Modest Stand-Alone Audio Editor for Win 10 needed - Suggestions?

Me | 1/15/2020 | PaulR

[Paul R.]

That was when a mouse was something that chewed up the wire to the monitor. :-)

[rockrr]

FWIW: I just downloaded Wavosaur version 1.3.00 from here: https://www.wavosaur.com/ and installed it (actually it’s a single executable file) on a Win-10 Pro machine. It opens OK, opens wav files OK, and is currently playing a 400+ meg audio file. No compatibility mode and (so far) no glitches.

[kiryandil]

Does it puke before the program comes up, or does that happen when you try to do something in the open program panel?

I downloaded the 64-bit version to my 64-bit Win 8 box, and that came up fine as well.

I didn't actually do anything with it, though.

I'll try opening a .wav file - got a few laying around.

[Paul R.]

Adobe gobbled up TWO editors, Sound Edit Pro, and Cool Edit? Geez...

[kiryandil]

LOL! Old Buffalo Springfield album file.

I like the Wavosaur interface - simpler than Soundforge.

[kiryandil]

Wonder if Paul has got the current 2017 iteration?

It's running fine for me on a Win 8 installation and a Win 10 installation.

It doesn't seem to be a program that makes it into the Control Panel "Programs and Features" list - just a stand-alone executable, with a small footprint.

[Paul R.]

I’ll be damned. It plays a wav file ok. But recording functions (record, input monitor) cause the error message.

[Paul R.]

Ok, I tried Wavosaur.1.3.0.0-x64(en) and Wavosaur.1.1.0.0-x64(en). Same result either way. Plays but won’t record.

Yes, nice simple interface, very small footprint!

[Paul R.]

Hey, all. Gotta step away for 10 min. Will be right back.

Thanks!

[kiryandil]

I'll try the recording mode.

Where do you select "levels monitor"?

[kiryandil]

I ran record fine on my Win 8 64-bit box.

Actually, it's a tad disturbing, because I have my microphone taped over, and I heard the sound of me using the mouse to shut off recording.

"monitor input" also worked without puking - mind you, I don't have anything actually plugged in to the input.

[Paul R.]

Had to switch to my netbook - wifey threw me out of bedroom for typing too loud! (A mouse would wake her up, but not a severe storm!)

Mouse over “record” button or click on icon right beside red record button.)

[Paul R.]

Hmmm... interesting.

It must be some Windows setting, but darned if I can find it.

[Paul R.]

Can you just try audio off the web - YouTube or something?

[kiryandil]

Sure, I'll try that.

It reads my laptop microphone load and clear - TOO clear.

I just did a recording off that.

[minnesota_bound]

Movavi Video Suite 18 is what I use for video and some audio.
If you install then start the uninstall you may get a big discount in price.
https://www.movavi.com/suite/

[Paul R.]

Does MS even bother updating Win 8 these days?

I’m almost positive this error message started coming up in Win 7 after an update. Maybe it reset something? (I have a friend who manufactures an audio analysis hardware / software package. It is of course highly dependent on what Microsoft does with the handling of audio, and they absolutely drive him nuts.)

[kiryandil]

Just did that on a Youtube video - wasn't too pleased with the results (a little tinny, but I think it was capturing mono, not stereo - even though it said "stereo" on the output file).

No problems, though.   

NO WONDER you like this program.

[kiryandil]

I’m almost positive this error message started coming up in Win 7 after an update.

Did you try rolling back to before the Win 7 update?

[kiryandil]

Damn - I'm not even trying to learn it - it's just that easy.

Thanks for exposing me to it.

Geez, I hope you can get 'er going.