Hi y'all,

I finally got my new DAW But can't use it yet because the company I got it from didn't include speaker cables with the bundle Hopefully they'll arrive today

Anyway, seeing as this is my first PC I need a wee bit of help (and that's even before I switch the bugger on!)

Basically, I got myself Cubase SL2, HALion 2 & Recycle 2.1. I totally forgot to get myself an audio editor. When I used my iMac I had BIAS Peak (which I really liked) but I've heard this is not available for the PC What programs are there out there which will do the same job. I liked the look of Wavelab but seems a bit pricey for what I want my editor to do.

Ideally I'd like a low cost piece of software because all I use my audio editor for is simply snipping out the segment and topping & tailing it. Then I either load it into HALion or if it's loops, I open it in Recycle and work on it. So, I don't need anything special just something which will display files in waveform format & allow me to trim them.

Any suggestions?

wavelab essentials or crossgrade cubase to samplitude

or adobe audition

A good inexpensive alternative is Seamless Looper from http://www.beatcreator.com/English/frames.html

You can use it for all of the basics such as trimming and cropping, crossfading loops...plus it has a nifty automatic loop point finder.

Hi,

For now, have a look at the excellent audacity.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Oh yes - it's free!

As a former Peak user and Mac owner, I've played with a few editors and find Wavelab comes closest to the Peak work method, and is my favoured editor.

Expect a long learning curve though - however, everything can be customised to the keystrokes you are used to in Peak.

I found Soundforge easier to get to grips with at first, but Wavelab had the power (and the VST plugs) I was used to - you just have to set it up to work like peak.

Haven't played with Wavelab essentials - so I'm not sure what's been left out.

Give Audacity a try though - it could be all you need!

As mentioned, wavelab is the closest to peak. but i'd really put it the other way around as wavelab is just the best. i think the eseentials one will still get you all the editing tools you need. in any case, if you're interested, i've actually siwtched the other way round (to mac), and am selling my copy of wavelab 3 for $50, which is legit and unregistered (i just never registered it, which has come in handy now), and you can upgrade that to v5 for $199 when it's available, and you feel like it. but i think version 3 will actually do enough for you, compared to peak especially. pm if interested mate:)