Recommendations on OS X Audio Editing software

[Phil Lederer]

I wondered if someone could advise me as to an easier audio editing
software than what I am currently using which is Audacity

I want to do the following more easily!

I record streaming audio from radio stations and create AIFF files. I
wish to cut out some of the talk, and then break the file into
segments. Then I wish to transfer the segments into AIFF files, which
I will burn onto CDs.

With Audacity the editing is easy. I can easily cut out selected
parts. To make the segments, I break the file into tracks. Then each
track must be converted to an AIFF file. This is the time consuming
part, as I have to manually select a track, wait to complete this
track's conversion, select another, etc., repeat.

I wondered if there was some software which makes the last very
repetitive part more automatic.

Thanks!

Phil

[Blacktick]

Next time you're arguing with a friend about why you love Macs so much, just
remember the Soundforge command called "extract regions."

Joking aside, I'm sure Peak DV has a command that would do something
similar. It's the mac version of soundforge...



"Phil Lederer" > wrote in message
om...
> I wondered if someone could advise me as to an easier audio editing
> software than what I am currently using which is Audacity
>
> I want to do the following more easily!
>
> I record streaming audio from radio stations and create AIFF files. I
> wish to cut out some of the talk, and then break the file into
> segments. Then I wish to transfer the segments into AIFF files, which
> I will burn onto CDs.
>
> With Audacity the editing is easy. I can easily cut out selected
> parts. To make the segments, I break the file into tracks. Then each
> track must be converted to an AIFF file. This is the time consuming
> part, as I have to manually select a track, wait to complete this
> track's conversion, select another, etc., repeat.
>
> I wondered if there was some software which makes the last very
> repetitive part more automatic.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Phil

[Steve O'Neill]

Blacktick wrote:

> Next time you're arguing with a friend about why you love Macs so much, just

zzzzzzzz....

[Philip Perkins]

I just upgraded to OS 10.2.3 and was delighted to find that SoundEdit
16 still works. Very handy, very easy software, if you can find it.

Philip Perkins

[DK]

I've been using Peak 3 at work (no choice) for about a year now. Oh,
how I would give anything to be able to adjust the size of my selected
regions by simply clicking and dragging the edges!!! But enough about
me...

Yes, with Peak you can create regions and extract them to individual
files. You can also do batch editing similar to Sound Forge. Hope
this helps!

- Dave K.

[Steve O'Neill]

Click the arrowhead at the bottom of the marker and drag all you like.

DK wrote:
> I've been using Peak 3 at work (no choice) for about a year now. Oh,
> how I would give anything to be able to adjust the size of my selected
> regions by simply clicking and dragging the edges!!! But enough about
> me...
>
> Yes, with Peak you can create regions and extract them to individual
> files. You can also do batch editing similar to Sound Forge. Hope
> this helps!
>
> - Dave K.

[Peter Schneider]

On 16 Sep 2003 11:54:28 -0700, (Phil Lederer) wrote:

>I wondered if someone could advise me as to an easier audio editing
>software than what I am currently using which is Audacity
>
....
>With Audacity the editing is easy. I can easily cut out selected
>parts. To make the segments, I break the file into tracks. Then each
>track must be converted to an AIFF file. This is the time consuming
>part, as I have to manually select a track, wait to complete this
>track's conversion, select another, etc., repeat.
>
>I wondered if there was some software which makes the last very
>repetitive part more automatic.
>

Yes, there is and it is free. You can download Spark ME from
http://www.tcelectronic.com/SparkME (registration required). When you've
finished breaking the file into tracks, it fires up Toast with the split files
as audio tracks: "The Play List section allows preparing projects for CD and
includes realtime crossfades and export of play lists in Roxio Toast format."

Peter Schneider