Is Logic Express A Good Replacement For Audition? Options

[pauldice]

Hello,

Apologies for the newbie question but I haven't been able to find much info on Google so far...

I use Adobe Audition under Windows to create 'mixtapes' of my vinyl collection. This involves recording 20 or so tracks from vinyl to WAV files (via an M-Audio FireWire 410), doing some simple editing on the files (e.g. trimming, noise reduction), and then stringing them together in the multitrack editor (with some additional splicing/rearranging, FX and overdubbing).

Now I am looking to switch to the Mac but am gutted to find that Audition is not available for OS X. Is Logic Express suitable for doing the kind of tasks described above (wave recording/editing and multitrack sequencing). If not, any other suggestions for replacement packages?

Oh and I know that I can run Audition on a mac via Boot Camp or Parallels Desktop but I want to avoid that if at all possible.

Thanks in advance.
Paul

[macdrummer]

Try Amadeus II or Amadeus Pro www.hairersoft.com/

[gdoubleyou]

Logic has more composition features, but it can certainly handle what you want to do.

But Garage Band can do the same and it will come loaded on any new Mac.

[apachateca]

live 05/06 is a good option, you can even get a fully working demo (no record ability, but just run it to external recorder/burner) or logic will work good as well..other programs- dj1800, traktor, gband is good....good luck..

[pauldice]

Thanks for the comments so far. I have now ordered my Mac so I'll take a look at GarageBand when it arrives. From the video demo though I couldn't see a way to record audio to a standalone WAV file - it looks more targeted towards recording instruments into GarageBand tracks. Same thing with Live. Adobe Soundbooth is a definite possibility for the recording though so I'm less worried about that side of things now.

Traktor I have used before - it's cool for playing around but lacks decent editing features. You have to do everything in realtime as I remember. I'm looking to layer several tracks of audio together. I think this rules out Toast as well.

Amadeus has potential. As does Audacity. Any other suggestions?
Cheers.

[gdoubleyou]

Garage Band can record up to eight tracks at a time, then you can render a mix or individual tracks to .aiff(the mac audio standard) or if you have to you can convert to WAV.