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Audio/Wave Editor Question from a Linux Newbie - 2006/07/05 02:29

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Hi... I'm new, and I need advice. To put it bluntly, I can't find a program to fit my needs and it's driving me crazy. Here is what I'm running into:

Cool Edit Pro 2.0 (Windows program running under WINE): CEP, my program of choice in XP, likes to freeze when it hits the "resetting menu" section on the loading screen. Now, I have run into sites that say it's possible to get it properly running, but they never seem to have any instructions on how to do it. What a shock.

GLAME: GLAME, in a word, sucks. It sucks hard. I can barely do anything with it.

Audacity: Nice enough, but has a tendancy to close by itself at the most inopprotune times. I just love losing an hour's worth of work just because the program interpreted the "copy" command as "close." Really makes my day. Beyond that, there are a few key things missing that makes it a pain to use. I had to use my girlfriend's XP system in order to finish my "Lightning Blue Eyes" remix.

Ardour: Doesn't fit my needs. It would be great if I were recording a band, but I'm not. I'm creating remixes/mash-ups/re-edits in my basement. Besides, closing the program causes Fedora Core 5 to lock up, and that's never good.


Any suggestions? I have absolutely no idea what to do.

Re:Audio/Wave Editor Question from a Linux Newbie - 2006/07/07 04:48

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Hello Ariata and welcome here.

First of all I must say that you can have encountered many package errors in your distribution. Fedora is well known for broken packages and this can be a reason for some of your problems (maybe the 50%). You can choose and try some other OS before finding the right for you. Some suggestions about Linux distributions for musicians:

• Musix : http://musix.org.ar/


• DemuDi :http://freshmeat.net/projects/a-demudi/ target="_blank"> http://freshmeat.net/projects/a-demudi/


• Studio To Go : http://www.ferventsoftware.com/

I can add also Mandriva and PCLinuxOS.

You should also embrace teh opensource philosophy: if there are problems for you in a software, ask the maintainer of that software some support and help. This is useful for you and for the community.

I suppose you should try the last (0.9.16) release of Wine with CoolEdit before giving up. The last release add several audio improvements.

Ardour is pretty complex but an excellent software. If you need something more easy and simple:

• Traverso : http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=41991&PHPSESSID=06083a1ac69aef2adfcf361b59023247


• Hydrogen : http://www.hydrogen-music.org/


• Lmms : http://lmms.sourceforge.net/


• Wired : http://wired.is.free.fr/

Not all these software is properly what you need but you can adapt it for your needs...

Post edited by: J_Zar, at: 2006/07/07 04:51

Re:Audio/Wave Editor Question from a Linux Newbie - 2006/07/07 04:50

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Ah... Some other things.
I suppose there are not so many alternatives to Audacity. You can try Sonik:

http://sonik.sourceforge.net/

Re:Audio/Wave Editor Question from a Linux Newbie - 2008/10/10 22:50

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I'm looking for a replacement for Sound Forge. IMHO, this is the best 2-channel editor there is.

Does audacity allow selection of one channel independently of the other? IE, I want to normalize just the left channel, or copy the left channel to the right channel.

Nat