Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Recommendations for an audio editor? From: Niklas Adam <auditory@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 07:32:09 +0200Hi Daniel I would recommend considering Reaper DAW, as it may be ideal for your desired workflow. It's highly customizable and is extremely high quality despite its low price. In fact, it often outperforms many expensive, paid DAWs. A key feature is that everything is scriptable using Lua. https://www.reaper.fm/ You can try the full version without any limitations for free. The demo never expires, and a discounted license for educators or artists is available for $60. Based on our experience at Notam, it's an excellent choice that frequently outperforms Pro Tools, Cubase, Logic. etc. Kindly, Niklas Adam --=20 Niklas Adam Audio Engineer | Developer Notam Norwegian centre for technology, art and music Myrens verksted 3A N-0473 Oslo www.notam.no On Fri Oct 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM CEST, Daniel Oberfeld-Twistel wrote: > Dear list, > > we=E2=80=99ve been using Adobe Audition as an audio editor for decades, b= ut now our IT department is cancelling the campus license due to an (admitt= edly) high price tag. > > So I was wondering if someone can recommend an alternative audio editor. = I=E2=80=99ve tried Audacity but find it has some limitations. > > Here=E2=80=99s what we want to do with the editor / which features are im= portant: > > > * Look at waveform and spectrogram of audio files (also with more tha= n 2 channels) > * Show time axis in units of seconds as well as in units of samples > * Convenient zooming (time and amplitude) > * Selection of time windows not only with the mouse but also by enter= ing end and start times / samples numerically > * Frequency spectrum for the selected time window > * Amplitude statistics for the selected time window (at least RMS amp= litude and peak amplitude) > * Convenient way of switching between audio files > * Playback of whole sound and of loops > * Format conversion (i.e., WAV to FLAC, sample rate conversion) > * Less important: Signal processing / sound effects, except for ampli= tude normalization > > Daniel > > --------------------------------- > Prof. Dr. Daniel Oberfeld-Twistel > Johannes Gutenberg - Universitaet Mainz, Experimental Psychology > Wallstrasse 3 > 55122 Mainz > Germany > http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/oberfeld/