Re: [Harp-L] H2 H4 editing software recommendations

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Indiana wrote:

<I like Soundforge for the PC.  Cooledit gets good reviews too.

I have CoolEdit and use it for lots of editing--I just used it to clean up the live recordings I made with the Zoom H4 of the Howard Levy seminar in NYC on March 22. It is really a very nice piece of software.  But I though CoolEdit has been out of production for years, since Adobe bought Syntrillium Software (the people who made CoolEdit).

Computer Music magazine offers a software DVD with every issue, and I believe that CD now includes Magix Samplitude 9, which is one generation back from the current version of the program, and a VERY capable audio editor.  If you've tried Audacity and don't think it will do the job, that might be a useful low-cost (less than US$20) option.

I use Cakewalk Sonar software for almost all my recording projects.  Cakewalk Home Studio is based on the same technology, gives you something like 48 audio and MIDI tracks plus a pile of signal procesing plugins like reverb, compression, etc.,  and is upward compatible with Sonar, at a price under $100.

Finally, doesn't the Zoom H4 ship with a copy of Cubase LE?  That's a pretty capable little program.

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