Cool edit pro 2.1 appreciation

[matthewvandenham]

STILL the easiest audio recorder/editor to use! I use this SAC in combination with sound forge for mastering and it's incredibly simple to get your tracks up to par for a home demo project.

I think it's a real shame that Syntrillium sold out to Adobe because if they had just simply added midi, vst functionality it would be the most perfect SAC available. Audition is just as bloated and slow as cubuse or protools. They really mucked it up.

From an engineers perspective, may be protools/logic/cubase are you best bets, but as a musician you want an application that allows you to easily setup a track so your work flow is smooth when you are trying to be creative. SAW is probably the next best thing if it wasn't for the price tag and ugly UI. Reaper is cool, but I think the multitrack interface of cooledit is still a little bit more clear/consice and logical.

here's some wikipedia trivia about cooledit:

"Origins
Syntrillium Software was founded in the early 1990s by Robert Ellison and David Johnston, both former Microsoft employees. Originally developed by Syntrillium as Cool Edit, the program was distributed as crippleware. The full version was useful and flexible, particularly for its time. Syntrillium later released Cool Edit Pro, which added the capability to work with multiple tracks, as well as other features. Audio processing, however, was done in a destructive manner (at the time, most computers were not powerful enough in terms of processor performance and memory capacity to perform those functions in real time). Cool Edit Pro v2 added support for real-time non-destructive processing, and v2.1 added support for surround sound mixing and unlimited simultaneous tracks (up to the limit imposed by the actual computer hardware). Cool Edit also included plugins such as noise reduction and FFT equalization.
Adobe purchased the latest, non-shareware version (Cool Edit Pro v2.1) from Syntrillium Software in May 2003 for $16.5 million cash[1] as well as a large loop library called "Loopology". Adobe then changed the name of Cool Edit Pro to "Adobe Audition"."

[matthewvandenham]

nobody using cool edit any more eh? does the sound engine suck compared to cubase/logic/protools/reaper? because I find that my work flow is much more productive in cooledit because of the smooth software architechture and UI layout...very snappy.

[Backbeat]

I am using Cool Edit Pro every day in the Studio!
It has now has the name Audition.
Syntrillium was sold to Adobe.
I upgraded to Audition 2 but the Audition 1 for me is better. The GUI of the normal Wave editor is better for my workflow.I dont like the GUI of Audition Version over 2.
I just use it as a Wave Editor no Multitrack because I have Cubase 5 as Sequencer.
Best Wave Editor ever!!

Sound Engine is up to date!

Originally Posted by matthewvandenham

nobody using cool edit any more eh? does the sound engine suck compared to cubase/logic/protools/reaper? because I find that my work flow is much more productive in cooledit because of the smooth software architechture and UI layout...very snappy.