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Re: Multitrack editor

Subject: Re: Multitrack editor
From: "Paul Jacobson" thebrunswicktwitcher
Date: Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:03 pm ((PDT))
At risk of sounding like a worn out record I'd suggest taking a look  
at Wave Editor.

http://www.audiofile-engineering.com/waveeditor/

while the product pages still show version 1.3, version 1.4.1 was  
released about a week ago and there have been some significant  
improvements in speed. It doesn't claim to be a Digital Audio  
Workstation, and doesn't offer the kind of mixing/panning/bussing  
functionality you would expect from a DAW. But if you are looking for  
an editor WE excels at that task.  The iZotope 64 bit sample rate  
conversion and dither used in WE is amongst the best currently  
available, so it's pretty a capable tool for CD mastering.  It's  
worth taking a look at http://src.infinitewave.ca/ and comparing the  
level of aliasing from resampling generated by Audition 2  or Bias  
Peak 6.03 compared with  iZotope 64 bit SRC.

The website spiel says this about multitrack editing:
"Wave Editor was designed for the modern age. Built for broadcast and  
Surround applications, Wave Editor is not just a stereo editor. It is  
truly channel independent, truly multichannel. Some editors claim to  
be multichannel, but require you to "split" or "unzip" the files  
before you can edit them. With Wave Editor, you can edit multichannel  
Surround files directly without this extra step."

Disclaimer: I have no relationship with Audiofile Engineering, except  
as a satisfied customer.

cheers
Paul


On Oct 13, 2008, at 7:49 AM, Martyn Stewart wrote:

> Silly question that's probably been answered 10000 times here!
> Is there a simple 4 channel editor for the mac anywhere? I know adobe
> audition works great with multitrack but  I'm looking specifically for
> the mac...




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