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Digital Audio Software. Basic Concepts. Producing Digital Audio. Possible Software Choices: Wavosaur Audacity Adobe Soundbooth Adobe Audition Goldwave Wavepad. Producing Digital Audio. Wavosaur Free Audio Editor: Free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software
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Digital Audio Software Basic Concepts
Producing Digital Audio • Possible Software Choices: • Wavosaur • Audacity • Adobe Soundbooth • Adobe Audition • Goldwave • Wavepad
Producing Digital Audio • Wavosaur Free Audio Editor: • Free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software • Used for editing, processing, and recording sounds, wav, and mp3 files • Supports VST plugins, ASIO driver,multichannel wav files, and real time effect processing • For Windows 98, Windows XP, and Windows Vista
Producing Digital Audio • Wavosaur Free Audio Editor: • Multiple document interface • Includes features like trim/crop, channel convert, normalize level, fade in/fade out,zoom in/zoom out • Vocal removal • Loads of wav, mp3, aif, aiff, oggvorbis, raw binary, au/snd ,ADPCMDialogic vox, and more formats
Producing Digital Audio • Wavosour (cont.): • http://www.wavosaur.com/
Producing Digital Audio • Audacity: • A free, open source software for recording and editing sounds • For Mac OS X, MicrosoftWindows, GNU/Linux • Record live audio, convert tapes and records into digital recordingsor CDs, edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, Wav, or aiff sound files
Producing Digital Audio • Audacity (cont.): • Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds • Change speed or pitch of recording • Dub over existing tracks • Lots of importing and exportingcapabilities • Remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises
Producing Digital Audio • Audacity (cont.): • http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Producing Digital Audio • Adobe Soundbooth (a part of Adobe Production Suite 5): • A software program that allows you to create and edit audio • Improved multi-track editing • Royalty-free sound effects • Task-based audio editing • Fast audio cleanup
Producing Digital Audio • Adobe Soundbooth: • MP3 compression preview • One-click edits • Automatic removal of low rumble • One-click optimization of voice-overtracks • Looping tools • Elimination of clicks and pops • One-click mastering of mixed audio
Producing Digital Audio • Adobe Soundbooth (cont.): • http://www.adobe.com/products/soundbooth/
Producing Digital Audio • Adobe Audition 3: • A part of Adobe Production Suite 5 • Recording, mixing, editing, and mastering audio • Waveform editing tools • Editing options for grouped clips • VST plug-in manager • Batch saving of multiple audio files
Producing Digital Audio • Adobe Audition 3: • Ability to duplicate tracks • Improved I/O meter display • ASIO, VST, DirectX, and ReWiresupport • More than 50 audio effects and DSPtools • Surround encoder • Real-time monitoring
Producing Digital Audio • Adobe Audition 3 (cont.): • http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/
Producing Digital Audio • Goldwave: • A free professional digital audio editor that is capable of performing, processing,restoration, enhancements, andconversions • Play all your favorite songs • Record any source your computer supports • Edit audio with all the basic commands
Producing Digital Audio • Goldwave (cont.): • Perform dozens of different audio effects • Re-master old vinyl or tape recordings • Analyze audio with frequency and amplitude visuals • Includes a collection of powerful tools to edit your audio into the most professional quality • Process an unlimited number of files in various formats
Producing Digital Audio • Goldwave (cont.): • http://www.goldwave.com/
Producing Digital Audio • Wavepad: • Professional audio and music editor • For Windows and Mac OS X • Record and edit music, voice, andother audio recordings • Cut, copy, and paste parts of recordings • Add effects like echo, amplification and noise reduction • Wav, mp3, vox, gsm, wma, real audio, au, aif, flac, ogg files
Producing Digital Audio • Wavepad (cont.): • Silence, autotrim, amplify, normalize, equalize, envelope, reverb, reverse, andmore effects available • Integrated VST plug-in • Free sound effect and music library • Speech synthesis (text-to-speech) capabilities • Includes a CD ripper
Producing Digital Audio • Wavepad (cont.): • http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/index.html