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Free or low-cost 64-bit editor for Windows?
DSatz:
Hi. I really really want to use two plug-ins that are available only in 64-bit VST3 format. I'm running Windows 10 (64-bit) on an i7 desktop computer.
I just downloaded and installed Audacity 3.0, but the installation went into "C:\Program Files (x86)" which implies to me that it's 32-bit; bzzzzzt (for my purposes).
What free or low-cost 64-bit alternatives do people here recommend? The editor needs to support multi-track editing (mainly, three active tracks) as well as stereo and mono wave audio files. I'd like it to be as simple as possible, but (as the saying goes) no simpler.
--best regards
dyneq:
There is ocenaudio: https://www.ocenaudio.com/download
I haven't tried it, but plan to test it soon.
aaronji:
Maybe Reaper? $60, I think, for non-commercial use. It has a little bit of a learning curve from what I have read (and based on limited personal experience), but many people really love it.
capnhook:
--- Quote from: dyneq on April 01, 2021, 06:12:24 PM ---There is ocenaudio: https://www.ocenaudio.com/download
I haven't tried it, but plan to test it soon.
--- End quote ---
Yep, 64 bit :coolguy: Free, too.
VST plug-ins, real time effect monitoring.
It can handle huge .wav files, cool.
Thanks dyneq
DSatz:
Thanks. I downloaded and installed "ocenaudio" and unfortunately (since today I have done this with three different programs) I can't remember exactly why it didn't work for my purposes--but it didn't. All I remember for sure is that it didn't load or identify the plug-ins. So I uninstalled it.
I went back to the documentation for the plug-ins and noticed a kind of off-hand, generic reference to "Cubase and Nuendo" so I looked up what those are (I knew both names from long, long ago), found their vendor's Web site, and installed a 30-day trial version of Cubase Elements. It sees the plug-ins, so I'll try that for a while, I guess. If it does what I need, the $100 that it costs will be OK.
I'm suppressing a lot of complaining that I could really do about how insanely complicated it was to download and install and get started, all the false "more is more" assumptions built into every aspect of Steinberg's Web site, the application installer, and the application itself (shudder). And I only installed the bare minimum necessary components of the app. But I think I got somewhere. Again, many thanks.
--best regards
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