[LAU] app for simple editing and recording?

[David Adler]

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 1:52 AM, Harry Van Haaren wrote:
>
>> I'd need to:
>> 1) - open mp3/wav files, do some trimming and fade ins/outs and save to
>> mp3/wav
>> 2) - do some recordings of JACK-apps
>
> Although you mention the ability to load MP3 files as a necessity, I would
> advise you
> to convert them to WAV, import them into Ardour as regions, and then edit to
> your hearts
> content.
>
> Advantages: No damage to audio files it things get messy, Ardour has lots of
> great features

if you end up using ardour, note that region fade in/out
is not exported on region export.
http://tracker.ardour.org/view.php?id=1653

a workaround is to select the region with the range
tool and export the range.
snap to grid, with the grid set to region bounds, makes
this easy.

best,
d