Help me find recording software.

January 13, 2007 4:49 PM

Help me find recording software.

I'm looking for a specific recording software that I downloaded and used about a year ago and then subsequently deleted. I've forgotten what it was called -- it wasn't Audacity (which I still enjoy using). It was easy (for me) to use because the visual layout was like a traditional mixing board: the levels, pots, switches, gains, filters, multiple tracks. It allowed for a little more complex mixing and EQ-ing than Audacity. And I remember it was free, I just downloaded it, used it for a quick project and then got rid of it (thinking I wouldn't need it again). I was surprised at how good it was for freeware. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

posted by anticlock to computers & internet (11 comments total)

ardour maybe? Though I don't know what state it was in a year ago. Also, I think reaper was free for a while, before it hit 1.0 (which it did around last august). Now it's not free but cheap for non-commercial use.
posted by advil at 5:12 PM on January 13, 2007

Audio Hijack, Audio Recorder, Sound Recorder, Sound Studio?
They're all Mac. You didn't say.

Anyway, just check out "VersionTracker" {for PC and Mac} search for "audio" and I'm sure you'll find what you're lookin' for.
posted by DickStock at 7:20 PM on January 13, 2007

Reaper was my first thought too. Could it have been the free version of acid? Was it a multitrack sequencer or a wave editor?
posted by chrissyboy at 8:03 PM on January 13, 2007

None of the above so far. XP not mac. Reaper is close. The layout of the interface was vertical, as if you were sitting behind a mixing board.
posted by anticlock at 8:21 PM on January 13, 2007

Was it Reason? Thats not really free though...
posted by Mach5 at 8:41 PM on January 13, 2007

n-track?
posted by dan g. at 10:31 PM on January 13, 2007

This made me think of Kristal Audio Engine (still free for non-commercial use).

Another possibility might be Quartz Audio Master, which is/was a freeware, scaled-down version of a similar product. Both were released years ago by a company that has since seemed to have disappeared.
posted by macguffin at 10:32 PM on January 13, 2007

not free, but you can download Adobe Audition 2.0 for a 30 day trial which has a mixing board interface, among others.
posted by diggum at 12:14 AM on January 14, 2007

ProTools Free?
posted by chillmost at 4:06 AM on January 14, 2007

Possibly CoolEdit 2000 with the Studio Add-in? It is now owned by Adobe and is called Audition. You may still find Cool Edit 2000 online, but you can't register it.
posted by wisdom-seeker at 11:14 AM on January 14, 2007

Kristal Audio Engine is what I use, and sounds like what you describe.
posted by ludwig_van at 12:25 PM on January 14, 2007