Jay Rodriguez
Coffee Member
Found this, thought yop guys might like.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Free audio software
Yep, not demos or low-cost "home versions," but really free audio editors, filters, and utilities. Probably the most important is Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net), an open-source audio editor and multitrack program with versions for Windows, Mac, and Linux (Figure 2). Although it lacks some of the features of high-end software, it's surprisingly complete and can do a lot of audio manipulations that are impossible in an NLE. Everyone should have a copy.
Audacity comes with a decent selection of built-in processors, including a simple but effective multiband noise reducer, and it can also serve as a host for filters, processors, and utilities in a variety of formats. Some of these plug-ins are at the Audacity Web site; there are plenty of others at www.kvr-vst.com and www.mda-vst.com. (The latter is advertiser supported, and the graphics on this home page take you to commercial stuff. But the text link at the top of the page takes you to a treasure trove of free plug-ins.)
Arboretum is a commercial software publisher charging a good price for some of its products, which are definitely worth the money. But Arboretum has also got a couple of audio processors for free download in Windows and Mac OS 9 formats, at www.arboretum.com. The Windows set also includes hobbled demo versions of Arboretum's commercial plug-ins, but the echo, vibrato, and ring modulator are fully functional.
If you're into the engineering side of audio, you'll appreciate online calculators, Java applets that run in a Web browser to give you quick answers to electronic and acoustic problems. The formulas are built in; all you have to do is enter values and click for an answer. Computer Support Group (www.csgnetwork.com) offers a few dozen of them for audio, covering everything from Ohm's Law to the reverb time of enclosed spaces, as well as calculators for sports, aviation, business, and construction. McSquared System Design (www.mcsquared.com) sticks to sound; its calculators compute decibel values and resistors for any kind of pad, predict resonances and intelligibility based on room factors, and compute exactly how a given sound will be affected by atmospheric conditions.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Free audio software
Yep, not demos or low-cost "home versions," but really free audio editors, filters, and utilities. Probably the most important is Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net), an open-source audio editor and multitrack program with versions for Windows, Mac, and Linux (Figure 2). Although it lacks some of the features of high-end software, it's surprisingly complete and can do a lot of audio manipulations that are impossible in an NLE. Everyone should have a copy.
Audacity comes with a decent selection of built-in processors, including a simple but effective multiband noise reducer, and it can also serve as a host for filters, processors, and utilities in a variety of formats. Some of these plug-ins are at the Audacity Web site; there are plenty of others at www.kvr-vst.com and www.mda-vst.com. (The latter is advertiser supported, and the graphics on this home page take you to commercial stuff. But the text link at the top of the page takes you to a treasure trove of free plug-ins.)
Arboretum is a commercial software publisher charging a good price for some of its products, which are definitely worth the money. But Arboretum has also got a couple of audio processors for free download in Windows and Mac OS 9 formats, at www.arboretum.com. The Windows set also includes hobbled demo versions of Arboretum's commercial plug-ins, but the echo, vibrato, and ring modulator are fully functional.
If you're into the engineering side of audio, you'll appreciate online calculators, Java applets that run in a Web browser to give you quick answers to electronic and acoustic problems. The formulas are built in; all you have to do is enter values and click for an answer. Computer Support Group (www.csgnetwork.com) offers a few dozen of them for audio, covering everything from Ohm's Law to the reverb time of enclosed spaces, as well as calculators for sports, aviation, business, and construction. McSquared System Design (www.mcsquared.com) sticks to sound; its calculators compute decibel values and resistors for any kind of pad, predict resonances and intelligibility based on room factors, and compute exactly how a given sound will be affected by atmospheric conditions.
