Sound Editing

S O U N D   E D I T I N G

Introduction:
Recording and editing back in the older days were never a simple task mainly because not everyone had access to the erquired equipment and because of prices being so high of this new equipment it was harder to get your hands on. Now-a-days, a simple PC's microphone can be used to record sound and most have a basic system on it that can allow you to edit, if not then clicking on the microphone settings will allow you to alter the sounds anyway.

Of course, using PC's wont produce pro-task material but the majority use this to just record simple vlogs (video blogs) and quick messages. It is also probably the cheapest bit of recording material available. As well as recording on your phones - before they had apps available on them.

If you need some serious work with your recordings and editing investing in better audio equipment will come in handy either that or extending the capabilities of your hardware on your PC. Presuming you already have a PC with a built in microphone, you just need an audio editing software to make changes to the sound you want to manipulate.

The basic idea that you need to remember when editing software is how good you can make
something out of it, was it really useful or could something better cover it?

Commercial alternatives for multi-track recording and editing are not cheap, and if you are going to spend your cash on commercial wares of this type, it's best to spend a bit more rather than a little, but that's subjective for what you want to achieve. That said, you can get great results with cheap hardware/software if you know what you're doing. So have a go!



SOFTWARES

Audacity
This software is better for single track editing, there is very little that cannot be achieved with Audacity, and achieved easily. Track editing however isn't it's own function. it's also able to apply effects and modify existing audio tracks. That's cool!

With this software you can record tracks in either mono or stereo using a sample rate up to 96kHz depending on your hardware.  The process of recording a track is really simple too with simple controls. It is capable of mult-track recording but this can also depend on your hardware as the more memory on your hardware the better this works.

It's not the best choice but it does the job!



Kristal Audio Enguine.
iThis is one powerful mutli-recording audio device, combining recording, audio sequencing and audio mixer. This is a better software for beginner film editors!According to their website, "It is designed as a modular system. The main application provides a mixing console, while the audio sequencer, live audio input and so on are loaded as separate Plug-Ins".
It can only handle a maximum of 16 audio tracks, but the website has promised a newer faster and better one with more plugins. Kristal requires a modern, fast PC. Don't even think about using it with a sub-1Ghz machine!




WavosaurIt can hold up to 708KB and is the only program so far on here that requires no installation so doesn't take up any space on your PC.  Even though it is a small programme, it contains a lot of advanced features including pitch shift, vocal removal, DC offset removal, silence remover, crossfade loop