So what program do you use to edit your mix?

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So what program do you use to edit your mix?

i use traktors built in program to record my mix. however i would like to burn this mix to a cd, and also be able to choose tracks 2,3,4,5, and so on. I do not want to listen to 1 track for 60 minutes…rather have each song have its on track number…

which program do you find the easiest to do this with?

cool edit was one i used to use years ago…i am sure there is somethign better now..

would be a plus if its free!!

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LOL… I still use Cool Edit!

If you want to update Cool Edit, it turned into Adobe Audition.

Meanwhile, Audacity is a great program that’s free.

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Sony Sound Forge 8. A great, pro-level post-production app. I stayed away from v9 because I’ve read about a lot of compatibility issues, especially with VST plugins. If you’re a Mac user, Bias Peak is supposed to be the thang.

Sound Forge comes with CD Architect, which lets you track mark and burn CDs to Red Book standards.

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I would recommend Sound Forge as well. It also has some great tools for extracting loops out of a song, and it will record any damn thing you throw at it. For example; I like to play a DVD on my computer and use Sound Forge to directly sample the audio.

Look for a used copy of version 8, it still comes with CD Architect.

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I use Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/). It’s free, open-source, and cross-platform.

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wave burner in logic studio will do red book - yeah its far from free but it is so much cheaper than it used to be and with every release it seems a bit more usable (really gotta take a class on logic one of these days).

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I just cut up my tracks in Audacity, tag them and burn em in Nero or Creative Suite. :slight_smile:

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word i think i will check out audacity. thanks for the help!

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For a free, open-source application, Audacity is terrific. As a pro-level audio manipulating tool, I wouldn’t recommend it.

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Fruity-loops is da bomb! it does everything, its professional, its cheap, its powerfull you could buy it just for the effects it comes with alone and its a worth while purchase.

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I second that!

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Audio Hijack Pro/Fission

I Use Audio Hijack Pro For Simple Recording On My Mac; &
Fission For Basic Editing.
They Integrate Together, Are Intuitive To Use & Work With Most Codecs.

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i have used wavelab for years but now i switched to wavosaur, which is a great free audio editor.

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Steinberg WaveLab for Windows
Bias Peak for Mac
for quick & dirty CD Spin Doctor (Roxio Toast) for Mac.

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Protools and toast .

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I always just record my sessions as Native Mixes, and if I want to listen to them later I’ll just write them to a .wav with the limiter on, and have Traktor cut the mix up automatically into tracks as well.

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throw your mix into audacity and run a low level compressor and or a normaliser on it, takes a while but if you do it right can make your mix sound ultra lush. Can also use audacity to chop the mix up into sections although this is quite time consuming!

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Using Ableton for everything.

But that’s just because I love the workflow of this app. :wink: