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Amadeus Pro was highly touted on various as an excellent replacement for the powerful audio editor and mastering tool "BIAS Peak Pro". My main use for such a tool is 2-cahnnel file conversion, minor processing like levels, dynamics, or equalization, and most importantly, fine detailed editing of dialog and sound effects. Amadeus Pro seems fine for all of those tasks except detailed editing; for this it's a hard slog getting precision work done. There's no way to scrub to find a precise edit point. And it lacks Peak's very easy and intuitive feature of selection deletion with crossfade. Yes, with some futzing you can delete a section, and the drag the remaining sections together and create a crossfade. But taking a hundred "ums" and "ahhs" out of an interview, which I could do only a bit slower than real-time in Peak Pro, could take many, many times the duration of the clip in Amadeus Pro. This is the first version of Amadeus Pro I've used. All in all the app is elegant and seems reliable. For a lot of less demaning, less professional audio tasks, I'm certain it's an adequately powerful tool. Show more

This is the most Incredible and powerful audio editor ever made for the average user. You can drop video files, MP4 or M4V and save as an audio file. Another powerful feature is the ability to BATCH edit. Easy to understand user guide. Convert stereo audio files to mono with the PRO version. I use this app every day. Show more

Easy to learn to use but also has great depth of features.

Not my first DAW. I use it for re-mastering, creating component parts for use in other applications, Dub editing, etc. Spendid product and very competitive vis-à-vis price. HOWEVER, the last update ( January 2014) is not working correctly…and here is how… When using Effects, such as AU or VST - but not limited to these - one can select a Preview option to hear the effect of changes one makes in real time, BUT only once or twice before the Preview button ceases to work. One must then Quit the application without making any changes on any of the various controls for that particular Effect, such as an AU-EQ slider. This will mean that the relative position of the various adjustments and values will not change upon Quiting the application, nor will any change take place in the document that was open since the last time one has selected Save or Save As. Re-opening any document and returning to the last used Effect will display the Effect is the same state as when one previously Quit the application, and now will give you one or two fresh uses of the Preview button. For me, this means Double-Clicking on the Amadeus document to re-open the file and application in one step - then continueing on with what I was doing a moment before. As a result of the above mentioned update, when I Double-Click on that last document a Dialog window now opens to inform me that Amadeus Pro is damaged in some way and it must be re-downloaded from the App Store. This is a hassle and does not solve the problem. Ignoring the Dialog window and dragging the file to the Amadeus Icon in the Dock opens the file and I continue forward…. BUT, I now have to insert several steps into the re-opening process which diminishes through-put, concentration upon the task at hand, and efficiency…. More later when this gets fixed…IF EVER! Show more

I have tried literally every audio editor for Mac, and this one is the best. It has more features than most and is the only one that has all the features I need. It's light-weight and the GUI is clean and intuitive, with simple to remember keystrokes to speed up my workflow. It also has a nice batch processor. I generally do complex sound design in my DAW, but for quick wav editing or simple multitrack audio work, this is my go-to piece of software. I haven't tried it's noise reduction (I use iZotope RX), but for what I use it for, it's a great piece of software. Show more

Bought this to take the place of BIAS Peak I have on my G5. Decent product, but no loop function gives it 3 stars. I use the loop function for editing music to play out, extending parts for longer play (making them DJ friendly). Everything else in this app is icing on the cake. How can this app NOT have a loop function? Show more

I needed an app for converting WMAs to Mp4s and also an app for audo editing. This app has that and SO MUCH more! I haven't even touched the tip of the iceburg as to what this program can do. I also use it for recording audio for our church's worship services. This is the best $60 you will spend on the entire app store if you really need good audio software! Can't brag enough about it. Just be careful, it will try to take over when you open a newly downloaded video. There is a way to make it not do that. Still, NO COMPLAINTS! AWESOME APP! Show more

This is a an excellent app for all things audio! The batch processing is incredibly handy. Thanks to the developer for being on the ball: this latest update fixes a problem introduced in the previous update just a few days earlier. Show more

I've used the program for years and years before it was on the App store, and it's always been fantastic. The recent upgrade will not export mp3 files, saying that there was a (blank) LAME error. If you have the program, don't upgrade. If you want an mp3 converter, don't buy it. Otherwise, it is a fabulous program. Show more

Wow. Everything worked fine las night. Then came the update. Today, I can't encode WAV files to MP3, ALAC, or anything else. ALAC just fails with no explanation, and MP3 keeps saying there's a LAME error but then won't say what the error is. FIX THIS PROGRAM!!!! Show more

I like this program overall. I would give it 4 or 5 stars, if it didn't crash CONSTANTLY. It is SO frustrating! It is user friendly and works great. However, I have to save my changes after every tiny tweak because I never know when it will crash. I wish they woud fix it! Show more

After reading all the reviews I could get my hands on, my decision on audio editor came down to Amadeus Pro and Audacity. Though Audacity was free, the user interface was TERRIBLE, so I shelled out the money for Amadeous Pro. I edit a weekly podcast for my church, which often lasts over 30 minutes. I don't know what it is about that particular length, but Amadeous HATES it. The program crashes with frequency (about 5 times per podcast editing session). Thankfully, I've gotten really good with the Command-S shortcut, so I've stopped losing vital edits, but the numerous crash reports I've sent to Support have gone unanswered. YES, the program is pretty and easy to use, but the crippling crashes make it a bit of a bear to use. Show more

Great program. Cut hours and hours of work spent with Media Encoder crashes down into seconds. I love this app.

This is a very, very good audio editor. I'm giving it five stars not only for the functionality, but also because of the responsiveness of the author. Functionally it's great for folks who need more than what something like Audacity gives you, but don't need the complexity of a Pro Tools or even Logic. I was a Cool Edit Pro/Audition and Sound Forge user for years, and this sits in that same sweet spot for me. Something to be aware of at the moment: if your *only* machine is a late 2012 MacBook Pro *with Retina Display* (non-Retina display's aren't affected), you may want to hold off. There's a screen-drawing bug that's giving quite a performance hit. The author is working on it. I had to force-quit the app and based on the crash report that was sent to him he reached out to me with an explanation. Since I can use the program on a different (non-Retina) machine I can afford to be patient. I'm not posting this as a criticism (five stars, remember?) because I have every confidence it's going to be resolved soon. When it does I'll amend this review. I'm only bringing it up to prevent someone from getting the wrong first impression about the program. Show more

After using Audacity and Garageband for many years, I decided I needed a better tool. After spending about 15 mintues tweaking and fiddling, it was set up exactly the way that I wanted it. I've edited about 4 hours of podcasts with Amadeus Pro, and it has been great. It's much snappier than Audacity and Garageband, and the UI is very customizable. Worth every cent. Show more

I have used various versions of this program for about 8-10 years. It is solid and reliable, and does many analysies and transformations accurately and fast. Graphics is excellent. A workhorse and easy to use. For almost as long I have been trying to get them to include autocorrelation analysis, a very useful tool expecially for music and speech. Several free programs have it. Show more

If you're a DJ and want to cleanup some of your songs, this app is great. I load entire albums at a time and it loads fast and flawlessly. You can get rid of dead air at the beginning of and the end of songs easily. Some of the songs that I do are old songs where there were tape hiss, this app has a feature "Denoising>White Noise", depending on the strength of the signal, I generally start at -70db and work my way up from there (up meaning -65db then -60db, etc). The neat thing about the Denoising is it's simple and it doesn't get rid of any top-end of the song. If you apply the effect to heavily, then your song sounds like it's in a can. Another neat feature is it will list effects that you use most often in an "Actions List" window which comes in handy if you want to apply the effect without having to go through the setup process (meaning once you set the effect up, you can use that same effect just by clicking it in the Actions List window. If your song has bad stereo imaging, you can either simply mono it or correct the balance. This is done very easily. The features in this app are too numerous to mention in this little box, but if you are a DJ that cares about the way your songs sound through the Mains, this is, by far, the best app. Show more

I am using Amadeus Pro to digitze my vinyl LP collection. While it may not be as automated as other products claim to be, Amadeus Pro actually works and works consistently. Other than the time it takes to record the LP, it takes less than 15 minutes to mark, name and split the tracks on the LP and then export them to iTunes. This is a wonderful product. Show more

I'm using this program in conjunction with an ION Tape Express to digitize my cassette collection. The program works great. Capture is straightforward, and the denoise sample/supress works very well. Using markers to start/end the tracks and then split the recording work very well. This was a good purchase. Show more

I'm doing a lot of basic audio editing so my experience is limited to the standard features of cutting, fading, minimal effects and adjustments. However, I'm coming from Soundbooth in the CS4 suite that crashed ALL THE TIME since I upgraded to Lion. I like that it's a one touch button to burn an audio track to a cd and the adjustments I can make to different tracks to come from certain sets of speakers. I find it easy to use and quick for my needs. My only issue is zooming out. The track will zoom out to be a fraction of the timeline and I'm not really sure what the point is in doing that. Still though, fantastic program. Show more