Topic: Mac or Windows?

[Patrick]

xACT! Encode/Decode flacs, shns, wavs, ogg, ape, and more file formats from/to each other.  Fix SBE's, batch renames, cd extraction, create ffps and shn checksums, designate flac tags for your files and so much more.  It's such a great program and easy to use.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21952

Check out the small, but I guess growing section of the archive for more info...http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=51063.0

[Will_S]

Audacity is tough, but you get used to it.  You basically highlight the section that you want to split, and save that selection as a separate wav file, and then delete that highlighted section after saving. 

Sound Studio from felttip.com will let you place multiple markers in a file and then split into tracks in one fell swoop at the end.

You can configure it to avoid SBE's, too.  From etree.org:

For the Mac, there is no direct equivalent of CD Wave. Dave Mallick notes, "[SoundEdit 16] is quite capable of splitting a transferred DAT into tracks. Just set ruler units to frames, set 1 second = 75 frames, and have at it. As long as you enter a whole frame value into your selection box, you get perfect sector boundary cuts every time." This is also the case for [Felt Tip Sound Studio].

[macdaddy]

Audacity is tough, but you get used to it.  You basically highlight the section that you want to split, and save that selection as a separate wav file, and then delete that highlighted section after saving. 

Sound Studio from felttip.com will let you place multiple markers in a file and then split into tracks in one fell swoop at the end.

You can configure it to avoid SBE's, too.  From etree.org:

For the Mac, there is no direct equivalent of CD Wave. Dave Mallick notes, "[SoundEdit 16] is quite capable of splitting a transferred DAT into tracks. Just set ruler units to frames, set 1 second = 75 frames, and have at it. As long as you enter a whole frame value into your selection box, you get perfect sector boundary cuts every time." This is also the case for [Felt Tip Sound Studio].

thank you very much - that is quite useful...

welcome to ts.com... and +T

[Patrick]

Audacity is tough, but you get used to it.  You basically highlight the section that you want to split, and save that selection as a separate wav file, and then delete that highlighted section after saving. 

Sound Studio from felttip.com will let you place multiple markers in a file and then split into tracks in one fell swoop at the end.

You can configure it to avoid SBE's, too.  From etree.org:

For the Mac, there is no direct equivalent of CD Wave. Dave Mallick notes, "[SoundEdit 16] is quite capable of splitting a transferred DAT into tracks. Just set ruler units to frames, set 1 second = 75 frames, and have at it. As long as you enter a whole frame value into your selection box, you get perfect sector boundary cuts every time." This is also the case for [Felt Tip Sound Studio].

Yes, good info.  Thanks!

Now I just need to find that program...

[cpatch]

Others have answered your MS office question, here's my take on the interface question. I've used the Mac for 22 years (since it first came out), Windows for 14 years. I use Windows because I have to (at work). I use the Mac because I want to.

Craig

[Brian Skalinder]

Now I just need to find that program...

Other apps likely allow you to set 1 sec = 75 frames.  I know both Audition and Wavelab do on the PC side, so I bet other apps on the Mac side do, too.

[macdaddy]

Now I just need to find that program...

Other apps likely allow you to set 1 sec = 75 frames.  I know both Audition and Wavelab do on the PC side, so I bet other apps on the Mac side do, too.

is that all there is to it..?

[greenone]

With Sound Studio, go to View>Edit Grid and enter grid lines every 588 samples. Then use the 'snap to grid' feature and every marker you drop should be on a sector boundary.

However, it's just as easy to cut wherever you want and then use the 'fix SBE' tab of xACT to encode to FLAC and align on sector boundaries at the same time - that's what I do. Then use the 'shntool' tab to do a 'show len for fileset' or 'show len by disc' to create the track listing and timing for your info file.

[Patrick]

Now I just need to find that program...

Other apps likely allow you to set 1 sec = 75 frames.  I know both Audition and Wavelab do on the PC side, so I bet other apps on the Mac side do, too.

I know, I am just sick of cutting my wav's with Audacity.  I need some markers that I can drop on the waveform!

[RRobar]

Sound STudio is not that much money. I like the program alot. As others have said, very easy to mark tracks and split. If you don't feel like setting teh preference to cut properly to avoid SBE's, then run them through xACT really quick. It's not that hard at all. I tried audacity and found it to be lacking.

[Krispy D]

Sound STudio is not that much money. I like the program alot. As others have said, very easy to mark tracks and split. If you don't feel like setting teh preference to cut properly to avoid SBE's, then run them through xACT really quick. It's not that hard at all. I tried audacity and found it to be lacking.

amen. 

sound studio is where it's at for a user friendly inexpensive app

[Zaphod]

Sound STudio is not that much money. I like the program alot. As others have said, very easy to mark tracks and split. If you don't feel like setting teh preference to cut properly to avoid SBE's, then run them through xACT really quick. It's not that hard at all. I tried audacity and found it to be lacking.

amen. 

sound studio is where it's at for a user friendly inexpensive app

Anyone have any links to buy Sound Studio? Or is it available at most software stores?

[Will_S]

Anyone have any links to buy Sound Studio? Or is it available at most software stores?

http://www.felttip.com/

You can download it here and try it out as a demo before buying a license.

It also used to come as bundled software on some Macs, maybe it still does come with certain models?  I'm pretty sure it came with my G4/466 a few years ago.  I'm not sure about the transferabilty of licenses on bundled software but you might know someone with a copy they aren't using.