jaredgiese
Active member
What is a good audio editing program besides pro tools? Specifically something where I can adjust the EQ of tracks and also something that will work in conjunction with Sony Vegas.
Audio editing program
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thisisapocalypse
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Audacity isn't bad and it's free. CuBase LE is also cheap and not bad (I only have it because it came with my Zoom H4n) but I don't dislike it. These are both pretty basic but should work for what you are after.
PerroneFord
Deals in Lead
Do you realize that Vegas started as an auido editing program? And a good one? And has everything you need built in?
I second PerroneFord: The perscription is More Vegas!
Every audio track automatically has keyframeable EQ, Compression, and Gate built in. It's certainly no pro tools, but it's definitely quick and powerful enough for most tasks. Check out the "Mixing Console" on the view menu.
Every audio track automatically has keyframeable EQ, Compression, and Gate built in. It's certainly no pro tools, but it's definitely quick and powerful enough for most tasks. Check out the "Mixing Console" on the view menu.
Samplitude is your best choice unless you have the funds to buy Sequoia, Audacity is good for a fee app, don't recommend Pro Tools, the built in audio in Vegas is very good as others have notes, Soundbooth does have a good time stretching app (read: not as awful) if you need that. Cubase is good if you work with samples and is a good alternative for multitracking, though not as good as Samplitude.
Steve House
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There's audio EDITING programs and there's DAW programs. While their functionality has a certain overlap, they usually have their individual strong points. Ignoring Vegas's considerable video editing abilities for the moment, Vegas (and ProTools) would falll squarely into the DAW category. If you need audio editing and sweetening tools outside of Vegas, the logical choice would be its sister dedicated audio editing program from Sony, Soundforge.
John Willett
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Agreed - Samplitude is superb.
I loved it so much that I have now upgraded to Sequoia.
The best.
The only other program that comes close is SADiE.
Alpha Beta Omega
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I use Adobes Audition and like it but almost any program can get the job done.
Brickhouse Media
Well-known member
I have Vegas and use Sound Forge Audio Studio for audio. It's the cut down version of Sound Forge Pro but still great. I recommend it.
Chadfish
Veteran
When you say "Audio Editing" that usually means something like SoundForge or the astounding "Wavelab". But if you mean multitrack audio apps, then look no further than vegas. You might want to get some nice plug-ins, but then again, every vegas channel has compression and EQ by default, which is what most video editors need.
Cubase is a very sweet multitrack audio app, and it is only 500.00 (the cost of many plug-in packages). Not to mention Cubase has the same superior audio engine, and many features of the flagship app "Nuendo". Rumors have it that Nuendo will be dropped, and cubase will become the standard. I bet if you get it now for 500.00 it will be an inexpensive upgrade when Nuendo and Cubade blend into one app.
But if all you are doing is simple editing of your camera audio, and mixing in some music - Vegas is awesome. You can mix a whole album in that. And you can "re-wire" other apps to work simultaneously, like Sony ACID. In acid you can loop up a soundtrack in no time, and both interfaces work the same way - no big learning curve. God I wish I could get a mac version of acid! I still use it on my PC once in a while because nothing compares for loop work.
If I had vegas as my only video/audio app, I would invest in something like a good maximizer plug-in like Waves L2 Ultramaximizer, or something from iZotope mastering plugs. But you've already got all you need for awesome audio.
Cubase is a very sweet multitrack audio app, and it is only 500.00 (the cost of many plug-in packages). Not to mention Cubase has the same superior audio engine, and many features of the flagship app "Nuendo". Rumors have it that Nuendo will be dropped, and cubase will become the standard. I bet if you get it now for 500.00 it will be an inexpensive upgrade when Nuendo and Cubade blend into one app.
But if all you are doing is simple editing of your camera audio, and mixing in some music - Vegas is awesome. You can mix a whole album in that. And you can "re-wire" other apps to work simultaneously, like Sony ACID. In acid you can loop up a soundtrack in no time, and both interfaces work the same way - no big learning curve. God I wish I could get a mac version of acid! I still use it on my PC once in a while because nothing compares for loop work.
If I had vegas as my only video/audio app, I would invest in something like a good maximizer plug-in like Waves L2 Ultramaximizer, or something from iZotope mastering plugs. But you've already got all you need for awesome audio.
ceejay7777
Active member
In the end, it depends on your exact application. I've just finished a project where I edited the basic audio with the video in Vegas; cleaned up some takes in Audition; recorded midi music in Cubase; edited and mixed the whole thing in Samplitude.
Chadfish
Veteran
I edit rough audio along with video in Final Cut Pro, then either export stereo wavs, or one big OMF of all the audio. Open up in cubase, add music, edit sound, add effects like compression and EQ or use reverbs for different room sounds, then export a stereo mix. I call that my "RAW" mix as in "BigMovie_RAW". That is 24 bit still.
Then I open up that file in an audio editor, Wavelab, and add mastering effects like some EQ and an Ultramaximizer to boost the levels without clipping. My final file is "BigMovie_MASTER". That file is saved as a 16 bit file at the last moment.
FCP / Cubase / Wavelab
Then I open up that file in an audio editor, Wavelab, and add mastering effects like some EQ and an Ultramaximizer to boost the levels without clipping. My final file is "BigMovie_MASTER". That file is saved as a 16 bit file at the last moment.
FCP / Cubase / Wavelab