Pro Tools.

It really excells at audio only manipulation.

The only snag is you need a Digidesign blessed "Core" device. These start out expensive and rapidly head north into silly money.

If you want to do simple edits then get yourself a second hand Audio media 3 which should come with the software and is a very viable solution for this kind of work. No one really wants them so they're cheap as chips..

Cubase/Nuendo can be rather nice. Like protools it can do great Audio Editing, along with tempo. Tap your tempo of your track, and audio edits will be a lot nicer, and so will your fades etc.

ProTools is really nice, thanks to features like Beatdetective and a nice grid editing features, BUT. You have to have a chunk of hardware in order to use their software.

I have an MBox 1.0 I'm going to sell as soon as I buy my 192HD. But at the moment, until I get the dough I'm stuck with the Mbox.

I prefer NUENDO though. Which is 3grand, but you can use it with ANY hardware audio interface. Stienberg doesn't fuck you in that way like DigiDUHsign does.

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Sony Acid Pro is good at this also

And what about Ableton LIVE? I think this will be the best choice.

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Albeton LIVE is good if you want it to be. The software doesn't really limit you. However I don't prefer albeton for edits or sequencing. I love recording my sets with it, and doing live stuff.

But serious editing is left to the big boys for me anyway. Nuendo/ProTools, and the like. Albeton is too pretty to be usefull. J/K. But it gets enough over-hype as it is.

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