Ferrite Recording Studio

I have been using Ferrite weekly for the past year to edit podcasts, and have found it to be perfect for that. It is powerful, portable, and incredibly intuitive to use whether with touch input, or my personal favorite, with the Apple Pencil and the Magic Trackpad. Having edited one show now with this most recent version, I have only good things to say. It is better in almost every way. The interface is cleaner and easier to use in version 3, the ability to hear the audio while scrubbing makes it incredibly easy to make precise cuts, and the faster playback speed improves my personal editing workflow immensely. Since owning my iPad Pro, this is my absolute favorite “professional” class app for getting work done, and the latest version has improved on almost everything I already loved about this app.

I’ve been using this app to edit my podcast for over a year now. Version two was acceptable, but a little clunky and complicated to use. With version three, they’ve cleaned up the UI to be more modern and intuitive. They’ve also added features like playback speed control, which was a HUGE thing I was wanting! That being said, my main criticism is still that the app is a little too difficult to discover all of the features buried in here. And that’s a real shame because there’s a ton of stuff in here I never knew about until just recently. there are a lot of “buttons” that simply do not look like buttons, so I never tapped on them to see what they could do. In that regard, I really should knock a star off of this review. However, I just think it is a fantastic editing experience overall, and I’m glad there are power features in here, or even if they feel hidden.

I just shelled out $30 for this app yesterday to basically see how the effects worked and what customizations there were for editing. First, I haven’t made it successfully through a single test recording because it freezes/crashes immediately upon setting a noise gate, which is the only effect I use every time I record. But then there doesn’t seem to be any way to easily save or organize clips for using them later outside of leaving them in a non-customizable, flat list with every other piece of audio. No folders, tags, ability to separate generic clips or sound effects from recordings, etc. I don’t see how I’m going to edit my intro, and then have it able to quickly drop into my episode recordings if I have no way to actually separate the files themselves. Having to sort through sound effects and full episodes in the same list seems terrible. I also felt like the change from the free to the $30 version had very little to show for it. I’m sure (at least I’m hoping) that there is a little more that maybe I’m simply not finding or don’t know how to utilize. But right now, despite my initial excitement over being recommended this, I don’t see how I could ever depend on this as my main podcasting software. In fact right now because of it crashing (brand new iPad Pro, second app installed on it) I cant do much of anything with it. But even if it was working I’d be a bit underwhelmed. Really disappointed, confused by the rating, and honestly want my money back.