Audio Editing for a Mac

[BluPHI!!!]

Does anyone know what the best Audio Editing Sofware (Like Soundforge, Adobe Auditon) for a Mac???

Or what DAW (on a mac) has a great audio editor

 

[mp3]

DSP Quattro

 

[The-Shadow]

Bias Peak is also a good one. It's also useful for mastering your mixdowns.

 

[mp3]

DSP quattro can master too, and burn red book CDs, which is something I don't think Peak can do. and its a whole lot cheaper.

 

[abb-d]

i use pro tools myself.... before that i used cubase which wasnt too bad..

 

[DJ Xsinna]

I use Audacity. It's pretty nice for editing samples and junk. It's pretty much like SoundForge but i know SoundForge does more.

 

[Greg Savage]

Dp,Peak (for 2 track stuff)

 

[geedub025]

pro tools is the best for Mac

 

[BluPHI!!!]

pro tools is the best for Mac

Why?? Can you do better Audio Editing on Pro tools than on Soundforge or any other program??--If so then please explain

 

[alkota]

Audacity is good, I use that and Pro Tools... both are good stuff, make sure you got some nice plugins though

 

[thedreampolice]

I use bias peak as well.

 

[Hypnotist]

Why?? Can you do better Audio Editing on Pro tools than on Soundforge or any other program??--If so then please explain

Yes and no.

Pro Tools is the industry standard, so EVERYONE has a plugin for it. You can do pretty much ANYTHING in pro tools.

The trade off to this is: Soundforge & Cool Edit (audition) comes with some nifty (he said nifty) stuff that you can use right out-the-box. Also, Pro Tools plugs can eat up a lot of your RAM and processing power if you don't have the proper setup.

Basically, if you wanna stay basic, then mess with the programs like Soundforge.

I personally use Pro Tools, and I would swear by it, but just cuz I'm comfortable with it, and it's in every studio in the world, and when I edit in PT, I don't need to export to PT for later mixing/editing, because it's already in the damn thing.

 

[TheSpark...]

Problem with ProTools... Limited amount of tracks... and Industry Standard means nothing unless you're buying the industry version of ProTools and that costs Thousands and Thousands more than any of us can afford... and if we could afford it not too many of us would be on these forums...admit it... and I'm really tired of ProTool people acting like if it's not PT it's basic and childish... One read thru of a scratch magazine will show that there are plenty of professionals in the "Industry" that don't use PT... plus the greats like Pink Floyd and Others did't have any of that stuff and their music sounds better than anything on the radio... but thats because it wasn't about what it was recorded on, it was about what was being recorded in... that's just my opinion, but who am I?

 

[LonChainy]

Look into an audio editor called..Wave Editor...yes thats the name "Wave Editor" its for Mac and has some nice features...some that others dont have.

 

[thedreampolice]

Pro tools is a multitrack recorder, where peak is a audio editor. For straight editing peak is better. For tracking a band pro tools is better. 2 different tools for 2 different jobs.

 

[DJ Xsinna]

I'm now using Bias PEAK.. Real nice for editing and chopping up samples. A high recomend for Mac heads.