Why is this shit so complicated and user-unfriendly? What does

>>59610398
If you think Audacity is complicated you might as well give up whatever you were trying to do.

>>59610398
sounds like you're looking for garage band

>>59610398
Depends on your use case, if you don't need multiple tracks, torrenting goldwave is the best option

>>59610422
nobody deserves that kind of abuse

>audacity
>unfriendly
bro fucking everything is 3 clicks away at max

>>59610490
I want to be spoon-fed with visual cues, colors and movement for editing actions.
I want explanations on why does an action fail
I want advanced options to be hidden in submenus and the overall UX to be straightforward without really making me think

Is that too much to ask?
Has apple been right all along?

>>59610609
>waah waah make the UI toddler friendly

shut the fuck up

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>>59610609
how about you just fucking kys

>the easiest audio editor in existence
end yourself faggot

He is right. As an actual editor Audacity sucks.

>>59610398
Quit now, or start a band called Faggot OP and the Lazy Niggers.

>>59610398

ffmpeg

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>>59610398
why

>>59610817
>oh you hate something that is not user friendly? let me give you something that is even less user friendly and also lacks features!
If you were to give a command line tool for audio editing at least suggest SoX

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Give up on audio editing.
Give up on computers.
Give up on life.

>>59610398
Is this the first real audio editor you've used?

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Anyone else miss this?

>>59610398
Even my potbraindead bother can use this effectively. You're just trash, OP.

>>59610609
I know how you feel. I want a literal drag and drop tier FL Studio/LMMS alternative preferably with all the instruments pre-loaded and everything ready to go by default. I always install a DAW and give up in less than 2 minutes because I can't find anything relevant. There was an old dumbphone with a decent app for making midi files and I need something similar.

>>59610929
How can I miss it if I still use it?

>>59610609
Kill yourself, you have no place in audio editing if you're a retard

>>59610398
I'm not sure if this is shitposting or you're just shit

>>59610398
>audacity
>still troubles with files
>still can't use que
>shitty equalizer
WHY TO EARTH TO MODYFY SOMETHING I HAVE TO STOP PLAYING
I WANT TO CHANGE REAL TIME YOU DUMB FOSS FAGGOT
And of course i had many sound driver isues that didn't happend on fl studio or that other less reatred foss dac

>>59610398
>free and open source
>intuitive ui
freetards can't, remember?

>>59611002
For making midi files?
idk the opinion of it here but get musescore or something

>>59610398
What is so difficult about it? I've used it for years for sound editing and encountered no problems.

>>59610398
>Why is this shit so complicated and user-unfriendly?
Some things have a learning curve, because that's the only way it can be done. If they dumbed it down even further, it couldn't DO what users need and want it to do.

Talking to a girl, and getting her to _willingly_ go home with you had have sex with you _without_ the exchange of money is a lot harder than jacking off. But the extra effort is worth it.

How do you not get this?

>>59611002
then just use FL studio? i use my DAW for edits over audacity because i know one far better than the other

>>59610609
Use a DAW like FL Studio or Ableton Live then.

FL Studio has all the colors, animations, and blinking lights you want.

Reaper, and it's free too if you just never buy it.

If you're using LInux... lol no good music software for Linux, gg

>>59610398
Sony Sound Forge Pro is god tier.

Around 2000 I used a cracked copy of WaveLab, was pretty good.

>>59610785
How does it perform as a fake editor>

ffs linux has turned my question mark into an alligator

>>59616495
your keyboard locale is set wrong

>>59610418
fpbp

>>59614340
Fl isnt a daw

>Magix Music Maker for Virtual instruments, loops etc
>NCH WavePad for voice recording, basic editing
>Equalizer APO for on the fly vocal equalisation/compression/gain management

>>59610929
still usin it every weeks when doing basic stuff.

>>59610929
That looks exactly like an old version of Audition.

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>>59618498
pic related

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I just use this shit

The problem I have with audacity is that it's full of bugs

>>59618450
>FL
>Not a DAW

Is you retarded nigga?

Shit op maybe you try to learn Blender instead then.

HahahahahabanananHanabBabBabtrololololololo

>>59610398
As someone who was extremely computer illiterate, this is literally the easiest program besides a browser that I had to deal with.
You are even worst than a computer illiterate, you are -May /g/ forgive me for uttering this word - a Normie.

>>59610398
becus it's opensors

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We talking about user-friendly software?

>>59619281
Have you ever seen anyone work with something like this that's highly skilled at it though? It's a skill you hone over years. I worked with some architects and this one guy used 3dsmax like he was a Korean playing Starcraft at 250 actions per minute. It was incredible to watch him work.

>>59619281

Blender makes sense but really lacks a proper introduction.

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Dude I used audacity like fucking 10 years ago when I was 12 and it was easy as fuck.

You're just retarded.

>>59619281
A poster only its creator could use

>>59610609
>without really making me think

There's your first problem.

>>59611516
why not both

>>59610708
what the fuck is the point of this sentiment?

it's like saying keyboards with no letters printed on the keys are better because letters on keys are toddler friendly

autists needing everything to be complicated to mystify their le computing skills and justify their pathetic existence are the reason productive foss software will always be reliably, consistently, dogshit.

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>>59620685
Because often "toddler friendly" means obnoxious in-your-face graphics cluttering the screen. It'd be more like if the letters on your keyboard looked like pic related to make them more recognisable, you'd be saying "Can't we have a normal font? I remember where the letters are anyway.". It's the same concept, it's easier for beginners but terrible for people with even the smallest amount of experience.

>>59610418
fpbp topkek

>>59620774
> it's easier for beginners but terrible for people with even the smallest amount of experience.
a well designed intuitive interface is always favourable, advanced user or not. most well designed software doesnt have fisher price GUI elements, in fact more often than not it's a sleek cut the crap approach that puts the most relevant stuff up front, makes the most of available space and is context sensitive (the way adobe software has a top bar that displays different options and elements depending on which tool you're using, which is unobtrustive, saves space and is very intuitive)

in audacity you have the pause/play/... buttons taking up half the top bar with drop shadows highlights and those very fisher price colors, cute little clock icons sprayed in the background visually cluttering up the screen, nothing is context sensitive, nothing is self-explanatory.

i'm glad it exists and enables people on a budget to use somewhat feature rich audio editing software, but it clearly has a shit interface and OPs frustration is warranted.

What happened to soundforge? That was better in 2005 then audacity is today.

>>59610486
Except OP

>>59610398
I've been using Cool Edit Pro (which later became Adobe Audition) for too many years now. I still prefer Audition to Audacity.

>>59610609
>I want
>I want
>I want
make a new UI for Audacity, the code's right there

>>59619281
all 3d editors have gorillions of buttons, it's just necessary.
it's not meant for you to learn over the weekend.

>>59610609
>gibsmedat
Fuck off, retard

>>59611002

Reaper is free. Load VST. Edit in Reaper.

How fucking dumb are you?

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>>59622797
Let's face it, with Soundforge, Vegas, and Protools available in the fucking 1990s, and MIDI sequencers reaching peak usability about 1997 or so, music software had really nowhere to go but down the shitter as each company found gimmick after gimmick to cram up our asses and pass off as progress.

This reached a peak in the mid-2000s and then a new crop of 'easy to use' music software has come to dominate sales. We're coming full circle, companies are now releasing simple '80s style electronic musical instruments which are priced to appeal to casuals and normies.

All in all, as long as everybody keeps supporting MIDI anybody can move anything in and out of their comfy production space at will. If you look at the gearfag artist profiles you see in the electronic music magazines you'll see a lot of people still using hardware sequencers, amigas and ataris, workstation keyboards, etc. If some magic new software or hardware comes out, they can integrate it.

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>>59610398