![]() (You could use Spark ME or even Final Vinyl for editing.)Īudio In can be difficult to locate. Recordings are easy to make and sound excellent, but there is no editing function. If the complexity of Spark ME seems like overkill, try Audio In, a free OS X recording program I've used many times. (I usually save the raw data files also, so that I can re-edit the audio without the loss in quality that comes from storage in the audio CD format.) I made many 24-bit, 44.1 kHz recordings from my live analog tapes (many dating from the mid-1970s) and burned CDs from most of them. I was also glad to see that Spark ME supports VST plugin modules, one of the standards in Mac audio editing. Zooming in on the waveforms is easy, and I had no trouble making edits that were accurate within a tenth of a second or so. I especially liked the way I could view the stereo waveforms in a scrolling window. Pro-level features are everywhere, and you can control nearly every aspect of the recording. Version Tracker's Mac OS X site is here: Spark ME is amazing. Type "Spark ME" (without quotes) into the search form at the upper right of the Version Tracker OS X main page. You can get Spark ME direct from the TC Works Web site, but the address is much too complicated to print here. They're both from TC Works, one of the stalwarts in the professional audio field. Spark ME is the little sister (in software terms, of course) of Spark, a very expensive OS X audio program. It's highly unusual - a free audio editor that's as good as most of the expensive programs and probably far better than most of them. Final Vinyl might be ideal for beginners.īut more experienced users should waste no time installing a much more advanced audio recording and editing program called Spark ME. The interface is cute and the program is easy to use. I reviewed Final Vinyl last week and found it reasonably good. Griffin offers a free recording and editing program, Final Vinyl, for all iMic owners. And you also need audio editing software. To record from a tape deck, an LP record player or any other external sound source, you need recording software. (Microphones normally communicate with your computer using very faint voltages, whereas stereo components such as cassette decks virtually shout their electricity across the wires.)īut the iMic is a piece of hardware. So Griffin created a replacement for the "mic" (pronounced "mike") circuit that could be switched to handle much stronger signal levels. Some previous Macs came with a microphone input circuit (and corresponding connection jack) that lacked the kind of robust signal handling ability needed for full-bore audio recording. (You can read last week's article at The iMic's odd name reflects the shifting hardware designs of Apple's Macintosh computers. In short, the iMic gives modern Macintoshes the same stereo sound recording abilities that most Windows computers have. The iMic needs no extra power and is no bigger than a home-baked cookie, yet it has the same high-fidelity stereo inputs and outputs that most Windows PCs have. Last week I praised the little iMic from Griffin Technologies, which provides an easy way to bring audio signals into a modern Mac by way of a USB connection. Mac OS X audio recording and editing softwareĮxperienced users should waste no time installing a much more advanced audio recording and editing program called Spark ME.Īl Fasoldt's reviews and commentaries, continuously available online since 1983
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