I've never tried Audacity on the Mac, perhaps I will. Are there instructions for using it or are they not needed? Thanks TC James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny On 5 Feb 2010, at 20:15, Steve Nutt wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > You are lucky then. I know a couple of fellow podcasters who gave it up > because it was too flakey. Free is good when it works. > > And yes, I always have drivers that are up to date. > > All the best > > Steve > > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Jonathan > Sent: Friday 5 February 2010 12:59 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Mac Sound Forge Equivalent > > The reason I suggested Audacity over Goldwave is that the person asked for > something that would work on their Mac. > > Goldwave does not. > > However, although it does not have the blind user base that Audacity has, > they are making good progress by seeking feedback and input from blind users: > http://blindaccessjournal.com/?p=725 which seems a bit flaky right now but > leads to the contact form at http://www.goldwave.com/contact.php > > There is also a podcast on using Goldwave at > http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/audio.htm#Goldwave > > As far as it Audacity crashing, I suggest you may have tried either an > unstable alpha, or your PC has incorrect or outdated drivers. > Only one version ever crashed on me, that was an alpha of 1.3.7 (years old > now) downmixing stereo to mono. > > I've been using audacity on a thrice weekly basis for a couple of years now > to batch sample tapes, clean the audio then export as tracks and never had a > wobble (apart from that one downmix bug). > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I’m glad Audacity works well on the Mac, as the PC version is utter junk. It > crashed all over the place when I tried it. Goldwave wins here. > > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Jonathan > Sent: Friday 5 February 2010 08:33 > > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Mac Sound Forge Equivalent > > You are in luck! Not just equivalent, but almost certainly superior - and > free, and very well supported for blind users (see my previous post on this). > > Audacity:http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_mac > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Tony <tonys_groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > Is there a sound forge equivalent for the Mac? >