Subject: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [Csnd] [OT] Cool Edit & Snd comparison survey (brief)
From: J P Fitch (jpff_AT_maths.bath.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Aug 22 2001 - 15:43:16 EEST
>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Phillips <dlphilp_AT_bright.net> writes:
Dave> Greetings:
Dave> I'm preparing a set of tutorials for Snd, and I'm also working on a
Dave> new article for O'Reilly Network in which I'll be comparing (nicely) Snd
Dave> to Cool Edit 2000 (*not* CE Pro). I hope to supply migrating CE users
Dave> with materials that will ease their way into using Snd.
Dave> So, if you're using one or both of those programs, perhaps you could
Dave> answer the following few questions:
Dave> 1) How do you most typically use Cool Edit, i.e., what routines do you
Dave> most commonly access ?
I use
a) Record
b) Amplify/Normalise
c) De-Noise
d) delete
e) Spectral view
Dave> 2) What do you consider CE's greatest strength as a soundfile editor ?
I like getting to the sample level, and as it interpolates with sinc I
can move individual samples.
Dave> 3) What do you like most/least about CE ?
It runs on Windows and i have to boot specially
Dave> 4) What would you most like to see in Snd ?
Sample level editing. Actually I deleted snd from my disk as it did
not do anything useful....
Dave> 5) Do you prefer Snd with GTK, Motif, or no GUI at all ?
No preference; indeed do not understand the question
Dave> 6) What do you like most/least about Snd ?
When I tried it is plain did not work
Actually Cool Edit is the main reason I run/boot the WIndows machine.
The other is that the CDR is attached to the SCSI bus (it is very old)
I have to boot my main Linux machine into Windows98 in order to
transfer data from my data as I have not managed to understand how to
arrange the ALSA mixer correctly. That is a major use of CE for me.
I have not found any acceptable Linux/Unix sound editor. The
soundeditor on Irix4 was reasonable (but no sample level stuff) but
the Irix5 version was much worse. I have a student looking at writing
a Cool-like frame work (called Luke, and in lukewarm)
==John ffitch
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