I WISH THEY MADE SOUND FORGE FOR MAC!

sonic documentation · Post by **sonic documentation** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:00 pm

I have recently completely switched from PC to Mac. I liked the interface of Sound Forge (Windows) for doing all of my in-house mastering.

Well, I now can't use that with my Mac, and I was wondering if there was anything in the ballpark of Sound Forge for Mac?

Is there anything like that? I hate using Pro Tools for mastering.

ulriggribbons · Post by **ulriggribbons** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:06 pm

Bias Peak?

Dave Nutz · Post by **Dave Nutz** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:28 am

IMO, as a sound forge user who switched to Peak at the same time i switched to mac, Peak is not as intuitive to use(though using plugins is simpler). Peak LE has very limited functions, and doesnt allow the use of 90% of the DSP functions.
If you must have an editor, get peak pro. V5 is pretty nice.

junkstar · Post by **junkstar** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:32 am

I have just begun playing with Sound Forge for some DIY 'mastering'

Any tips you could share?

chris harris · Post by **chris harris** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:39 am

what would be even better is if they made Wavelab for Mac. Wavelab smokes all of 'em.

sonic documentation · Post by **sonic documentation** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:31 pm

Wavelab is awesome. The new Macs will be able to run all of those awesome mastering programs for PC. Since the new G5s will have Intel chipsets rather than Power PCs, Mac is making them so that you can dual boot windows as well.

That's going to be fucking sweet. I want one.

apropos of nothing · Post by **apropos of nothing** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:48 pm

I think Wavelab's a better application, but dammit if I don't love SFSF's keyboard shortcuts. For mincing apart .wav in a durn hurry, you can get no better ginsu knife. Much as Wavelab's cool, it can't touch SF on this.

foxystoat · Post by **foxystoat** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:14 pm

Have you considered Audiofile Engineering's Wave Editor? Everyone always suggests Peak for OS X users, but this application looks really promising.

Regards,
Benjamin W.

segaface · Post by **segaface** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:06 pm

You might want to check out Audacity. Can't beat the price.

andy

matyas · Post by **matyas** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:51 pm

I still use Spark LE from TC on the Mac, but sadly, I don't think it's available anymore. And I know I'm not the only one out there who misses Digidesign's SoundDesginer II. But the one program that I really wish was on the Mac is Samplitude.

chris harris · Post by **chris harris** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:08 pm

These days, I do whatever "mastering" I do (very little and very seldom) right inside of Cubase SX or DP. Then, I'll move over to the PC to sequence in Wavelab's 'montage', and then burn the disc and print the report from Wavelab.

bmonroney · Post by **bmonroney** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:43 pm

I highly recommend DSP-Quattro by i3, an Italian developer. I finally got off the upgrade train with Peak after years of being annoyed by its quirks and instability. I believe the main developor of DSP-Quattro, Stefano Daino, was also responsible for tc's Spark.

The routing and structure of DSPQ is VERY flexible, with all sorts of live applications besides simple two-track editing or mastering. It includes batch processing, CD-burning, even works as a VSTi host!

http://www.i3net.it/Products/dspQuattro ... anguage=EN

cheers,

Brian

Sean Shannon · Post by **Sean Shannon** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:58 am

I mixdown from my mac through a console to a PC with SoundForge and Wavelab. Why don't you just get another PC for SoundForge? I have gotten years of use out of a 450MHz PC, since we are only talking about 2 tracks. You may even have a PC laying around that could work.

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