Although most video editing software does a decent job with audio, there’s nothing like using a tool dedicated to manipulating sound. Back in the day, one of my favorites was Soundtrack Pro, which Apple initially offered as a standalone product as well as part of the Final Cut Studio bundle.
It was a great match—if a particular piece of audio in a timeline needed more finesse than Final Cut Pro was capable of, you could send a clip to Soundtrack Pro, make edits, then round-trip it right back. Unfortunately, Apple decommissioned Soundtrack Pro with the 2011 debut of Final Cut Pro X.
Perhaps not-so coincidentally, that same year Adobe introduced Creative Cloud, taking the first baby steps away from individually packaged software in favor of effectively renting a suite of productivity applications for one monthly price. But coming on the heels of filling the Soundtrack Pro gap with a port of its own popular Windows audio editing software, it was double blow for Mac video enthusiasts.
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