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Mac desktop sample editor recommendations
Back when I first started making computer music on Amigas, there were some absolutely superb sample editors available for it. These days I can't find anything as good for modern Macs, does anyone have any suggestions? Key requirements: precision editing, well thought out GUI (so Audacity is out).
Edit: bonus points if it can host AU FX.
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This one is free and pretty capable...
https://www.ocenaudio.com
I edit most of my audio either using TwistedWave or using the sample-editors inside SunVox, Renoise or Logic.
WaveBox is free (in the AppStore) and available for iPad/iPhone/macOS as a fully universal app and supports AUs.
+1 for Ocenaudio. Free, good, multi-platform.
Its functionality is not unlike the old CoolEdit/Adobe Audition V1.
It supports plugins which is great for sound processing.
Yeah, it's pretty slim pickings for wave editors on MacOS since Triumph went under. While it's mainly a DAW, these days I use Studio One for any detailed editing. Good simple interface and easy on the CPU. The Artist version is pretty well priced for what you get too.
Other options are DSP Quattro, though I haven't kept up with them to see where they are with M1 support, and Wavelab Elements.
Thanks all. DSP Quattro and Wavelab both look very promising. Will download trials and give them both a go.
DSP Quattro (DSP Editor may do the job as well) has been the most convincing experience for me recently.
TwistedWave is my go-to. Hosts AUs, batch commands, and is fast once you get familiar.
Sometimes I just want to prop up a old g3 in the corner just to run Bias Peak
What in Peak are you missing in today's software?
Acon Digital Acoustica is excellent
Peak is highly precise, efficient and almost effortlessly to operate.
Snipping segments from a long take can be done with just a couple of mouse clicks. (if USB Overdrive is installed)
Regions can be named and arranged in playlists (repeat of sections may be set individually).
The plugin system supports all formats (of the time when it was a de facto standard).
Mastering CDs and the ability of high speed SCSI transfer to hardware samplers may not be as important today as it was. (any audio selection can be sent directly to the sampler)
Muscle memory and the glory of os8.6
I never fully recovered from the death of Audiofile Engineering’s Wave Editor and Triumph, but OceanAudio has served fine, for the most part.
If you owned a Triumph license, you can contact Zynaptiq who bought their software and is managing licenses for now. There's no new development on it yet, but at least you can install and authorize your old Triumph license. FWIW.
https://www.zynaptiq.com/macaudioapps/
So I ended up buying Wavelab as they don't do a trial, it's very good at one of the main things I wanted it for which is the RestoreRig plugin for denoising etc. But Steinberg's installers requiring root access to install license manager and download manager apps that I don't want left a bit of a sour taste. It's also pretty terrible at the actual editing part, clunky and almost no support for gestures on the trackpad like pinch to zoom etc. Though given the lack of support for touch gestures in Cubasis I kind of expected that. So I'm switching into Wavebox for editing, it really shines at that job. So thanks again everyone, I think I'm sorted.
Unfortunately we sooner or later have no chance but to use newer OSes and apps.
My fix for re-using muscle memory is to create a bunch of app-specific keyboard shortcuts which is easy in MacOS.
Did that in Wavebox and absolutely flew through the edits I needed to do. Gotta say, Wavebox is superb for a free app.