KVR Audio

PHassan · Post by **PHassan** » Wed Nov 30, 2016 11:31 am

Guys, i need a good, inexpensive audio editor to organise my sample collection. I tried:
Wavosaur - cannot customise batch jobs
Audacity - very limited batch processing
Wavpad - strange interface

I love the soundforge interface but i cannot afford it. The ligth version doesnt have batch processing.

Other than converting format, i usually trim, add loop points, fix some minor problems.

I need to cleanup my sample library and make it compatibile with all my devices so when possible, i want to convert everything to 16 bit, 44100.

Is there anything else you would recommend?

Thanks

bs975 · Post by **bs975** » Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:37 pm

Hi

Ocenaudio is great and free.

PHassan · Post by **PHassan** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 10:35 am

Ok, so I spent some time checking audio editors and unfortunatelly, all the free ones aren't very good. I mean, come on, is it that hard to imagine that you need a sample preview in the browser ?? Audacity, wavosaur, wavepad and oceanaudio - all missing such a fundamental feature. The only two paid I checked - wavelab and goldwave both have that function.

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 10:48 am

If you're on Mac, then AudioFinder: editor + organizer.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:00 am

Michael L wrote:If you're on Mac, then AudioFinder: editor + organizer.

He mentioned Goldwave, sou, clearly he is working in Windows

PHassan · Post by **PHassan** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:10 am

Yes, sorry, I should mention that - windows.

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:18 am

Try Reaper. It can do all that and more. Is what I use for all my sample editing jobs.

It can be heavily customized so one button click will perform a series of complex actions. It's also very inexpensive.

And if it's missing a feature which you need, create a thread about the feature on Cockos forums and it may get implemented. I asked for a very specific, very unglamorous feature, only relevant to those who do sample preparation, and it was included very quickly.

PHassan · Post by **PHassan** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:20 am

Interesting suggestion, I will give it a try. So, you are saying it will do the mass conversion too ? Like converting a folder to 16 bit 44100 mono ?

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:36 am

PHassan wrote:i want to convert everything to 16 bit, 44100.

Try this: http://www.voxengo.com/product/r8brain/features/
Use that for batch conversion to the desired sampling rate & bit depth. Don't know whether it can convert to mono.
[edit] no, it doesn't. This one is cumbersome (command line util) but very powerful:
http://sox.sourceforge.net/

Also this tool might be helpful to do the trimming for you: http://www.spacetaxi.de/sf/waveknife.html

After all the batch processing, do the manual editing with another "proper" audio editor.

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:47 am

PHassan wrote:Interesting suggestion, I will give it a try. So, you are saying it will do the mass conversion too ? Like converting a folder to 16 bit 44100 mono ?

Yes.
Also, since you mentioned that you need to trim samples and fix some audio problems, Reaper looks like an obvious choice.

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:53 am

PHassan wrote:Interesting suggestion, I will give it a try. So, you are saying it will do the mass conversion too ? Like converting a folder to 16 bit 44100 mono ?

Reaper has relatively low quality SRC algos, so I would not recommend using it for this particular operation. It does have batch processing and other powerful features (decent browser, scripts, custom actions etc) for processing multiple audio files easily.

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 12:09 pm

Good info. Never knew the conversion process was weak (never had to do it in Reaper yet).

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 12:23 pm

It's always a destructive/lossy process, and some programs are (much) worse than Reaper. I think many of the free audio editors are among those, but since r8brain is free I don't think it's a big problem, just something to keep in mind.

Winstontaneous · Post by **Winstontaneous** » Tue Dec 06, 2016 9:46 pm

.jon wrote:It's always a destructive/lossy process, and some programs are (much) worse than Reaper. I think many of the free audio editors are among those, but since r8brain is free I don't think it's a big problem, just something to keep in mind.

There are graphs for 96 to 44.1 sample rate conversions of a bunch of DAWs/audio editors here:
http://src.infinitewave.ca/

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Wed Dec 07, 2016 12:24 pm

Winstontaneous wrote:
.jon wrote:It's always a destructive/lossy process, and some programs are (much) worse than Reaper. I think many of the free audio editors are among those, but since r8brain is free I don't think it's a big problem, just something to keep in mind.
There are graphs for 96 to 44.1 sample rate conversions of a bunch of DAWs/audio editors here:
http://src.infinitewave.ca/

Wrong thread

Sample editor