Audacity Still Wins
Yesterday, I sad that I was trying Wavepad and I did, but somehow although I could see the huge benefits and the increase functionality I could not seem to take to it. Podcasting for me has to be simple. I don’t know whether it is because I am so used to audacity but wavepad just wasn’t as intuitive for me.
Audacity as podcasting recording tool is so straight forward, you literally press and record. Also when you import you can see both tracks and edit them so easily or at least split the track which makes it easy.
So I think I will stick with Audacity for now and maybe try out the beta version 1.3.2 which has the following improvements:
Beta version 1.3.2
Usability improvements
New selection bar
New features for label tracks
Improved toolbar docking flexibility
Menu renaming and reorganization
Selection, ruler, and playback control improvements
Major improvements to some built-in effects
New Repair effect
Improved Equalization effect
Many fixes and minor improvements to other effects
Improved accessibility for the visually impaired
Improvements for screen readers, accessibility of tracks, and hot keys
Timer recording
Auto-save and automatic crash recovery
New features and bug fixes for Nyquist
Restructured Preferences dialog
Improved batch processing
File format export improvements
Intel Mac support
Many bug fixes and stability improvements
Anyone coming to podcasting new, i would still recommend it as a great introduction to audio recording
November 11th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
I must say I agree that while Wavepad is not as straightforward as most users like, I believe it was intended for use in professional environments. You may find that there are lot’s of dialogue boxes at every turn demanding in depth information, all required to make a highly professional piece of work, but if all you really want to do is create some simple wavs or podcasts, whatever the case be it, more often than not the absolute defaults are fine. This isn’t me sticking up for Wavepad vs Audacity however, as I have never used Audacity!