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Post by Catoogie » Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:19 am

Anybody know of a free wave editor?
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Post by Phiz » Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:06 am

Audacity solid, free, and runs on windows, OSX and linux.
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Post by Bill @ Irie Lab » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:05 am

I'm Beta testing Wavosaur. (http://www.wavosaur.com)

Very nifty indeed. Takes VST inserts, has spectroscope functionality, and it sounds great. Tiny little memory footprint and low CPU overhead. You can carry it and a basic compressor plug-in on a floppy; how cool is that?

Audacity is good but I really dig this Wavoaur. Keep an eye out for these guys.

See if the're still taking testers.

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Post by YOUR KONG » Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:06 am

Goldwave is free to try, I believe.
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Post by ;ivlunsdystf » Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:10 pm

Bill @ Irie Lab wrote:You can carry it and a basic compressor plug-in on a floppy; how cool is that?

Bill
Do you mean you are using old-skool magnetic floppy disks? That would be almost too hip.
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Post by Bill @ Irie Lab » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:32 am

3.5 Inch, Baby!
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Post by inverseroom » Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:21 pm

Adobe Soundbooth looks good, too!

I use Audacity, usually.
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Post by Phiz » Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:28 pm

inverseroom wrote:Adobe Soundbooth looks good, too!
That is currently in open beta testing. The beta version will stop working on April 27th, and I'm guessing the final version won't be free.
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Post by darjama » Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:21 pm

You can use Reaper without paying until your conscience gets to you, and even then it's just 40 bucks. It's layout is geared to multitrack work, but it should cover 93% of the same ground as a straight-up wave editor.

http://reaper.fm
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Post by ;ivlunsdystf » Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:10 pm

That Adobe Soundbooth (Mac App version) is a whopping 320 MB. We should shun it on general principle alone. I hate how Acrobat Reader takes 45 seconds to load, and my hatred of Adobe from Reader spills over to whatever else they concoct for the world.
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Post by inverseroom » Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:22 pm

Ah, I didn't realize it wouldn't be a freebie forever, alas...
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Post by wedge » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:04 pm

Tatertot wrote:and my hatred of Adobe from Reader spills over to whatever else they concoct for the world.
Including Photoshop?!?

:shock:

May be the best... graphics... app... ever...
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Post by ;ivlunsdystf » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:36 pm

wedge wrote:
Tatertot wrote:and my hatred of Adobe from Reader spills over to whatever else they concoct for the world.
Including Photoshop?!?

:shock:

May be the best... graphics... app... ever...
Suit yourself, dude. I prefer the GIMP, clunky though it may be.
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Post by RefD » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:38 pm

wedge wrote:
Tatertot wrote:and my hatred of Adobe from Reader spills over to whatever else they concoct for the world.
Including Photoshop?!?

:shock:

May be the best... graphics... app... ever...
something went desperately wrong with Adobe and its products at the end of the 90s.

and it ain't gettin' any better.
?What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.? -- Seneca
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Post by wedge » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:52 pm

I think Adobe Photoshop kicks ass... Illustrator's pretty freakin' great, too... I'm not sayin' that there aren't viable alternatives, but those two apps, imho, buy Adobe a get-out-of-jail-free card for the forseeable future, as far as I'm concerned...

And how about Premiere? It's as big an app in digital video as Photoshop is in graphic design...

Reader ain't my favorite app by any means, but judging Adobe's entire output by a clunky Reader ain't exactly fair...

And I dig Audition, too... I'm confused... When and how did Adobe start sucking, and how did I miss it?!?
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