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A short parable
This morning I had the opportunity to help a fellow podcaster with their audio quality. They'd lovingly recorded everything as separate tracks. One track didn't sound as good, and the issue seemed to be clipping. I have amazing software that magically "heals" digital clipping (iZotope RX), so I offered to help fix it.
In a modern audio editor, you simply process the audio and replace the source file. Because edits are non-destructive — they just reference the source — it would've been a trivial fix.
This podcaster uses Audacity, an audio editor that works exactly the same way SoundEdit did 30 years ago. Every edit changes the working file, and every save requires overwriting the file or creating a new one. In this case, fixing the audio would've meant a complete re-edit, which was prohibitive.
If you use Audacity, please consider moving to a modern, non-destructive audio editor. It will be painful for the first few hours as you "unlearn" Audacity. The payoff is that editing will be easier, more fun, and a lot more flexible.




I'm still relatively new to podcasting. Or rather: a year and a half ago I figured out just enough to record interviews on Skype, edit in Audacity, and post to Squarespace, and then I stopped trying to improve my process. But I am getting frustrated with Audacity, and I've heard enough horror stories to think I should switch.
Any suggestions? I'm on a Mac, have tried a few iOS editors & confirmed that the touchscreen interface doesn't feel right to me, and would prefer something free, but would be happy to pay up to around $100 for something I can see as "what I'll use for a while" Last time I tried to research this I got lost in a tangle pretty quickly.
Thanks!