Freeverse Software and Felt Tip Software have announced Sound Studio 3, a significant upgrade to one of my favorite Mac audio programs. Sure, you can use GarageBand to edit audio, but Sound Studio is far more lightweight. While it doesn’t support multi-track audio, sometimes you simply don’t need all that to do audio editing. For example, creating a 30-second clip of an MP3 for a podcast while fading the beginning and end, is a simple task with Sound Studio. It can juggle AIFF, AAC, MP3, WAV, and SD2 formats as necessary, and is also AppleScript-ready through Automator. For doing quick audio edits, Sound Studio is my main application, and I’m eagerly awaiting the new upgrade, due out later this month.
It looks like some kind of basic multitrack support is actually one of the new features in Sound Studio 3. Check out Freeverse’s FAQ on What are the changes between Sound Studio 2.x and Sound Studio 3?. I’m not sure exactly how it works but I it looks like there is already a demo of version 3 available which should provide some insight into the matter…
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I went and played around with the demo, and I have to say that it’s great! The new selection indicator (when you highlight a chunk of audio) is now transparent, which is something that bothered me about the previous version. And you’re right, it does have multi-track capabilities! I now have NO need for GarageBand anymore.
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