Sound Studio App Reviews

I needed a powerful program to do some audio editing for someone without much experience in the field. I needed to trim clips, merge clips together, and save in all sorts of formats. I checked the App Store and saw lots of cheap or free programs but none were that great -- so I went ahead and bought this. It was worth it. Ive used this dozens of times and its easy to figure out and use. Nothing really bad to say -- it does what its supposed to. The only thing I cant figure out is how to get it to save files as MP3 -- I have the lame library but I cant figure out how to tell Sound Studio to use it!

it reduces quality when using AAC or MP3 formats.if you repair this problem.its a five star app.

Buh-by 29.95; down the drain forever. This app is pretty bad and so NOT user friendly. Perhaps Im used to the interfaces of Ulead/Corel and MixPad which are wonderful and fun to use. This design by comparison is LOUSY. Even something as simple as splitting a track is dependent on you setting up "markers", then you can split and delete the portion you want. There is no way you can just click and split. Also, if you want to precisely "blend" the two portions of a track together you really cant other then cutting out the "marker" point and hoping the other portion of the track that follows mixes in well, which it usually doesnt. Bottom line, total waste of money. Save yourself aggravation and 29.95 and look elsewhere.

A warning to those who have an old version of this program -- DO NOT UPDATE IT … I just updated this program and it took away the MP3 export. COMPLETE WASTE OF 30 BUCKS

I use this software every day at work and there a few things that could be tweaked to make this a perfect two track audio editor for me: The first is keyboard shortcuts, now that they have playback speed control Id love to be able to use the JKL keys to speed up and slow down/rewind the audio instead of going through the menu, and to be able to highlight a selection with the keyboard and delete it instead of using the mouse (basically more keyboard, less mouse). My other complaint about the interface is that when I hit space to pause the audio when Im listening to it, the play head jumps back to where I was before. Id at least like the OPTION to disable this and keep it where it was paused at. Other than those minor things, this is a great app.

What are they thinking? Do not update this app. The new version does away with the MP3 options. Sheesh!

Ive been using SS for years and like it a lot. However, the latest version has a problem: when you play one track, it only plays to that channel. So if you want to listen to the left track, it plays in your left ear. In older versions, the single track would be piped to both ears, which makes for much better sound. I went back to the old version. Hope that gets fixed.

I use this app for quick and easy audio edits. It is much simpler and easy to use than Protools, Sound Studio Pro, Garage band, etc. I find it much more efficient and easy to use than Audacity and worth the purchase. For those concerned about it not exporting MP3s there is a simple solution, after purchase, download the “trial” version from Felt Tip and install it along side your purchased app. It will recognize your app store purchase as the license and you will be able to export MP3s.

I was also quite horrified to see that MP3 capability disappeared in this new version of Sound Studio, but found an explanation on Felttips FAQ page which can be found at on the Felttip website FAQ page. "The latest version of Sound Studio wont let me save in MP3. How do I fix this? Because of Mac App Store regulations, we can no longer link to the LAME framework to allow saving for MP3s. We have kept the ability to save in MP3s in the app downloadable on our Resources page. After you download and launch the app, it will automatically detect that youve purchased it from the Mac App Store and will be activated as the full version. Youll continue to get updates to Sound Studio within this app." Going to the Resources page referred to in the above paragraph, I then downloaded the unlocked version of Sound Studio and the LAME MP3 Encoder, installed them, and the MP3 capability was back - but the App Store didnt recognize it as having already been paid for. Seeing that the App Store "Buy" button was displaying "Install" made me think it was seeing Sound Studio on my hard drive, even though opening Sound Studio still showed the Try or Buy dialog. Knowing I had to keep the MP3 version I had downloaded from the Resources page, I duplicated it so that if I re-installed from the App Store again, it wouldnt overwrite it. Re-installing put the App Store version in a folder without touching my MP3 version or its duplicate - but now the MP3 version from the Resources page is recognized by the App Store and is no longer in trial mode. Having used Sound Studio for several years, I was determined to get it to work like the older versions. Hopefully, this workaround will work the same way for you.

I love this app and use it daily. But WHY is MP3 support gone????? This is crazy, I NEED MP3 support!! Please fix ASAP. I know I can download a non app store version and blah, blah, blah… But this is BS. FIX MP3 SUPPORT!

I use this app to edit MP3 recordings of church services. Now they have removed the ability to save MP3 files and removed the reference to that ability from the description. Therefore my purchase is now worthless. Dont waste your money on an application that will arbitrarily remove major features after you purchased the app for those advertized features.

I bought this application specifically to enhance the quality of downloaded interviews. The dynamics compressor accomplished this perfectly. Good product for my needs. Im so impressed with the performance and intuitive control layout I want them to create a Video Studio as a companion to this product.

Disregard the negative reviews. This software is worth its price just for its Noise Gate Expander — the best noise filter Ive used. No crashes on 8Gb memory (Mac Mini). Intuitive interface and controls. No problem processing a great variety of formats (including MP3) if you know what youre doing: process .aiff — *then* output to your tool of choice (M4A is superior, BTW). Many professionals use this audio processing software for the Mac. Yes, there are one or two issues we may need to negotiate. For example, Skype may compete real-time for control of audio settings. But understanding that, you dont try to get too much out of your system. Given the quality filters and recording you can do with Sound Studio, I dont think theres any legitimate complaint — or much more we could ask for, either.

Ive used Sound Studio for several years, recently upgrading to the newest version. The GUI is great and very user-friendly. My biggest complaint is an issue with various OGG files which crashes the app when trying to open them. I work with various audio formats, and havent had any issues except with the OGG files. I use Sound Studio to open mp4 video files to extract the audio tracks (it ignores the video information, of course) which works beautifully. Editing ID3 information is a breeze. Im still waiting for a fix for the OGG problems. A couple months ago I contacted Felt Tip regarding Sound Studio crashing when trying to read certain OGG files and theyve been very helpful in finding a workaround, however the problem still exists. Hopefully this problem will be corrected soon and then Id be happy to give a higher rating.

The interface is great and it is very easy to edit files. I have had mixed results in getting this app to work with my audio interface. (Ive never had problems with Logic, Reason, etc., but this app forced me to reboot to get things working when I selected my external interface.)

For the money this is a great App.Easy to use and once you learn to navigate it has fine results.

Updated to 4,6,7. Did not work at all!

I have used Sound Studio successfully for years. Today I updated to the 4.6.7. version—now the filters (reverb in particular) no longer work.

Let’s hope a new(er) version won’t crash. This was such a great app.

Can’t cut tracks or apply any filters after the upgrade…what happened? I used to love this app!!!