wavelab studio 6 or soundforge 9 ??

Yep - I`d like to know which comes closest to the Pro Tools ease of use.
I have an old Wavelab demo and Audacity, neither of which allow pinpoint accuracy of editing or for that matter editing in multitrack mode on an individual track mode like PT.

This is not an "I love Pro Tools" post, simply that PT is the only audio editor I have used that I really liked & I am fast approaching the time when I do need to be able to do mulittrack edits, not just stereo.

Does anyone have any opinions on the relative merits of wavelab studio 6 (the $299 version) versus soundforge 9 (also $299)?

Hello,

Wavelab Studio 6 is the "light" version of WaveLab. SoundForge 9 is the full-blown version with nothing held back. I am a long time Wavelab user and I still use WaveLab for most of my pinpoint editing. However as a value proposition, SoundForge blows Wavelab out of the water with: a better CD authoring tool (CD Architect) which is a standalone app, Noise Reduction (an excellent broad-band noise reduction plug (fans noise and the like) for forensic work, the fantastic Ozone plugs and just about everything that Wavelab has except Wavelab's magnificent "montage" feature (for which you can actually use Sonar to replace).

Regards,
George

ORIGINAL: rumleymusic

Why not try Adobe Audition also. It is the easiest to use out of all the programs, the best destructive and non destructive integration, and it has Izotope tools, plus a great spectral editor. (More radio stations use Audition than any other software for editing and production)

I currently use SF9 but unless they really uncork something special for SF10 I'm swithing to Adobe Audition 3. Audition seems to be getting more and better upgrade features than SF lately. If you have academic connections you can get either for about $150.

CD authoring in Audition is very similar to wavelab in some respects. Adding tracks with zero gaps is done by means of markers which are saved with the file and interpreted by the CD session as separate tracks. (This can be done in the destructive edit view or the multi-track view, in which case the marker are saved on audio export. It is also fully compatible with CD text for redbook authoring.

Audition has a Multiband Compressor/ Limiter and tube modeled compression by Izotope and also realtime time/pitch by Izotope. There is a full range of dynamic plugs and filters for almost any scenario. They also have a full range of good quality noise reduction plugins including a realtime adaptive noise filter. It is not a "Creative" environment like sonar (you won't find any synths or creative sound altering tools), but more of a post production environment.