I guess we can be thankful for the amount of choice out there. I've had quite a bit of success with the Noise Reduction of Goldwave and I've not needed to do much to get the results I've been after, if I remember correctly I think I wrote an article on this some time ago to the list so it will be in the list archives somewhere I'm sure <smile>, the best way to handle the Goldwave Noise Reduction - as with most other noise reduction software and plugins - was to reduce noise in a "Step-by-step" and "Gradual" process rather than trying to reduce all the noise at once.
The next step was to ensure you got a good "Capture" of the noise to use in the reduction process. No, the noise reduction facilities of Goldwave, Total Recorder and even Sound Forge aren't professional grade however they all do a pretty good job given what they are and I'd go so far as to say that the noise reduction facilities of Goldwave and Total Recorder probably surpass that of Sound Forge given that no development of the Sound Forge Noise Reduction software has taken place to my knowledge since the old Sonic Foundry days. The best ever noise reduction system I've used is with Amadeus Pro for the Mac, leaves everything I'e used on a Windows machine behind but not everyone has a Mac unfortunately so you'll all have to do the best you can <smile>. On 12/04/2012, at 5:09 AM, Don Breda wrote: > Hi Chris. I quite agree with you on most points. > > The developer is awesome! when it comes to his concern for accessibility. > > I have used gold wave on and off for many many years and purchased a full > license for it way back in the very early 90s. > > I don't regret that purchase. > > I have the latest version on my machine as I type this and frankly yes there > are buggs. I don't know of many programs that don't have some so this is not > a criticism at all. > > I don't happen to like the noise reduction capabilities in goldwave myself > but that I gguess can be a matter of personal preference. > > I do wish that the preview options were bettter designed in gold wave and > that switching presets while previewing would always take effect immediately, > sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. > > I also wish the preview button was a toggle instead of having to go over to > the stop button. > > I also wish it had a bypass checkbox and also a way to listen to the output > of only the removed noise as other programs do. > > Having said all that, for the money you just can't beat it. > > To say its a bargain is tipucal british understatement grin! > > > Don > > > > On 4/11/2012 2:18 PM, chris hallsworth wrote: >> You must have been using an old version of GoldWave to not like it. I >> haven't seen any bugs etc with the latest version and the author gives a >> darn about accessibility, and that's not from reading either. I trialled >> GoldWave for several years, and finally bit the bullet by first >> purchasing a one year license, then the lifetime one. I don't regret it >> one bit. Same with Total Recorder. The author gives a darn about >> accessibility, trialled it for several years, bought the lifetime >> license some two years ago and don't regret that either. >> >> >> Christopher Hallsworth >> >> On 11/04/2012 18:02, Don Breda wrote: >>> I have two up coming projects to work on. >>> >>> One involves removing tape hiss and the other involves removing noise >>> from vinyl records. >>> >>> If I take gold wave and sound fordge out of the picture which I must do, >>> what other stand alone programs can I use to accomplish these tasks. >>> >>> >>> I will consider gold wave only if there are some good plugins to >>> accomplish my tasks cause I don't like gold waves built in noise >>> reduction. >>> >>> I also don't like how gold wave handles previewing and some of the buggs >>> there in. >>> >>> Having said all that recommendations please or have I effectively nailed >>> my coffin shut. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> Don >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
