Re: FLASH: sound editing software suggestions

[Tino Novellino]

CoolEdit is good, if you are using Flash on Windows . . but Peak is probably

the best, in my opinion, for Mac.


Tino Novellino

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From: "Rita Bertoncini" <ritabertonciniworldonline [dot] it>

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Reply-To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 07:44:09 +0200

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To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Subject: RE: FLASH: sound editing software suggestions

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> I am very happy with CoolEdit2000 (www.syntrillium.com) .  Very easy to use,

> cheap and effective for simple and complex editing, including superior noise

> cleaning tools, mp3, etc.

> 

> Rita

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> 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Brack,

> Jeremy

> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:05 PM

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To: 'flasherchinwag [dot] com'

> Subject: RE: FLASH: sound editing software suggestions

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> I agree with Wayne Pennell.  Acid Pro is very easy to use, and you can =

> get

> some great effects from it.  Plus you have way more than 4 tracks to =

> use. I

> dont remember the exact number of tracks, but it was at least 20.  The

> interface uses a friendly timeline, and you "paint" in the music by =

> using a

> brush tool, then dragging it as much as you want accross the timeline. =

> You

> can select blocks of music and paste them as much as you want, even on =

> new

> tracks.  The only limitation is that you get 1 cd of sample wav files.. =

> So

> I also purchased one of the Data-Becker sound clip bundles with about =

> 10

> CD's filled with over 10,000 sound samples from all music types.  I =

> also

> have Adobe Premiere 5.1, which has 99 tracks for audio and video, but =

> the

> interface is a little harder to learn at first, and costs much more =

> since it

> is mainly used for video.  I actually found it easier to zoom in and =

> cut a

> music clip at a specific sound with Acid, since Premiere relies on a

> painfully difficult interface for audio scrubbing (maybe its just me).

> 

> 

> Jeremy

> 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Helen Triolo [designeri-technica [dot] com (mailto:designeri-technica [dot] com)]

> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 1:48 PM

> To: Flashers

> Subject: FLASH: sound editing software suggestions

> 

> 

> I'm a sound-editing novice and own a copy of Cool Edit 2000, which I've

> used for very basic stuff like pulling soundclips out of a file and

> setting the amplitude of pieces to match each other. =20

> 

> Now I have some separate tracks of drums and synth and guitar etc that =

> I

> want to try mixing.  I think my best options (pricewise) are the Cool

> Edit Studio plug-in, which lets you mix 4 tracks (only, but it's also

> only $50 more instead of $400 for Cool Edit Pro with which you can do

> lots of tracks) and Acid Music 2 (again, the less expensive option). =20

> 

> Can anyone offer a recommendation for either of these or tell my why I

> shouldn't get one or the other or maybe even suggest that I should

> really just shell out the $400 for Cool Edit Pro or Acid Pro while I'm

> at it?  Since I've never done any sound editing, but think that it's

> pretty much a necessity for a multimedia designer to know, I'd

> appreciate any advice.  (Also any pointers/URLs for learning basic

> sound-editing terms like pan and volume envelopes (???) and music beds

> (also ???) and so forth)

> 

> Thanks

> ---------------------------------------------------

> Helen Triolo =B7 http://i-Technica.com =B7 301-424-6037

> Flash Q&A archive =B7 http://i-technica.com/flashlist

> 

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