Decided to get Fission and Audio Hijack Pro
I was talking with Liza the other day and she was putting together a few playlists that she wanted to give me to try and expand my listening portfolio, is it were, when she mentioned that it'd be nice to be able to do a little editing on the songs to cut out some not-so-good parts and leave just the chorus and a few other bits in the song. I said I could do that if I got this audio editor, Fission, from these guys at Rogue Amoeba. I was doing a little more DVD ripping this morning, and I decided that now would be a good time to invest a little and get a good set of audio tools for those times that I want something and don't have anything like it on the Mac.
There was a bundle offered by Rogue Amoeba for Fission and Audio Hijack Pro, and I thought that if I ever needed it once, it'd more than pay for the bundle price, so I spent the $50 and got both. I'm glad I did - they work nicely with one another, even going so far as to pull up Fission from within Audio Hijack Pro when you ask to edit a sample. Very nice.
I haven't done a lot of audio editing, and I wouldn't say I'm any kind of audio engineer, but there have been a lot of times when I've recorded a little something - mostly it was the kids on my old NeXT turbo slab, and then wanted to clean it up and use it for my 'build' sounds, or my email notification. I still have Joseph at 2 yrs. saying "Daddy mail!" when every email arrives. That's 11 years and counting. So there are times for the tools, and since they aren't the cost of Photoshop, it seems right to get them and support the developers.
It's also a lot of fun to mess around with sound. I haven't played an instrument in years, but it will always be a part of me and I can remember how it felt. I'm not sure if I'll be doing any mash-ups for Liza this weekend, but it's nice to have these tools available, and it's really nice to support good guys doing good things for this platform.