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Sound editing software
Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 6:22 PM on 09.19.09 |
| ->> OK So I bit the bullet and have purchased a Zoom recorder. The sound from the unit is AMAZING but the software that was bundled is more suited toward someone mastering music. I'm looking for suggestions for a sound editor that will allow me to blend clips from a bunch of captures. The simpler the better. |
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Shelley Cryan, Photographer
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New England | CT | USA | Posted: 6:52 PM on 09.19.09 |
| ->> I like Sound Studio. Not a lot of bells and whistles (pardon the kind-of pun), but it does what I need it to do. I use it mostly to edit sound off of an Edirol R09, and it works fine. |
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Mike Brice, Photographer
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Ogden | UT | USA | Posted: 6:56 PM on 09.19.09 |
| ->> You can use Garage Band on a MAC and audacity on a PC |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 7:12 PM on 09.19.09 |
->> Or Audacity on a Mac...
It's free. |
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Jack Howard, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Central Jersey | NJ | USA | Posted: 12:44 AM on 09.20.09 |
->> Eric, check out Adobe Soundbooth.
Autohealing of edits. Photoshop-like interface. SFD for ID'ing noise nonsense.
http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/11616
I hate audio editing, but I LOVE Soundbooth. |
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Kent Nishimura, Student/Intern
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Honolulu | HI | USA | Posted: 1:35 AM on 09.20.09 |
->> x2 for audacity.
i like it. its free! hehe. |
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Jeffrey Furticella, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Charlotte | NC | US | Posted: 3:22 AM on 09.20.09 |
->> Audacity. Free is good.
- furt |
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Chris Jordan, Photographer
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Bay Area | CA | United States | Posted: 3:37 AM on 09.20.09 |
->> Eric -
Are you running PC or MAC. What do you want to accomplish with your editing? Do you want to spend any money, if so, how much?
I'll wait for your answers to write more, but if you are on a mac and your budget is $0. Then it's Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
or Myna - for less bells and whistles and an online/cloud interface
http://lifehacker.com/5360912/myna-is-an-awesome-multi+track-audio-editor-for-anyone
Both have limitations if you want to get into serious audio editing or scoring though.
Hope all is well -
Chris Jordan
http://www.chrisjordanphotography.com |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 8:03 AM on 09.20.09 |
->> Price isn't really a consideration. I am looking to take the various sound clips that I capture and edit them into a soundtrack for a slide show. Windows Vista 64bit platform.
Ease of use and functionality are more important. The Zoom came with a copy of Cubase 4 LE. I am sure that it's a great program it just seems so complicated for what I'm doing. For that matter the whole process seems WAY more involved than necessary. The last time I did a slide show it was done with with film on 4 projectors with a controller and cassette tape. It must be me because that seemed so much simpler than the whole process now.
I'm using a demo version of sound slides and the Cubase that came with the recorder. It seems to me that there should be a decent editing package(s) that would allow you to master the sound AND work with the images all on one platform. Maybe I'm wrong. |
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David Harpe, Photographer
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Louisville | KY | USA | Posted: 10:08 AM on 09.20.09 |
->> Hey Eric,
One of the easiest editing programs I've ever used is Vegas Pro by Sony:
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro/audioproduction
It is a video editor, but it has a lot of really robust features for audio as well. Lots of multitrack editing features, live fader capture, punch-in recording, 5.1 surround sound mixing, plenty of plug-ins for compression, eq, noise reduction, etc. It's all there.
The Vegas interface is by far one of the easiest to master, and it's wicked fast to use. Visually the timeline is just really nice to use and understand, and all sorts of little tweaks make editing quickly a breeze.
Vegas is not a resource hog like other programs, so it starts in just a couple of seconds on even a lightweight laptop. Because it loads so fast and the visual interface is easy to understand, it's the perfect editor for doing a quick simple edit of a couple of tracks. But if you need to get complicated it also has all of the advanced capabilities.
If you're doing soundslides-ish stuff, the video component is easy as well. Supports everything from stills all the way up to 1080p and can export to a wide variety of formats. Doing simple dissolves are a breeze - just drop two stills onto the timeline and drag one over the other for a fade. Ken Burns style animation is drop-dead simple as well.
It's not cheap at $600, but it's a really good program. |
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Jon Wright, Photographer
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Wayzata | MN | USA | Posted: 12:23 PM on 09.20.09 |
| ->> I've had good luck with Sony Sound Forge |
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Chris Jordan, Photographer
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Bay Area | CA | United States | Posted: 1:21 PM on 09.20.09 |
->> Sound Forge on a PC is indeed a dead simple program for basic audio editing. However this sentence of yours caught my attention
"It seems to me that there should be a decent editing package(s) that would allow you to master the sound AND work with the images all on one platform. Maybe I'm wrong."
On a Mac this solution is the Final Cut series of programs. I think Premier is the best solution in Windows. Audio editing and image/video sequencing in one place. It may take a little bit of time to get down the basics of the software, but the creative control it will allow you is well worth it.
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiereel/
Good luck -
Chris Jordan
http://www.chrisjordanphotography.com |
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Jonathan Castner, Photographer, Assistant
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Longmont | CO | USA | Posted: 4:35 PM on 09.20.09 |
| ->> I suggest that you stick with the Cubase LE that you have. It's an excellent program and although there are things that you don't need from it the flexability and stability are superb. I use the pro version for my audio editing and can do so much it's silly. |
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Jon Wright, Photographer
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Wayzata | MN | USA | Posted: 5:07 PM on 09.20.09 |
| ->> Actually I use Sound Forge in conjunction with Pro Show Producer. |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 9:22 PM on 09.20.09 |
->> "The Zoom came with a copy of Cubase 4 LE."
CuBase is great. You'd do well to RTFM and learn the program. |
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David Manning, Photographer
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Athens | GA | | Posted: 9:53 PM on 09.20.09 |
->> I miss Cool Edit Pro. (Circa 1994)
But audacity is by far the way to go anymore. |
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Chris Jordan, Photographer
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Bay Area | CA | United States | Posted: 2:06 AM on 09.21.09 |
->> I know I posted earlier about the possibility of you delving into a multimedia production suite such as Premier, however I also agree with Jim and Jonathan. Cubase is a great program. I have used it for multi-tracking and beat production for years, and it will accomplish any of the audio goals you previously mentioned. Some tutorials, either from the site or via youtube, should get you up to speed on the program very quickly.
Hope all is well -
Chris |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 7:49 AM on 09.21.09 |
->> RTFM Point taken. I was hoping that there was a more intuitive program on the market for doing simple slide shows.
Thanks to all who answered. |
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Dan Powers, Photographer
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Appleton | WI | USA | Posted: 7:50 AM on 09.21.09 |
| ->> I use Garage Band and think it's very easy to use. |
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Geoffrey Bolte, Photographer, Assistant
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Spencer/Worcester | MA | USA | Posted: 8:47 AM on 09.21.09 |
->> Eric I use audacity on the Mac which you can also get for the PC, its pretty easy to use. I think for what you are looking to do it can't hurt to try since it is free.
David I miss Cool Edit Pro as well! Was a great program. |
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Max Simbron, Photographer, Assistant
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Phoenix | AZ | USA | Posted: 6:27 PM on 09.21.09 |
->> just a quick FYI for those that might not know, but Adobe bought Syntrillium, makers of Cool Edit Pro, and Audition basically IS cool edit pro. However Audition is PC only.
Soundbooth is PC/Mac, and comes with a load of free to use (even commercially) sound effects and even sound scores, with which you can make quick music beds for slideshows or videos. You simply select the score, move a few sliders to vary the intensity and styling of the track, specify intro/outro, and give it a set time to work with, and it will go.
You can even take music you already have and mark it off to the beat, which is a simple way of creating loops from tracks.
They also have some nice noise reduction tools (a la Audition) and other quick tools for basic compression (as in compressor, as well as in format like mp3) and sweetening audio. |
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