tony sayer wrote:
I can't quite understand the hype around Audacity. I guess my computer is
just so slow that it reveals the bugs. On a 1GHz processor though, it cannot
actually record sound without dropouts and glitches. Once those glitches are
in the data stream, it cannot write out to a .wav file that will write to
a standard audio CD.
I've tried it but its not a patch on Cool edit and nowhere near as
intuitive, but then again nowhere near as expensive
Agreed - I love Cool Edit (now known as Adobe Audition), but it's
somewhat expensive. Worth it, but still expensive.
Audacity has the advantage of being free, well-supported, and it's
always run well for me on any machine I've put it on. If you're getting
dropouts on 1GHz machine, I'd suggest checking for other causes, such as
slow disk access or unneeded processes running. Also make sure you're
not running the capture through some other real-time plugins or
something else that would chew up processor time unnecessarily.
Actually, one of the best (IMHO) things I've used for CD mastering is
Wavelab - I do like its "Montage" editing for overlapping, crossfading,
and adding tracks, setting track markers, and so on. I know other apps
can do this as well (such as CD Architect), but I really like the
Wavelab interface and functionality. But again, it's relatively
expensive...