What’s In A Name? Amadeus And Audio?

Take a look at another application for Mac audio—plenty of features, and it’ll do a few things the free applications don’t.

One in particular that caught my eye, my fancy, and some of my money is an application that’s been around awhile on Mac OS 9, and is available as a dependable, stable application on Mac OS X.

Amadeus II.

Now in version 3.7.2 for Mac OS X, Amadeus is an excellent audio, audio editing, audio enhancing application. Amadeus uses Apple’s “core audio” in OS X, therefore, has access to standard effects.

Need to edit audio, cut out pieces, insert others? Amadeus handles it with ease and at a price point substantially less than BIAS’ Peak audio application. Basically, you can “cut and paste” audio wave forms to create whatever your heart desires.

What about simple things, like importing and exporting to MP3? Amadeus has you covered there, too. It will import CDs, raw audio, MP3s, MP4s, and more.

Of course, you’re limited to unprotected AAC files, so you won’t be able to import and edit an audio file from the Apple iTunes Music Store unless you burn it to MP3 or AIFF first, then bring it into Amadeus. That’s a few extra steps you’ll have with all audio applications.

Why use Amadeus? Editing (cut and paste) of audio is quick and efficient. Adding special effects takes seconds on an iMac or a G5 (much faster on a G5).

Amadeus is steady and dependable. You can also try it out for free (go to VersionTracker.com, and enter a search on “Amadeus”). I tried it out, liked it (because it imports and exports MP3 files with ease), and I bought it.

The interface is clean and simple and intuitive. Compare that with GarageBand or BIAS Peak. You’ll be up and running within minutes.

Price? $30. High compared to “free”. Low compared to anything else.

Service? Quick and responsive. I misplaced my registration number and had another one within hours.

Updates? Regular. Runs on Jaguar and Panther.