What Mac audio editing programs are there out there?

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I just got myself a Mac computer and I have been trying to figure out what audio editing program to get for my studio. I used to run Adobe Audition on my windows computer, but they dont have a mac version for that so I am wondering what options are out there, both in terms of what is the best, and also what is moderatly easy to learn, if you guys could help me out that would be great
 
I am using Logic at school....and to be honest. it is easier then pro tools. ( but i hate apple since they bought e-magic..lol, not true just bitter) there is also digital performer but i have never used it so no help there, but if you want something easy, cheap, and will work for the mac/pc then try mackie trackion 2...i own it and its so easy because it uses a single screen interface, plus it comes with like $500 worth of plugins/ vi's and its pretty powerfull for $150...but if your gonna go down that road, then wait for trackion three...its gonna be sweet
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yeah it is an intel mac, i dont want to put windows on it though because that takes up 10GB of space on your computer and makes in vunerable to all the same virus's windows is so i am just gonna get a mac program
 
PokerDude422 said:
yeah it is an intel mac, i dont want to put windows on it though because that takes up 10GB of space on your computer and makes in vunerable to all the same virus's windows is so i am just gonna get a mac program
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Very wise.

Logic is excellent, as is Digital Performer. I, personally, would go with Logic, but that is mainly because I am most familiar with it. I used to use Performer, a long long time ago (on an SE/30 :eek: ) and it's changed dramatically since then. Also check out Pro Tools M-Powered if you have or want to get an M-Audio interface.
 
I think what you are looking for is Bias Peak (Like audition)
 
ill check out bias peak, from what i hear logic is supposed to be very complicated to use, i liked audition a lot because you could do a lot with it, but at the same time it was very user friendly, im thinking about just staying with a medium level program that is moderatly simple to use until i get to college and i can actually take classes to learn programs like pro tools
 
hey,

pro tools isnt that difficult really. i mean, there is a lot of stuff to it, but if you RTFM you can get all of the basic stuff down and get to recording pretty quick (provided you are getting an maudio or digidesign interface of course)

otherwise, there is digital performer, logic (pro/express i think) and what evryone else mentioned. also, there is cubase

i think it's best to learn one app well, get comfortable with it and stick to it if it works well for you.

i love pro tools, but it's not for everyone i suppose. in the windows realm, sonor rocks. IMO i hate cubase. i bought it as an alternative to PT so i could do midi stuff while not connected to my digi 002 (on my laptop and stuff) but it just wouldnt work for me.
 
Contrary to what tragikremix said, I think Cubase is very easy to learn, it was pretty much what I began with, until I bought a Intel-Mac. I'm now trying out Digital Performer cause I have heard good things about it. I have to admit, the switch from Cubase on PC to DP on Mac hasn't been easy. I was very tempted to just spend the money and get Cubase 4, but I've read bad things about it crashing and what not, so for now I'm gonna do my best with digital performer.
 
jaybriggs84 said:
Contrary to what tragikremix said, I think Cubase is very easy to learn, it was pretty much what I began with, until I bought a Intel-Mac. I'm now trying out Digital Performer cause I have heard good things about it. I have to admit, the switch from Cubase on PC to DP on Mac hasn't been easy. I was very tempted to just spend the money and get Cubase 4, but I've read bad things about it crashing and what not, so for now I'm gonna do my best with digital performer.
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DP takes a little getting used to, but it's not -that- different from any other non-linear multitrack suite. Keystrokes notwithstanding, they're all pretty similar. It took me a couple of months to really feel comfortable in DP after using BIAS Deck, but at least the DP manual is well written....
 
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