It's feature-rich but also simple enough to be a contender. It's like an audio editor paired with a plugin FX processor. The FX chain is useful (with a plugins manager like Logic) Track splitting/exporting is clunky & not always accurate/useful Playback of L/R is just OK (global on/off switch) Unfortunately, it's occasionally unstable/buggy (particularly with some 3rd party plugins). This has been my go-to app for quick edits and recording simple and straightforward. Runs 3rd party FX plugins, but buggy/unstable with some Rudimentary “gap” marker & “Split by markers” More thorough than I expected (no wonder it's so popular) but some basic usability functions wouldn't mesh with how I work Zooming/highlighting requires key/mouse combos or menu clicksĬan’t play L/R channels without first splitting the stereo fileĬreating/exporting labels (regions) is a bit clunky (but offers leading/trailing silence)Īdding 3rd party FX plugins is also a bit clunky Stereo files displayed as a single track is a killer for me tho. I like the simplicity but it's missing a few basic features. “Smart split” is simple but it works & outputs splits easily The apps I tried range in price but most seem to fall under $100.ĭisplays stereo files as one waveform-no L/R editing/playback Splitting files into regions/markers/items intelligently and exporting them as files.Accessible edit functions (cut/paste, fade, normalization, etc).Playback/editing of L/R channels independently.Good, logical GUI (user customization is a plus, running 3rd party FX is a plus).Easy to navigate/highlight audio with the mouse (ie.Many apps tout big feature lists but tbh I don't need a lot a few must-haves: I make sample libraries, among other things, which involves a lot of zipping around large files, zooming/highlighting, making edits on L/R channels of stereo files (cutting/pasting, mixes, fades, normalization), then splitting them and outputting as individual files (sometimes many thousands). What I didn't test is software intended for mixing/mastering or audio repair. There are understandably strong preferences about fav audio editors, and the tests I did were only focused on a few key features/usability things, so these are not a final verdict on any of the apps, just my takeaways. I don't know if this list will be useful to anyone but I figure it's better to have it posted here than buried in the comments on another thread. See my addendum after this post.Ī couple days ago I asked the hive for "waveform editor" recs and boy did I get some. **UPDATE** I've used TwistedWave for a few weeks and the results are interesting (mostly good, some bad).
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