FieldAssist
Review, edit, and process audio coming in from the field.
FieldAssist is a desktop application for reviewing, editing, and processing audio recorded in the field. It opens the formats recorders produce, lets you cut takes down to the parts worth keeping, and exports them in the format you need for the next stage.
Start here
Section titled “Start here”- Getting started — install, open a file, and play it back.
- Review editor — work a take down to the parts worth keeping.
- Sessions — organize media and compositions across a recording trip.
- Export — write your edits to disk.
Command line
Section titled “Command line”FieldAssist ships two companion tools for headless work:
field-batch— run Lua scripts and a REPL without the application.field-play— play a composition or a media file on the default output device.
Scripting
Section titled “Scripting”FieldAssist, field-batch, and field-play share one Lua 5.4 API. The
scripting guide explains how the hosts initialize and
the conventions the API follows; the reference documents each module.
Supported formats
Section titled “Supported formats”Audio: WAV, AIFF, CAF, FLAC, OGG, MP3, M4A/MP4, MKV. Codecs: AAC, ADPCM, ALAC, FLAC, MP1, MP2, MP3, PCM, Vorbis. Platforms: Linux, macOS, and Windows.