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Drew Black
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Posted - May 28 2009 : 9:21AM
I need to find an audio processing program for a Mac. It doesn't have to be fancy. Just basic editing tools (cut/paste/fade in/fade out, etc.) and the ability to convert and compress our podcasts. Source files are typically .wav, .wma and .mp3 in full stereo 44.1 kHz at high bit rates. I need the program to be able to compress the audio to a rate of .3 to .5MB per minute.
Any suggestions? Links would be helpful too.

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BigBobxxx
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Posted - May 28 2009 : 11:14AM
Would QuickTime Pro do this?
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Drew Black
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Posted - May 28 2009 : 11:33AM
No idea. I haven't touched a Mac in about 10 years.
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Leyden
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Posted - May 28 2009 : 11:41AM
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/mac
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BigBobxxx
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Posted - May 28 2009 : 11:46AM
If Audacity for Mac works as well as the Windows version, that would sure be the way to go!
On Windows, Audacity works far better than crap I paid for -- and it's great by any standard.
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Leyden
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Posted - May 28 2009 : 1:21PM
If you want to export to mp3 be sure to get the LAME encoder along with Audacity.
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DrP0rn0
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Posted - Jun 1 2009 : 5:34PM
Audacity is great, but it doesn't support WMA for input or output. As long as you limit yourself to WAV and MP3, you should be fine.
Otherwise if you have iLife installed, which all Macs for the last few years do, you can use GarageBand to do some audio editing and exporting. I don't think garageband supports WMA either, but I'm hoping that's not a deal killer for you.
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Drew Black
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Posted - Jun 2 2009 : 8:32AM
The Olympus digital recorder we use records in WMA format. So I'd need to be able to convert those files.
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DrP0rn0
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Posted - Jun 2 2009 : 11:14AM
^ I have no experience with it myself, but I just read recommendations from 3 separate sources, one of which I know and trust, for a product called Switch Sound Converter. It's only a conversion program: No editing, etc. So you'd need to convert with Switch, and then edit with Audacity or GarageBand or something else.
Here is a short article with pictures showing how "easy it is to use". Like I said, I've never touched it myself, but several sources agree that it's the go to application.
Unless you already have quicktime pro, which I'm guessing you don't. Quicktime pro will transcode nearly anything it can read, including WMA files.
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Drew Black
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Posted - Jun 2 2009 : 11:32AM
I didn't know Switch was available for the Mac. I have it for the PC. I just noticed that they have a version of Wavepad for the Mac. That's what I use on the PC. I think I'll pickup the Mac version.
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