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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: Classicist on November 13, 2006, 06:12:10 PM

Title: Editing/mastering software
Post by: Classicist on November 13, 2006, 06:12:10 PM

Hi folks.

I have a D5 in the attic but in recent years have been involved mainly in classical and church music.  I've been doing some casual recordings with an H340 and am thinking of doing some upgrading.

First question is, what do you guys do for editing and mastering software?  Do you do any postprocessing at all?  I want to be able to split my files up into tracks, normalize levels, tweak EQ, & do crossfades where appropriate.

Classicist

Title: Re: Editing/mastering software
Post by: Fatah Ruark (aka MIKE B) on November 13, 2006, 06:17:30 PM

This will cover the Normalizing and EQ:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Don't know about any free multitrack software (to do crossfades).

To chop up your recordings into tracks:

http://www.cdwave.com

Hope that helps.

Title: Re: Editing/mastering software
Post by: Classicist on November 13, 2006, 06:23:37 PM

Cool.  It even runs on Linux.

So, if I decide to move on from my H340, would I want to get a flash recorder like the Marantz 671 or get a decent firewire adapter for my laptop?  Since I'm usually recording myself and close friends stealth isn't a problem and I can usually get AC.

Title: Re: Editing/mastering software
Post by: Classicist on November 13, 2006, 10:39:14 PM

Hoom.

Perhaps Edison was right and Tesla's newfangled AC was a mistake.