I need a cheap two track editor

[gearmike]

I need a simple program to edit down some two track mixes. Nothing fancy, maybe cross fading would be nice. I need it to run on my PC. I have Pro-Tools for real editting, I just need something to make quick compilations in the field... My main need is for it to be cheap...under $200 street would be great. Any suggestions?

[-_dup1]

Is free a good price? ;) There's [url=http://audacity.sourceforge.net/]Audacity[/url] , available for Windows/Mac/Linux, and, if you don't need to work with 24-bit files, the [url=http://staff.dc.lincoln.ac.uk/~thodgson/sound/c96setup.exe]CoolEdit 96 demo[/url] works quite well on Windows...

[spigotsaol.com]

Cool Edit 2000 $70. It rocks for the money. http://www.syntrillium.com/cooledit/

[Valkyrie Sound]

I found Sound Forge 6 for you at $159 http://www.studica.com/products/product_detail.cfm?productid=933 Info on the software: http://www.sonicfoundry.com/PRODUCTS/NewShowProduct.asp?PID=668 Hope that helps... Valky

[Sylver]

[quote]Originally posted by Valkyrie Sound: [b]I found Sound Forge 6 for you at $159 http://www.studica.com/products/product_detail.cfm?productid=933 Info on the software: http://www.sonicfoundry.com/PRODUCTS/NewShowProduct.asp?PID=668 Hope that helps... Valky[/b][/quote]I love Sound Forge. It works exactly the way I think it should. All software should be that intuitive. I haven't gone to 6.0 yet, I like 5.0 just fine. There weren't enough enhancements to make it worth the $$.

[videoeditor1]

[quote]Originally posted by gearmike: [b]I need a simple program to edit down some two track mixes. Nothing fancy, maybe cross fading would be nice. I need it to run on my PC. I have Pro-Tools for real editting, I just need something to make quick compilations in the field... My main need is for it to be cheap...under $200 street would be great. Any suggestions?[/b][/quote]Probably slightly underpowered for what you want to do, but it runs on a floppy, is PC based, installs NO Dll's etc, and cost about $40 [url=http://www.goldwave.com]Goldwave[/url] is available as a demo (limit on # of edits per session). I use this program exclusively when I'm gigging to chop up those 80 minute shows etc...

[gearmike]

[quote]Originally posted by NYC Drew: [b]Probably slightly underpowered for what you want to do, but it runs on a floppy, is PC based, installs NO Dll's etc, and cost about $40 [url=http://www.goldwave.com]Goldwave[/url] is available as a demo (limit on # of edits per session). I use this program exclusively when I'm gigging to chop up those 80 minute shows etc...[/b][/quote]Actually Drew I think you know exactly what I'm trying to do. I want something that I can use to quickly edit together a handful of discs that some production assistant hands me right before a show. I've been using Sony MDSE12 minidisc's to do this on site, but it's so much easier on my ProTools rig at home... I'll try Goldwave and see how well I can get around... Thanks everyone for your quick suggestions. I've already downloaded and tried Cool Edit and Audacity...I quite like the GUI's on those...I'm so used to ProTools...I'm playing with SondForge at the moment...Valkie, how did you find it so cheap!?

[Valkyrie Sound]

[quote]Originally posted by gearmike: [QB I'm playing with SondForge at the moment...Valkie, how did you find it so cheap!?[/QB][/quote]Aah... you must remember the infinite power of the "Valkyrie Address and Resource Guide".... one of the great legends of the Musicplayer forums. :D Know the power.... but do not fear it. Valky

[spokenward]

[quote]Originally posted by Sylver: I love Sound Forge. It works exactly the way I think it should. All software should be that intuitive. I haven't gone to 6.0 yet, I like 5.0 just fine. There weren't enough enhancements to make it worth the $$.[/quote]I think that 6.0 is worth the money. Sound Forge 6.0 is hugely faster in my experience, especially if you are doing processing and edits. Unlike 5 and earlier, you are not constantly writing and undoing and resaving those things that you don't like. It's pretty smart.

[Magpel]

For the money Cool Edit 2000 is fantastic. Also, you will hear murmurs from time to time that he folks at Syntrillium are high artists of DSP and that their software "sounds better." I Use CE2K and SoundForge. Love 'em both. I prefer the Sound Forge interface but CE2K has a lot of neat features, and is cheap.

[AudioMaverick]

Gearmike, is your PC running Win98/ME? ProTools-Free would be a way to go. Doesn't work on NT4/2K/XP. I am using Cool EDit Pro. Cool Edit 2000 would do what you want in your price range.

[GZsound]

Cool Edit 2000 or Sound Forge XP. Under $70 for each and well worth the cost. DX support in each..