Sound file housekeeping question
October 20, 2010 12:29 PM Subscribe
A swiss army knife for my audio files. The Aperture of sound. Does it exist?
Mac or PC, I don't mind.
My hard drive is filling up fast with unsorted sound recordings. Does such a program exist that will help me catalogue, sub-clip, tag, encode, convert, audition, delete my mighty archive?
(You know, like Apple's Aperture but for ears not eyes.)
Mac or PC, I don't mind.
My hard drive is filling up fast with unsorted sound recordings. Does such a program exist that will help me catalogue, sub-clip, tag, encode, convert, audition, delete my mighty archive?
(You know, like Apple's Aperture but for ears not eyes.)
Songbird is an iTunes clone, and both aren't exactly what you're looking for.
I've never come across such a program. It would be rather nice if one did exist.
posted by Threeway Handshake at 1:24 PM on October 20, 2010
I've never come across such a program. It would be rather nice if one did exist.
posted by Threeway Handshake at 1:24 PM on October 20, 2010
Response by poster: No, nothing like Logic. Not for creating, for organising.
posted by run"monty at 1:28 PM on October 20, 2010
posted by run"monty at 1:28 PM on October 20, 2010
For Windows, the combination of Audacity and Foobar2k will probably do most of what it sounds like you're looking for.
posted by box at 1:47 PM on October 20, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 1:47 PM on October 20, 2010 [1 favorite]
Agree with box, Audacity is the shit, and foobar2k is nothing short of amazing with capabilities.
posted by handbanana at 2:07 PM on October 20, 2010
posted by handbanana at 2:07 PM on October 20, 2010
Media Monkey is a music manager and converter, though no audio editing capabilities. Intended for songs / tracks instead of audio snippets, but it could work. More organized than Foobar2000, which requires a lot of personal customization (or picking up the right scripts). Lots of power, requires lots of time / knowledge.
posted by filthy light thief at 2:40 PM on October 20, 2010
posted by filthy light thief at 2:40 PM on October 20, 2010
Recent releases of foobar2000 have reduced the need to meddle around with advanced configuration. You can master the tagging, converting, and library interfaces in 10 minutes of clicking around...then start adding components that are generally well documented and add many capabilities.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 3:12 PM on October 20, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 3:12 PM on October 20, 2010 [2 favorites]
I'm not sure what you mean by catalogue, sub-clip and audition, but foobar2000 will do the rest of what you want and then some. One more vote for it.
posted by Bangaioh at 3:20 PM on October 20, 2010
posted by Bangaioh at 3:20 PM on October 20, 2010
Nthing foobar and audacity. For tagging, I also like MP3tag
posted by quidividi at 6:40 AM on October 21, 2010
posted by quidividi at 6:40 AM on October 21, 2010
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If you were comparing with Aperture, you'd probably more be talking about something like Logic, but I don't think that's what you meant...
posted by dubitable at 1:10 PM on October 20, 2010