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Honestly, switching to Garage Band from Audacity for my podcast was a game-changer in the editing. I can do it so much faster with the tools that are available in editing--especially when you are dealing with more than one track to edit. I also think Garage Band could be fantastic for recording a whole album initially before sending it to be mastered elsewhere. And I think Garage Band could be perfect for sync music licensing because it's still relatively easy to use!Incentivized
Highly recommended for voice over recording and editing. Great for splicing together several different recorded files to create a final track. Our voice over talent typically sends us their unedited recordings with multiple recordings of the script. Then we can listen to the different versions to select the best fit for our client. We just select the sections we like and copy them into a new file, then continue to add the sections until we have the final voice over. It is easy to tighten up or stretch out the recording to better fit our timeline. We have not used WavePad for recording live music so not sure how well it is suited for that. If you need multi-track editing you will need another product. MixPad makes a nice companion.Incentivized
Easy and simple interface that can be used by anyone.The visual audio levels are great and help to clean out all the impurities in an audio.Comes freely built in with all Mac computers, which are widely used.Very user-friendly and intuitive at the same time.GarageBand can be self-taught with no experience.Incentivized
Voice recording is our most used function. It is simple and straight forward. We have trained non-technical voice over talent to use it.The cleanup tools have saved us from having to go out and rerecord some bad original recordings.Being able to cut out sections of recordings and insert a different audio piece is a great time saver.Incentivized
Can't save the preferences for the tracks such as turning off reverb etc.Project files are large, a 30-minute podcast episode with only 4 tracks is typically around 1 GBAuto feature to silence guest not talkingOptimize for podcasters (I use the old version 6 as new versions hasn't had podcast options)Incentivized
WavePad only works with a single audio track. NCH does offer MixPad for multi-track editing. We also use MixPad occasionally to mix background music with voice.Incentivized
An important product for our production of customer ads.Incentivized
Easily handles basic audio recording and editing. Advanced editing features are there but if you don't already understand audio editing you will need to watch some of the provided videos to learn how to use the tools.Incentivized
I have never tried it. It's just simple, and you should be able to navigate most of it via self-exploration and Apple Help.Incentivized
Phone support is not available.Incentivized
It is a simple product to start using.Incentivized
I have used Adobe Audition before but found it to be hard to learn. Some of the features were very nice but too much for what I needed to justify the price. GarageBand is perfect for my needs and it came free with my Mac laptop. That is the best deal in town!Incentivized
We ran across WavePad years ago and used it for some simple music file edits. Cutting out some parts to make it fit better into the time slot. Audacity was recommended by a friend and we installed it and give it a brief try. We didn't find anything bad about it but came back to WavePad.Incentivized
Amazing valueVery easy to get startedFor novices and professionals alikeLoops library is simply awesomeExport capabilities very effective to share tracksIncentivized
We are able to work with local voice-over talent and amateurs and that allows us to keep our cost low to our clients.WavePad is so inexpensive that is pays for itself on the first project. The Master's edition is less than $100 and the standard edition is less than $50.Incentivized