I’ve been fighting with editing a bunch of audio that we recorded in Stanley Park over the weekend. It’s something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time, and Rebecca was happy to accompany on a little adventure through the park, on and off the trails. We had a lot of fun and got lots of great stuff recorded, but it’s not that I am fighting with the pains of editing it all.
I’ve become comfortable with editing within Audacity when it comes to projects like this. However, I got bit by not living by my own mantras, “save and save often.”
I was nearly three quarters of the way through everything when Audacity puked and quit. And from beginning edit to where I was, I hadn’t saved a thing. Heartbreak doesn’t even begin to describe it. It’s more along the lines of constant profanity for a good fifteen minutes. I’m fighting with starting over, and it’s so depressing.
After the meltdown, I got curious and decided to check on the latest news about Audacity. If you’re strapped for cash, it doesn’t get better than using this program to edit because it’s completely free. It’s fairly powerful with what it can do, but you have to really master it until you become comfortable. I’ve used my fair share of applications to edit audio, so the task wasn’t overly daunting. Obviously, it can’t always be relied upon for it’s stability.
It’s been stuck at the same version for a while now. There is a newer, beta version going through the trial process, but that has been a constant for a good number of months. This is open source development at its best. One can’t expect things to be done at an incredible rate when there isn’t a lot of money to be exchanged. Just make it more stable, guys. That would be great, mmmkay?