Subject: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [Csnd] [OT] Cool Edit & Snd comparison survey
From: Kevin Conder (kconder_AT_interaccess.com)
Date: Wed Aug 22 2001 - 18:49:26 EEST
So, if you're using one or both of those programs, perhaps you
could answer the following few questions:
1) How do you most typically use Cool Edit, i.e., what routines do you
most commonly access ?
I use Cool Edit 96 as my default WAV player and editor when I use
Windows. I use it to "clean up" samples from other people. I use it to
compress (adjust overall level then squash individual spikes), dc bias
adjust, fade in/out, convert sample rates, and convert stereo to mono.
I like to try out effects like reverb and distortion on musical
samples. It's also good for finding loops to import into Acid.
2) What do you consider CE's greatest strength as a soundfile editor ?
It doesn't consume lots of memory and it handles large WAV files
well.
3) What do you like most/least about CE ?
Undo is a life saver. Being able to convert between different
audio formats is a huge plus. The integrated CD player and VU meters are
convenient for grabbing samples.
The weakest part of CE is zooming. It just doesn't make any sense
doing all of that guessing and typing. I prefer the magnifying glass
buttons in Acid.
4) What would you most like to see in Snd ?
My waveform. ;-) (see #6)
5) Do you prefer Snd with GTK, Motif, or no GUI at all ?
Did you forget about QT? GTK is fine. Please use a stable version.
6) What do you like most/least about Snd ?
I used the snd package from Debian stable. I could play a WAV file
but my window was empty. There wasn't a display of the waveform.
Installation by hand is maze of third-party libraries. (Guile? Why not
just use Scheme?)
Why use Guile and Ruby for scripting languages? Why not Perl
or PHP?
=== Kevin Conder, kevin_AT_kevindumpscore.com
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