Although I do all my recording on a hardware digital recorder that has real knobs, faders switches and meters, I do a certain amount of editing and tweaking of other people’s  stereo files - and sometimes my own!

This type of software ranges from downright cheap and nasty to radically overpriced.

There are a few applications in the middle ground but most of them have features that I don’t need and are lacking others that, to me, are essential.

I started out with Bias Peak  Express which is excellent value for money and recently upgraded to Peak LE 6 mainly because the price was ridiculously low and it came with the LE Production pack and the incredible Super Freq.

For those of you who are interested in podcasting, the latest version has fully integrated podcast publishing and Voice Over Ducking DSP. Ducking is virtually essential if you do voice overs and documentary movie sound tracks.

I’ve used this software quite a lot recently and haven’t yet had to look at the manual!

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