![]() ![]() The cursor moves frame to frame only, which was often a larger amount of a sound snippet than she wanted to cut or adjust. In contrast, Audition’s razor is not as accurate. That’s when she came to appreciate its editing precision, by far her favorite feature of the DAW. Voiceover work is why Paroma first started using Audacity. Paroma Chakravarty, Podcast Editor, Creator & Host of Dramas Over Flowers also started with Audacity and switched to Audition but her story does not have the same happy ending. It’s no surprise then that this is still her primary DAW. The biggest time savers that Patricia experienced with Audition were with the presets, the abundance of learning resources and the transparency with the why of Audition’s actions. For example, you don’t have to go searching for the effects because the effects rack is part of the main screen. It’s much more straightforward than many DAWs. When talking about this DAW we both agreed that the UI is simple, clean and very user friendly. She tried going back to Audacity but discovered that the lightness of Adobe Audition ended up working better on her device than either Audacity or Hindenburg did.Īudition’s lightness was one reason why Patricia quickly fell in love with it but there was more. Hindenburg was just too heavy of a program for an older computer. Unfortunately Patricia was using the basic version of Hindenburg on an old Mac, which ended up not working so well. Less decisions meant less editing time for her as well. “I had to do the thinking for Audacity,” she admitted but like Shaun, she didn’t want to do all of the things all of the time. Patricia was really happy with how much of the process was automated with Hindenburg. This means that when you delete part of an audio file, it’s gone. It’s easy to make accidental mistakes in Audacity because it does destructive editing. She wanted a DAW that was more foolproof. Like Shaun, Patricia Qhobela-Jenkins, Founder & Podcast Editor at Podcast Maven, also started with Audacity and then switched to Hindenburg. Ultimately, using Hindenburg as his main DAW has cut down his editing time by about 30 minutes per podcast episode. When time is this important, a short learning curve is key. He also liked how quickly he was able to learn how to use Hindenburg. I’m here to produce a podcast.” Even so, he admits to still using Audacity for noise removal tasks occasionally because he thinks it does a better job than Hindenburg does with this. “At the end of the day I’m not here to learn audio production. The biggest time savers in Hindy (a nickname DAW users like to use for this tool) were auto leveling and auto ducking. Luckily, switching to Hindenburg really helped with this. Needless to say, time was a big factor in his podcast workflow. Shaun, like many Podcasters, has a full time job and a family in addition to his podcast. But the time he was spending on editing was starting to take its toll. It was only natural then that he transferred this skill over to his podcast editing. Shaun Behrens, Host & Editor of The Germany Experience, learned Audacity to edit music for his band years before he started podcasting. Via Digital Audio Workspace (DAW) 1: Hindenburg Read more: Lessons From A Poorly-Run Daily Podcast So I set out into the waveforms to find brave Editors to tell me their DAW switching stories. Do DAWs think differently? What are their unique characteristics? I had questions that spec sheets and single digital audio workspace tutorial videos simply could not satiate. But what I was really craving was to hear how two or more DAWs compare to each other. I’ve been hearing Editors talk about a DAW they’re using for awhile now and this is interesting. Hindenburg, Adobe Audition, Logic Pro and Reaper are all popular DAWs to switch to in situations like this. And just as many factors to consider when making this decision. There are many options to choose from when moving from a free DAW to a paid one. A desire to streamline their editing workflow, remove or adjust less desirable sounds and add effects onto their starting editing tasks are some of the most common reasons why podcast editors want to switch DAWs. This is probably why many Podcasters start editing using one of them.īut inevitably podcast editors start looking around at other DAWs. Audacity and GarageBand are two very popular, powerful DAWs that are also free. So it makes sense to just pick a well known digital audio workspace and get started. There are a million and one decisions that new podcasters need to make in the early days of their audio creations. DAW (digital audio workspace) selection can be daunting at first. ![]()
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