Acoustica is a nifty audio editor, slightly different from other such programs. It has a nice looking interface, polished, warm and welcoming. Gives a feel of familiarity even from the first time you open it. It’s organized in such a manner that most users will keep the default panels as they are.
Usually, these types of applications can be intimidating at first but this one managed to make things easier. Very intuitive, it has a way of showing you clearly what it can do, how you can do it and where you can find a feature. The full screen mode that it offers, though it won’t give you too much extra space, does something interesting: it gives you an intimate feeling. The immersive experience is productive as it helps you become more focused.
It can process sound by cutting, pasting, trimming, converting, applying sound effects, using enhancements or VST plugins.
Extra attention has been given to the interface. The toolbar is very well organized, the icons are nicely drawn, the overall color scheme is comfortable for the eyes and the panels burst with activity as you start playing some sound.
Files and windows are organized in tabs, placed horizontally above the waveforms. This is a really good idea and makes it easy to switch between different views or files, greatly improving workflow.
Extra features include batch processing and converting files, extracting audio from various sources, filtering, cleaning sound and spectrum analysis.
It recognizes all the well known sound formats, such as mp3, wav, flac, ogg, aec and it can also extract audio from some video files.
Acoustica has something special going on, doing its best to “make you feel at home” and encourage you to work for hours on a project without getting stressed. Making everything accessible and as easy as possible, this sound editor is absolutely a must to try for everyone needing to craft some sound.
Nice and welcoming interface
Intuitive
Well organized
Very good price
Trial offers full capabilities
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Reviewed by: Alina Belesteanu
Reviewer rating:
Reviewed: 4 months ago
What's new in version 5.0
Graphical user interface New audio plug-in design Tabbed MDI interface Dockable file browser pane
New file formats FLAC AAC WAVE64 - support for files bigger than 4 GB (Premium Edition only)
CD Cover Editor
The new CD Cover Editor lets you create CD covers from your CD projects in a breeze.
CD Projects Save and open CD projects Erase CD-RWs
K-System metering
The new K-System level meters help you to produce consistent sounding music while preserving appropriate dynamic range.
Enhanced spectrum analysis
The updated offline analysis tools allow you to select frequency and amplitude ranges. The spectrum analysis now allows logarithmic frequency scales and can show the average spectrum over a large time selection.
Convolution reverb
Simulate the reverberation of physical or virtual spaces based on pre-recorded impulse responses.
Enhanced denoiser with adaptive mode (Premium Edition only)
The new adaptive mode constantly updates the noise profile to match changes in the signal noise.
Test signal generator (Premium Edition only) White, pink and brownian noise Sine tones Chirps
What's new in version 4.0
VST plug-in support, real-time analysis, new user interface and much more
