Audio File Tweaking

[Thelemech]

Anyone know of any programs for cleaning/enhancing/altering Audio files - MP3, Flac, Ogg etc.. I have some Elvis demo's that would sound superb - if I could nuke the air noise in the background.

[kryyst]

Anyone know of any programs for cleaning/enhancing/altering Audio files - MP3, Flac, Ogg etc.. I have some Elvis demo's that would sound superb - if I could nuke the air noise in the background.

What OS are you looking for? I have some great programs, but they are for OSX.

[stoopid]

I primarily use Sony's Sound Forge (version 8, but now they're up to version 9 (http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/soundforgefamily.asp)). Older versions work good too under the Sonic Foundry software vendor banner, but you'll need to look on ebay for an older version. It's relatively easy to figure out, and has most of the plugins you'll need built in. More plugins are available from various 3rd party sites (like Waves (http://www.waves.com/)).

There's a lot of various apps for both Windows and OSX. Are you looking for freeware or are you willing to pay a bit?

Could also try loading the wave files into Reaper. I know it has quite a few plugins included and it's completely free. It's intended as a multitracking studio app, but there's no reason you couldn't just use it for editing one track. May have a bit of a learning curve though, especially if you're not familiar with using these types of software editors. http://www.cockos.com/reaper/

[Thelemech]

What OS are you looking for? I have some great programs, but they are for OSX.

Something that runs on Windows XP/2000 or Ubuntu/Kubuntu ( any one know of the specific program from the Ubuntu/Studio package that would be best for file tweaking) - the only Mac OS I have is System 8.5:) on a couple of 5300/5200 PPc.

[stoopid]

There is a distro specifically for music recording/editting called 64studio (http://64studio.com/). No personal experience with it though.

[Hunter_Thompson]

I'll backup the suggestion on SoundForge - been using it since version 1.

Solid, DirectX and VST plugins and the bundled FX are top of the line.

It's a Sony.