Best software to edit thousands of audio files?

[JSt0rm]

well supposedly sound forge is coming for the mac. I would look to that.

[smurfyou]

Well I wouldn't consider Peak since BIAS recently closed shop. It sounds like WaveLab would be a good fit for your needs. There are a few other good editors for Mac, like Amadeus and Audiofile Wave Editor. But WaveLab would probably have the edge when working with large amounts of files. The scripting abilities are handy.

[Julian J. Ludwig]

Nuendo 5 is very powerfull.

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[alan filk]

Audiotools does a lot of what you're looking for.

http://www.minnetonkaaudio.com/index...d=73&Itemid=90

[JustinW]

Cubase is the worst for editing multitrack recordings for sample libs or other things, imo.

Pro Tools does a much better job and even DP.

What are you editing these 100s of files for?

For batch processing many many audio files I use:TwistedWave, an Audio Editor
Usually for vst batch processing and batch metadata editing; I do not often do edits in TW though, I use DP/PT for that; create my small files, then batch in TW if needed.

[RecRoom]

Originally Posted by alan filk

Audiotools does a lot of what you're looking for.

AudioTools AWE - Minnetonka Audio Software, Inc

Audiotools is 800 bucks. Seems a bit pricey.

[smurfyou]

Originally Posted by RecRoom

Audiotools is 800 bucks. Seems a bit pricey.

Yes but it is very powerful. The hot folder feature is great. But its probably overkill for this situation (or maybe not?).

[alan filk]

Originally Posted by RecRoom

Audiotools is 800 bucks. Seems a bit pricey.

Try the demo. It's worth the download.

[glenn_jr]

How would this be done in nuendo 5.5? I sometimes have to save hundreds of non-sequence individually named files. I have been using wavlab for this, which works out decent enough with some trial and error, but hoping nuendo can cut out this step.

I'm still trying to get a handle on the power of nuendo. And the manual can be a bit elusive at times.

[beingmf]

Reaper w/ SWS project management fits the bill!

[UnderTow]

I once had to do a job involving around 7000 individual audio snippets. It involved several long audio-files with many separate takes (different words). They had to be cut, processed and saved to individual files with auto-naming. I found Wavelab's batch processing (with a smart wizard) extremely powerful. It did a much better job than Sound Forge, Audition, Cubase, Sonar or Pro Tools for that specific job.

Alistair

[SpitfireAudio]

There's a great app called Sample Manager 3 - cant remember who makes it and I'm away from the studio today. You can prob google it. It's Mac only I think, but not sure.

[SpitfireAudio]

Here you go:

http://www.audiofile-engineering.com/samplemanager/