[grc] Does anyone remember the names of this software?

[UnderCurrents Radio]

For anyone looking for a super-simple, really fast and uncomplicated editor
(not for mixing), consider Twisted Wave.  It's a fave among voiceover folks
and we use it every day.  It's industrial strength (like SoundForge), not
expensive and there is a free trial.  MacOS, iOS and browser versions.
https://twistedwave.com

Gregg McVicar
www.undercurrentsradio.net


On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 10:25 AM David Klann via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org>
wrote:

> Hi Amoshaun,
>
> On 6/2/21 11:42, you, via grc wrote:
> > Hi GRC,
> >
> > As an educator, I love that Audacity is free, but there are two features
> that make it hard for beginners:
> >
> > 1. You have to build you own folder hierarchy, and if you screw it up
> you loose your project. This is supposed to be fixed with the new release,
> but I have not tried it.
> >
>
> This is indeed changed in the latest version of Audacity. The audio
> "snippets" that comprise an Audacity project are now stored in a single
> file (actually a SQLite database, but users don't need to know that). So
> now, Audacity "projects" are much easier to manage and move around.
>
> > 2. When you clip a track on one end for a cross-fade, you cannot recover
> where you cut to expand it back out again in the event that you cut into
> the person talking. Digital editing is non-destructive, and other programs
> allow this function, but Audacity has instituted a destructive editing
> process in their code that requires that you start over with a new file
> import to expand the excerpt envelope for a clip. Boo...
> >
>
> I believe non-destructive editing is on the list of proposed
> enhancements with the new owners of the Audacity code base. Also, with
> Audacity version 3.0.0 you can simulate non-destructive editing using
> Backup Projects feature. Learn more about it at this Audacity Bootcamp
> episode:
>
> https://audacitybootcamp.com/2021/05/12/how-to-edit-non-destructively-in-audacity/
>
> It's not true non-destructive editing, but it's a potentially useful
> work-around.
>
> > PS: I miss cool edit and sound forge! What a blast from the past. Those
> were the days...
> >
>
> I miss SoundForge too! I was living in Madison, volunteering at WORT in
> the late 90's and early 2000's when the authors of SoundForge were also
> in Madison.
>
>
> > I now teach Hindenburg when I am able to get free licenses for students,
> as the interface is amazing for public affairs programming.
> >
> > Amoshaun
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: grc <grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org> On Behalf Of Spencer Graves
> via grc
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 9:27 AM
> > To: grc at maillist.peak.org
> > Subject: Re: [grc] Does anyone remember the names of this software?
> >
> > Hi, Frieda et al.:
> >
> >
> >         What do you not like about Audacity that drives you to look at
> commercial alternatives?
> >
> >
> >         Spencer Graves
> >
> >
> > On 6/2/21 5:35 AM, David Devereaux-Weber via grc wrote:
> >> Frieda,
> >>
> >> I think the software you mention was Sound Forge:
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Forge
> >>
> >> Adobe Audition has a different origin thread;
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Audition
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 5:08 AM Frieda Werden via grc <
> grc at maillist.peak.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> There is an editing software that I think is currently called Adobe
> >>> Audition, and it seems to be the same as what we were given on a disc
> for
> >>> free at the GRC in Madison way back in the '90s.  I think it has been
> sold
> >>> on to at least two other companies, and I'm trying to remember all the
> >>> names.
> >>>
> >>> Am I right that pretty much nothing has changed about it but the
> company
> >>> names?  Or am I missing the good stuff?
> >>>
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