On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:32 PM, jtd <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok. From the response one can conclude two points > 1) Closed formats > 2) The consultant is sticking to a single tool when he has undefined > jobs. > 3) The consultant does not understand the real issues of audio > processing using computers. > 4) This requirement is not for professional high definition audio > recording, - the type you would have in a SciFi movie or a modern > heavy metal band - but the usual government ration bhashan editing.
Not sure if this is a simple Audacity Vs. Audition face-off. We've been using Audacity for community radio broadcasting for a long time now, and it's a great tool for most purposes (except, as you say, if one is doing an SF movie or recording a heavy metal band...) A couple of years ago, I put together a list of FOSS tools for audio editing and play-out, and it looked something like this. Most of it should be available even now, some in later versions as well. *Audacity:* Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ ** *ZaraRadio: *ZaraRadio is a free radio automation system (a 'playout' system). It operates on Windows (but not on Vista). It's not stated whether it works on Mac OS or Linux. http://www.zararadio.com/index.php?centro=main.php&lang=en ** *Campcaster: *Campcaster is a free and open source radio management software. It has been designed for a Linux environment, but could possibly be used on other platforms in future. http://www.campware.org/en/camp/campcaster_news/ ** *Ardour: *Ardour is an open source digital audio workstation and can be used to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. http://ardour.org/ ** *Sweep: *Sweep is an audio editor and live playback tool for GNU/Linux, BSD and compatible systems. http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/index.html ** *ReSound: *ReZound is an open source and graphical audio file editor primarily for but not limited to the Linux operating system. http://rezound.sourceforge.net/ ** *Rivendell:* It* *is a complete radio broadcast automation solution, with facilities for the acquisition, management, scheduling and playout of audio content for GNU/Linux operating system.http://www.rivendellaudio.org/ ** *Jokosher: *Jokosher is a simple yet powerful multi-track studio which can be used to create and record music, podcasts etc. http://www.jokosher.org/ ** *NGO-in-a-Box:* Offers a variety of FOSS audio software. http://audiovideo.ngoinabox.org/?q=taxonomy/term/142 *Pro Tools: *Pro Tools Free is a free version of Pro Tools for Mac. It is a digital audio workstation used for music production, post production etc. http://www.download.com/Pro-Tools-Free/3000-2182_4-3296394.html Sajan
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