Gold Wave's manual is very well-written, and the author has bent over backwards over the past year to add more accessibility features. He even added scrubbing, a feature whose usefulness I'll never appreciate but which seems to be deeply engrained in the hearts of many as un-live-withoutable.
Bruce -- Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.--John 1:12, NIV Bruce Toews Skype ID: o.canada E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LiveJournal: http://brucetola.livejournal.com Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, Dane Trethowan wrote: > Yes, I've heard a lot about Goldwave but never tried it yet, ah well > it won't do any harm to add it to the "editor collection". The Sound > Forge manual is a monster, when I last looked at it I think it was > about 400 pages or more, anyone digested each and every page of it > yet? I was considerably impressed with Wavepad too, been a while since > I looked at it but I don't think it was too badly priced either. > Audasity should be worthwile investigating too if features available > in 1.35 beta make it to the next official version. > > On 02/03/2008, at 5:00 AM, Larry N wrote: > >> Hi Billy. Interesting question. I have 4 sound editors onboard. >> There's >> GoldWave, Sound Forge 8, DC 6 and WavePad. If you are asking about >> simple >> ease of use, accessibility and a manual that is easy to understand >> and set >> up in a way that can be accessed quickly, then GoldWave wins hands >> down. >> However, there are tasks that DC6 performs better than any piece of >> software >> that I've ever used. For instance, it has excellent hiss reduction and >> comprehensive noise reduction. The down side is that its manual is >> difficult >> to use with speech. >> >> And Sound Forge? I truly feel that I get less out of it than I >> probably >> should, simply due to a lack of understanding. For instance, Sound >> Forge >> works with editable files which are made into and edited from what the >> program calls regions. What is a region? I'm not exactly sure, nor >> am I >> certain how to go about creating one or editing the thing with >> keyboard >> alone. Perhaps it is my own inability to understand, but none of the >> Sound >> Forge faithful have been able to show me why this program is worth >> its hefty >> price tag. I would still love to know how to take a recorded file, >> such as >> that generated by a vinyl LP and edit out pops clicks and extraneous >> noise, >> then burn it onto a CD using Sound Forge only. Others in this group >> can do >> so, however I have not succeeded as yet. >> >> Meanwhile, with the exception of actually burning the CD, I can edit a >> project from start to finish using either GoldWave or DC6, >> >> To be entirely fair, I can perform some tasks more quickly while >> using Sound >> Forge. It's equalizer is superior. Its general audio restoration >> feature >> works quickly and for the most part reliably when applied to an >> entire file. >> But I don't find the manual easy to use, so I'm sure I'm not getting >> the >> most from the program. >> >> As for WavePad, that hasn't been discussed much here. I own a copy, >> but to >> be honest, I haven't played with it a great deal as yet. >> >> Others will have their own ideas, but if I were buying my first >> audio editor >> which could take me far beyond the beginner stage, I would choose >> GoldWave. >> >> Hope this helps you in some small way. >> >> Larry >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "TrueBlue & Proud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 6:02 AM >> Subject: sound editing? >> >> >>> hi guys, >>> what is the best sound editing software on the market today?. >>> >>> What is the basic differences between Gold Wave & SoundForge?, >>> >>> What are the latest versions of both pieces of software, and which >>> is more >>> speech friendly?, >>> Billy >>> Billy >>> >>> email. [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> MSN. [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> Skype. bluey1972 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ****************************** > Dane Trethowan > From Melton Victoria Australia > Phone +613 9747 3975 > Voiceover Tech Support +613 8732 9237 > Fax +613 9743 7954 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype: callto:grtdane12 > ******************************* > > > > > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
