is there a Sony Soundforge equivalent for mac?

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Posted by Scolomon on May-24-2008 17:41:

is there a Sony Soundforge equivalent for mac?

So I JUST made the switch from PC to Mac. One of my fav tools on the pc was sony soundforge. I really like how I could just edit my mp3s extremely easily on there (if i want to make a quick cut or insert a fadeout, without doing anything extremely complicated). I notice it is not available for Macs []. Can anyone reccomend a similar program to do the same things? I realize you could prob do the same type of thing with logic but ideally I just want something simple to handle small jobs like this.

Posted by thecYrus on May-24-2008 23:56:

adobe audition?

Posted by tonkproject on May-25-2008 00:01:

a very easy to work software with is SoundStudio3

Posted by Scolomon on May-25-2008 00:06:

thanks i will check both of these out

Posted by BOOsTER on May-25-2008 09:37:

wavelab?

Posted by Zak McKracken on May-25-2008 15:25:

reaper.fm is free. might be abit buggy for macs still tho. worth a try

Posted by xcalator on May-25-2008 22:26:

Bias Pieak

Posted by wrzonance on May-26-2008 00:20:

quote:
Originally posted by thecYrus
adobe audition?

Heh, not yet. All they have is "Soundbooth" for Mac which is a gutted, shit version of Adobe Audition. They have no plans to release Audition for the mac platform. Which is dissapointing because I don't like Bias Peak, or Wavelab, or Audacity.

I'm so picky.

Posted by Ray_Chappell on May-26-2008 14:02:

quote:
Originally posted by wrzonance
Heh, not yet. All they have is "Soundbooth" for Mac which is a gutted, shit version of Adobe Audition. They have no plans to release Audition for the mac platform. Which is dissapointing because I don't like Bias Peak, or Wavelab, or Audacity.

I'm so picky.

Wavelab is available for Mac?

I've been looking for the same thing since I switched to Mac (formely using Sound Forge) - but nothing has really filled the void for me. I can't stand Audition, but it's what I'm using for now.

Posted by wrzonance on May-26-2008 19:13:

Whoops. My bad. Wavelab is NOT available for Mac, I used it on my PC and didn't like it all that much, although it does offer plenty of features (I'm not saying Wavelab is bad, it just wasn't to my liking)

Posted by Scolomon on May-26-2008 22:43:

Yeah its tough making the transition to a new program. I have been using soundforge for something like 6 or 7 years. Learning something new is always a pain in the ass

Posted by atxbigballer1 on May-27-2008 00:03:

well if u have a intel mac u can get bootcamp and instill windows and soundsforge on your mac! http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html

Posted by Ray_Chappell on May-27-2008 00:29:

quote:
Originally posted by atxbigballer1
well if u have a intel mac u can get bootcamp and instill windows and soundsforge on your mac! http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html

I'm not sure why I've been so hesitant to do this... fear of the unknown, I guess. I'm going to give it a try.

Posted by No Left Turn on May-27-2008 00:34:

If you have access to Parallels or VMware Fusion, I would highly recommend using either of those programs to run Sound Forge. If not, then my best recommendation would be Wave Editor. I like it so much better than Peak and Audacity, but I'll admit, it's still no Sound Forge. Definitely worth checking out though.

Posted by atxbigballer1 on May-27-2008 02:04:

VMware Fusion i hear is good! Maybe the links i will give u will help u out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmkqrEIPy9k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCjI...feature=related