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Ferrite recording app?
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Just discovered this, and see the potential. But almost £20 to unlock the features that may make it useful is more than I want to spend on an uneducated punt.
Does anyone here use this app a lot? Is it worth the price? Do they ever have sales?
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Would like to hear from a power user also. I bought this a ways back with an eye (ear?) to podcasts, but at an amateur level I keep heading back to doing things in Auria which I know pretty well.
Nobody yet. Maybe they're all recording.
I have this, but it was meant for editing meetings and such.
The one using it is happy with the app. But I think it is not aimed at music making (perhaps classical) projects, but could I guess handle it. The quality on the other hand is good for what it has been used for.
I couldn't see from your question if Podcast was on your mind. The developer has Hokusai Audio editor that I have used and was very good then. The quality is great, just the use case has changed.
Auria and Cubasis have been serving me lately
I was thinking mainly of recording voice for music projects, now that I have an iPad that will power my USB Mic. Also, the editing offered by this seemed good. Will have a look at Hokusai.
FWIW, just tried to import a small .wav file from Dropbox into both Ferrite and Hokusai. Both apps immediately crashed every single time. Yet the same file opened happily in AudioShare. This is rubbish. Both apps deleted, and my search for a great recording goes on.
It is squarely aimed at those who want to quickly record and edit interviews, podcasts and meetings. It is workflow optimized, and cleverly so. Unless you intend to do a lot of these very specific things, there are better options out there for you, because as a music maker, some features you may expect to find available will either not be there, or will require extra work. I haven't purchased the upgrade, but I gave it a long look over before deciding it wasn't for me.
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Thanks for that. It looked good, but I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion, as you did, that these apps are not a good fit for music makers.
That could easily fit. I believe in both cases (both applications) we were working with files recorded by the apps, so never tried importing or 3rd party file. And on Ferrite only recordings of meetings. Easy to quickly startup and process later, no heavy editing.
I'm always open for good recording apps, so please keep the gang posted when you hit something you consider worthwhile.
I’ve not used it yet but this guy Jason Snell who makes a bunch of podcasts likes it a lot and it seems like at this point he’s helping to provide feedback on the app. He wrote a post about editing podcasts with it...
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So far, the best most versatile combination are Twisted Wave (now AU friendly) and AudioStretch.
Yep, thanks. Have them both. Good stuff from my experience, have heard some problem stories, but nothing to write home about.
We'll keep our eyes open still.
He likes it. Good simple blog. Didn't know about strip silence....might be worth another look.
Same guy (Snell) talking it up in person:
I thought Leo was a Paul Gambaccini..
One more thing on this, as so few seem to be using Ferrite. After reading about strip silence, I gave the app another go, and found it actually records well, and better from my USB mike than other apps.
That's good to hear, I was not comfortable giving ok on an app that turned out be be (at first) not acceptable for others. But my (people in my company) experience was good and perhaps because we were using it for recording and not processing files from other apps. I guess each tool has it niche strength.
Still no actual hands-on experience myself with Ferrite, but I saw this review and thought it might be helpful: https://9to5mac.com/2017/06/30/friday-5-ferrite-recording-studio/
Okay, thanks for that. I am in touch with developers who seem very helpful. Still having problems with app, but want to give it a fair crack.
@Zen210507
After this thread started I wanted to get more info. I found this comparison and it can in general outline what would be features to look for in apps (and hope they work then).
https://wooji-juice.com/blog/hokusai-vs-ferrite.html
Well done.