldWave, which is a commercial product with free trial period. It is rather primitive compared to some other tools and, hence, relatively easy to use. I particularly like its expression evaluator and its moving spectrum window. A disadvantage is that it requires Wine to run under Linux.

 

[torb]

Not my idea of open source.

It's open source. They charge (very little) for builds on at least os x, but you are free to build it yourself from source. It comes for free on most linux systems.

Not unfair imo.

 

[Kravchenko_Audio]

Even so the behavior using a USB Soundblaster card is all over the place, setting 24/48 looks like it maybe is OK but 24/96 goes back to brickwalled at 22.05k with a funky looking histogram. None of these situations flag the user that they might not be getting what they expect. YMMV.

@Scott.

Basically the functionality of the soundcards is the cause of either a true 24bit recording or a 16bit recording. If the operator of the equipment doesn't understand the settings then you get what you put in. Good old garbage in and garbage out.

Anything that is working over USB is a toss up as to what will come in or out. To many possible ways of making garbage through the USB port unless there is great co-ordination between the software developers and the hardware developers.