BACKUP PODCASTING: Various people wonder about my podcasting backup system. It’s just the Dell Laptop, running Sony Acid Music Studio (the cheap version of the Acid Pro that I use regularly) and Sound Forge Audio Studio 8 (the cheap version of Sound Forge, which takes the place of the Adobe Audion that I usually use). Both are entirely adequate, though not as powerful as the stuff I regularly use. And they’re a lot cheaper.

Sony seems to have managed to avoid ruining Acid and Sound Forge since taking them over from Sonic Foundry. On the other hand, judging by the customer reviews Adobe has managed to screw up Adobe Audition 2.0. I use version 1.5, which is quite close to the Cool Edit Pro that it replaced, but I figured that Adobe couldn’t resist messing with things. Given that I hate Adobe’s user interface, and overall design philosophy, I doubt I’ll upgrade.