I’m currently using a found version of Adobe Audition and I love it but I want to find a FOSS alternative. I have tried Audacity in the past but it is/was missing a lot of the features I require. Anyone have a good recommendation?

  • vhstape@beehaw.org
    5·
    1 year ago

    I struggle with this. People tend to suggest DAWs as alternatives, but this is frustrating. In practice, DAW != audio editor…

  • itsgallus@beehaw.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    For multi-track recording, you’ll want a DAW. The best free DAWs, IMO, are Reaper and Cakewalk. Personally, I prefer Cakewalk for several reasons but mainly because I don’t like Reaper’s UI. Although, Reaper has a portable version which is super nice.

    I still advice you to run the final mix through Audacity, though, since I find its processors superior for mastering than Reaper’s or Cakewalk’s built-in ones.

    • Peafield @programming.devOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thank you for the advice. I hadn’t heard of cakewalk so I’ll try that out as well as Ardour. Good idea about still passing it through Audacity. I also saw on a thread about auphonic… But I think I don’t want the quality to be decided by an “AI”

  • harald_im_netz@feddit.de
    3·
    1 year ago

    Ardour is open-source, but I couldn’t get to work with it.

    I highly recommend Reaper from all the proprietary DAWs out there.

    My SO has to work with Audition professionaly, and it is a pain in the ass. What are you doing with it, that you are able to find love for it?

  • Peafield @programming.devOP
    1·
    1 year ago

    I just wanted to come back to this thread and say that I was very wrong about Audacity. I hadn’t used it in years and all the qualms I had about it are gone. Its feature rich and is more than up to the task.

  • F4stL4ne@programming.dev
    1·
    1 year ago

    Audacity can have multiples inputs. If it can receive sound from one usbc-c it should receive two…

    I would suggest to work with a proper sound card and standard mics rather working with USB mic you won’t be able to use for anything else.

    • Peafield @programming.devOP
      0·
      1 year ago

      The last time I used it it wasn’t easy to have two audio inputs via usb-c (I know I need a proper system but there is no budget yet!)

      • soyagi@yiffit.net
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        1 year ago

        So you’re not looking for an audio editor, but rather live recording software that supports multiple simultaneous inputs? The more specific your request for help is, the better suggestions you’ll get.