Could someone offer help and advice on this? FN
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: sajan venniyoor venniyoor@gmail.com Date: 21 Sep 2007 11:28 Subject: Re: list of audio software To: abhijit@mudeth.org, Ramnath Bhat ram@voicesindia.org, Frederick FN Noronha fredericknoronha@gmail.com Cc: "N. Ramakrishnan" nram@ideosyncmedia.org, Seema Nair s.nair@unesco.org
Dear Abhijit, Ram, Fred,
Along with the CR Technical Manual, we'd like to provide community radio groups with free audio software. In his presentation at Pondicherry, Abhijit had mentioned Audacity but of course there's lots more available as free downloads.
I have drawn up a rough list (see below) of audio software, but Ram of Ideosync points out that some of them are not very user-friendly. Could we test some of these (and others like Ubuntu Studio that Ideosync Ram has mentioned) pick out the best for our CR people? It would be a very useful resource that we could club with the Technical Manual and offer to CR groups.
Let me know what you think.
warm regards, Sajan
Audacity: Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
ZaraRadio: ZaraRadio is a free radio automation system (a 'playout' system). It operates on Windows (but not on Vista). It's not stated whether it works on Mac OS or Linux. http://www.zararadio.com/index.php?centro=main.php&lang=en
Campcaster: Campcaster is a free and open source radio management software. It has been designed for a Linux environment, but could possibly be used on other platforms in future. http://www.campware.org/en/camp/campcaster_news/605/
Ardour: Ardour is an open source digital audio workstation and can be used to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. http://ardour.org/
Sweep: Sweep is an audio editor and live playback tool for GNU/Linux, BSD and compatible systems. http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/index.html
ReSound: ReZound is an open source and graphical audio file editor primarily for but not limited to the Linux operating system. http://rezound.sourceforge.net/
Rivendell: It is a complete radio broadcast automation solution, with facilities for the acquisition, management, scheduling and playout of audio content for GNU/Linux operating system. http://www.rivendellaudio.org/
Jokosher: Jokosher is a simple yet powerful multi-track studio which can be used to create and record music, podcasts etc. http://www.jokosher.org/
NGO-in-a-Box: Offers a variety of FOSS audio software. http://audiovideo.ngoinabox.org/?q=taxonomy/term/142
Pro Tools: Pro Tools Free is a free version of Pro Tools for Mac. It is a digital audio workstation used for music production, post production etc. http://www.download.com/Pro-Tools-Free/3000-2182_4-3296394.html