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Audio Software Advice Needed

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Started by Dennis (Dudley Less) in Chit-Chat

Looking for recommendations for a cheap software package that can do the following:

Convert WAV and WMA files to MP3.
Allow me to “see” tracks on the screen and edit/ cut and paste sections/ fade in/ out etc.

basically, it’s for a mate who wants to take live recordings of his band, stick them on his PC and then be able to upload them to MySpace/ Facebook etc - he’ll need to be able to take a continuous recording of a gig and cut it into songs and then cut the songs up again to make a medley, that kind of thing. He WON’T need to be able to change pitch/ key/ temp or anything like that - he’d not looking to polish tracks up or improve them, just to be able to chop them up and stick them together in various ways to make it easier to use them online.

He’s used Nero 5 in the past but has read negative reviews of the latest edition.

I use WaveLab myself at work but I have no idea how much it is - probably a lot pricier than he needs cos it does lots more than he needs.

Any suggestions?

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 14:56

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Gav wrote:

The best (free) conversion tool I’ve used is CDeX http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

I’ve used nero in the past to edit / chop & cut wav files before and to be honest - its really basic, but thats all I needed. I cant remember the latest version I used cause I haven’t done it in a while.

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 15:26

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Gav wrote:

Is he looking to pay for it or is he happy with *ahem* freeware?

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 15:27

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g (Does everything start with destruction?) wrote:

Audacity.

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 15:43

#4

g (Does everything start with destruction?) wrote:

its free

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 15:43

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Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

I’d recommend Audacity, too. I use it myself, and I’ve heard from several people that it’s actually better than a lot of the software you can pay for.

Oh, and there’s another (free) program called something like Audacity Recovery, that can recover Audacity files (well duh) if anything goes wrong before you have the chance to click ‘save’.

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 16:56

#6

Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

Audacity’s looking good! Especially for the money, :D
Cheers for the help guys.

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 17:09

#7

mrs h wrote:

I used to use Audacity at work to do soundtracks - it is really good and easy to use :)

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 19:35

#8

drummerbecca (Becca) wrote:

Think I must be using a different version of Audacity to everyone else. Mine is shit :/

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 19:38

#9

mrs h wrote:

I just noticed that Gav’s link was for sourceforge, and I’m sure that’s where I first got Audacity. Maybe it’s been rebranded!

What’s wrong with yours Becca?

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 19:41

#10

mrs h wrote:

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/languages/facility/training/audacity.pdf

See what the nice northerners made for you, Dennis? ;)

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 19:43

#11

drummerbecca (Becca) wrote:

I just didn’t think it was that great, to be honest. But I suppose for nothing, who am I to complain? :p

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 19:47

#12

mrs h wrote:

*whispers*

Just humour us all - you haven’t heard Dennis’ band!! ;)

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 19:51

#13

g (Does everything start with destruction?) wrote:

Just imagine motley crue if they were from the black country.

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 19:56

#14

mrs h wrote:

… and deaf. And playing home-made ‘instruments’.

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 20:07

#15

andys gibson sg (James Harris) wrote:

Use REAPER, kicks Audicity butt.

Its free also: http://www.reaper.fm/

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 20:07

#16

mrs h wrote:

It’s not free :p

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 20:11

#17

andys gibson sg (James Harris) wrote:

ok well its better than Audacity, which keeps shifting tracks out of time. :p

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 20:14

#18

mrs h wrote:

That can only improve things for Dennis’ ‘band’, I’m sure. Also I’ve an idea in my head that Dennis uses a Mac. I’m sure Dan once said that he had a pretty decent machine but Dennis had a flasher mac ;)

Anyhow I have never had a problem with Audacity. So to speak.

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 20:20

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Pip (Philip Kelly) wrote:

I use Audacity too it’s good for the simple stuff but for the more advanced stuff I used to use Cool Edit(on my old computer that died a death last year) it’s pricey but excellent

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 21:49

#20

Gav wrote:

mrs h wrote:

I just noticed that Gav’s link was for sourceforge, and I’m sure that’s where I first got Audacity. Maybe it’s been rebranded!

What’s wrong with yours Becca?

Sourceforge is just a hosting site where a lot of small / shareware / freeware software can be downloaded from.

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 21:59 in reply to an earlier post

#21

Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

Many thanks. My mate has checked out Audacity and it seems to do everything he needs, and with it being free he is a very happy chappie.

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 23:16

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interzone (incubus seeking succuba) wrote:

An foreign teacher with who I work uses Audacity. She always thought that’s a good software since she started working on with it.

Posted on Thu, 5 March 2009 at 23:29

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