Audacity, available at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ does noise sampling and if you liked the old Cool Edit you'll love Audacity. -- Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy mag at macaudioguy.com http://macaudioguy.com/ On May 11, 2004, at 2:04 AM, Luke Snarl wrote: > > OK folks > > here are two questions: > > Firstly, what can I use for basic multitrack audio editing on the Mac > platform? > > I used to use CoolEdit on the PC before I made the switch to Mac and > OSX. > Now I do _not_ want to buy a ProTools set up - no, not even an Mbox. I > have a very nice USB audio interface already and do not want another. > I have and love Peak but it only does one track editing. > So what can I use? > > Secondly, what can people recommend for basic noise reduction of a > stereo file? > > I used to be able to quickly and rather effectively remove noise from > audio using CoolEdit by finding a short section of the noise by > itself, analyzing it with the Noise Reduction menu option, saving the > noise's profile, selecting to Noise Reduc to WHOLE waveform, load the > profile and then hit Process. Magic. > I have Peak but can't find any similar option in it - any ideas? > > thanks for any help! > :L uke, out. > > > ===========<^>=========== > Sub Bass Snarl sound system > Sydney, Australia. > http://snarl.org > > tel: +61 (0)419 746 970 > email: luke at snarl.org > > ICQ: LukeSnarl (194618220) > AOL IM: lukesnarl at mac.com > jabber: lukesnarl at jabber.org > MSN messenger: LukeSnarl (luke at snarl.org) > ===========<_>=========== > >