Overpriced and (in my view as I play with other editors) vastly over rated and overkill these days).
On 02/03/2008, at 6:51 AM, constantine (on laptop) wrote: > I love wavepad, and goldwave. Wavepad, I found, was great for > splitting > files- imho a bit easier than gold wave. Sound forge is about my > entire bank > acount, so I won't even go there- but lets just say that its a bit > over > priced and has a lot of features I won't use anyway. > > Have a good day from Tyler C. Wood! > > contact details: > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype: the_conman283 > > system details: > Hp pavillion dv5220CA notebook pc > AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-37 2.0 GHZ, 2512 mb DDR ram( > hopefully!), Fujitsu 100 gb 4500 RPM Hard Drive > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 1:28 PM > Subject: Re: sound editing? > > > 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. 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