Hi Jamey. I first bought Soundforge when there was a deal on it for $99, and the usual price at that time was $500, or thereabouts. I think I like using it with Noisereduction, but there are a lot of things with it that I don't use! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamie Pauls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:08 AM Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought
> When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction > and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was > probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased Studio > Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on > over > the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know, > Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever use; > it > has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it. > > On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real > resource > hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect > intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was a > bit ornery anyway. > > I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have installed > Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback from > the > list. I am looking at three options. > > 1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction. > 2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 if I > read it correctly. > 3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another > audio program. > >>From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor >>would > the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money is > no > object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself that > I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this > machine, > so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful responses. > > Jamie Pauls, MT-BC > http://www.accesswatch.info > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]