Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Recommendations for an audio editor? From: Francois Deloche <francois.deloche@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 23:05:00 +0000--_000_SYBPR01MB62377C58E74D9D9E6CD82E17C9EDASYBPR01MB6237ausp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, Out of curiosity, Daniel, what limitations did you find when using Audacity= ? I haven't used it for a while, but I believe it has most if not all the f= eatures you mentioned. Best regards, --- Fran=E7ois Deloche Postdoctoral researcher Macquarie University, Dept. of Linguistics ________________________________ From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx>= on behalf of Oberfeld-Twistel, Daniel <oberfeld@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, 10 October 2025 19:45 To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> Subject: [AUDITORY] Recommendations for an audio editor? Dear list, we=92ve been using Adobe Audition as an audio editor for decades, but now o= ur IT department is cancelling the campus license due to an (admittedly) hi= gh price tag. So I was wondering if someone can recommend an alternative audio editor. I= =92ve tried Audacity but find it has some limitations. Here=92s what we want to do with the editor / which features are important: * Look at waveform and spectrogram of audio files (also with more than = 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 enterin= g end and start times / samples numerically * Frequency spectrum for the selected time window * Amplitude statistics for the selected time window (at least RMS ampli= tude 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 amplitu= de 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/<http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/oberf= eld/> --_000_SYBPR01MB62377C58E74D9D9E6CD82E17C9EDASYBPR01MB6237ausp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> Hello,</div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> Out of curiosity, Daniel, what limitations did you find when using Audacity= ? I haven't used it for a while, but I believe it has most if not all = the features you mentioned.</div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> Best regards,</div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div id=3D"Signature"> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> --- </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Fran=E7ois Deloche</div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Postdoctoral researcher</div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Macquarie University, Dept. of Linguistics</div> </div> <div id=3D"appendonsend"></div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> <br> </div> <hr style=3D"display: inline-block; width: 98%;"> <div id=3D"divRplyFwdMsg"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri= , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b>From:</b> AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx= ISTS.MCGILL.CA> on behalf of Oberfeld-Twistel, Daniel <oberfeld@xxxxxxxx= AINZ.DE><br> <b>Sent:</b> Friday, 10 October 2025 19:45<br> <b>To:</b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx><b= r> <b>Subject:</b> [AUDITORY] Recommendations for an audio editor?</div> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;"> </div> </div> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dear lis= t,</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </= span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">we=92ve = been using Adobe Audition as an audio editor for decades, but now our IT de= partment is cancelling the campus license due to an (admittedly) high price tag.</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </= span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">So I was= wondering if someone can recommend an alternative audio editor. I=92ve tri= ed Audacity but find it has some limitations.</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </= span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Here=92s= what we want to do with the editor / which features are important:</span><= /p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </= span></p> <ul style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <li style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm= ;">Look at waveform and spectrogram of audio files (also with more than 2 c= hannels)</li><li style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt= ; margin: 0cm;">Show time axis in units of seconds as well as in units of s= amples</li><li style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; = margin: 0cm;">Convenient zooming (time and amplitude)</li><li style=3D"font= -family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Selection of t= ime windows not only with the mouse but also by entering end and start time= s / samples numerically</li><li style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Frequency spectrum for the selected time win= dow</li><li style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mar= gin: 0cm;">Amplitude statistics for the selected time window (at least RMS = amplitude and peak amplitude)</li><li style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-s= erif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Convenient way of switching between au= dio files</li><li style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11p= t; margin: 0cm;">Playback of whole sound and of loops</li><li style=3D"font= -family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Format convers= ion (i.e., WAV to FLAC, sample rate conversion)</li><li style=3D"font-famil= y: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Less important: Sign= al processing / sound effects, except for amplitude normalization</li></ul> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </= span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Daniel</= span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </= span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">--------= -------------------------</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Prof. Dr= . Daniel Oberfeld-Twistel</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Johannes= Gutenberg - Universitaet Mainz, Experimental Psychology</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Wallstra= sse 3</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">55122 Ma= inz</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Germany<= /span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a style= =3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth=3D"NotApplicable" class= =3D"OWAAutoLink" id=3D"OWA559221c5-7f46-2c34-bf22-59f8211045bb" href=3D"htt= p://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/oberfeld/">http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/oberfel= d/</a></span></p> </body> </html> --_000_SYBPR01MB62377C58E74D9D9E6CD82E17C9EDASYBPR01MB6237ausp_--