Hi Gordon. I think that one reason why I purchased the Soundforge program, was that it seemed to adhere to windows conventions than any other sound editing program. ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. McFarlane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 5:17 AM Subject: Re: Diamond Cut 5 (DC5)
> Hi Gary > I'm afraid I don't know - I use Cool Edit Pro (Audition)'s noise reduction > package which I find quite good but DC5 beats it in many ways but not all. > Certainly with the hundreds of presets, it's got much more choice. I've > tried quite a lot of the cheap and expensive programs and I believe that > this is probably true to its claim in being the best once you get used to > using it. I was totally blown away at first when I put a file with a > terribly scratchy and clicked 78 through it - nothing remained except a good > quality recording which had slight enhancement on it, clear, sharp and > extremely acceptable. > > It does so much more, audio grabbing from CD, Video etc. radio recording, > live filtering eg. connect the input of your soundcard to the source the > output of the sound card to another device and pass the signal through DC5 > and it will filter live. The new version will allow DirectX plugins so even > if you haven't enough with this package you can use your Sound Forge Noise > Reduction from within this program. > > I'll include the advert for the new version. It does look exciting, > especially when it's already accessible for dealing with files and will be > more accessible when they put in the new codes. > > Regards. > > Gordon > > here's the blurb: > Introducing DC SIX- A Special Announcement > We know that many of you spend a lot of time with DC Five and that you love > the feature set. Over the months DC Five has been shipping, we've been > told > again and again that DC Five is simply the finest and most full featured > audio restoration and enhancement product on the market. We've always taken > great > pride in this. > Even though we love DC Five, honesty compels us to report to you that this > statement is no longer true. There's another product that takes audio > restoration > to a whole new level. > Happily, it's from us and it's called DC Six! > This special edition of our wildly popular (in our humble opinion) > newsletter is devoted to one subject - all the scoop on DC Six. If you are > a present > owner of Enhance/CDR, DCart32, DC Millennium, DC Five, have ever purchased > anything from Tracer, or even if you just like to admire great software from > afar, you'll want to read this edition from cover to cover. > New Features in DC Six > When we started to plan DC Six, we decided to focus on the big picture. > Basically, we wanted to do three things all at once. We wanted to make the > program > faster, we wanted it to be easier and we wanted even more power. We think > you'll see all three of these goals in the feature set. > - DC Six is MUCH faster when processing. We now make even better use of > the math functions buried deep in your cpu and the result is a speed > improvement > on many filters from 10 to 80%. DC Five was fast, but DC Six will go MUCH > faster when you press that Run Filter button. You will see this speed > improvement > on both AMD and Intel processors. > - DC Six has a totally new type of filter that we've never offered before. > Our new EZ Clean will make it possible to fully dial in the filter to get > out > clicks, pops, crackle, hum, rumble, surface noise and hiss with less than 5 > seconds of prep work. There are no noise samples to be taken - the program > finds the noise and removes it automatically. It even adjusts to a changing > noise environment automatically. It shows you what it is doing > automatically. > You'll be automatically amazed by this super easy to use filter. It's just > great for any type of record or music recording on tape. > - DC Six has another new feature that many of you have been asking for: A > video mode. Now you can open AVI and mpeg video files in DC Six and watch > the > video and hear the audio. You can extract the audio portion of the video > file and use the Classic Mode or Fast Edit mode tools on this audio. > - DC Six now has support for DirectX plug-ins. If you have other audio > processing plugs you can now apply them in DC Six just like our native > tools. You > can even put them in the Multifilter! > - DC Six has a new 20 Band Graphic EQ. This new EQ uses traditional sliders > to make it incredibly easy to apply more complex EQ curves. > - DC Six now offers the ability to rip audio CDs! This is a much asked for > feature. It will even look up your audio CDs and display the name of each > track. > A single click will get the audio off the CD and onto your hard drive. > - DC Six now offers one button delete of .pkf and temp files. If you've > found hundreds of these sitting on your hard drive, now you can get rid of > them > with one click. > - DC Six has a new Fat Bottom function in the VVA. This is a bass harmonic > synthesizer which can really punch up your bass-challenged recordings. > - DC Six now has a new batch RMS gain normalize function. This adds another > capability to automatically level volumes among different songs in a > compilation. > - DC Six now saves in many new compressed audio formats. If you install a > new audio Codec on your computer, DC Six will automatically notice and allow > you to save in that format. > - DC Six adds an entirely new mode to the Continuous Noise Filter called > Auto CNF. This is a new type to adaptive tool which does not require a > noise sample > and is a more advanced version used in the EZ Clean filter. > - DC Six will now use files greater than 2GB is size. This has always been > a limitation of the .wav file format and not the audio program. We decided > to fix it anyway. You can now record your 10 hours of radio without > stopping. > - DC Six now has cancel buttons and progress indicators from most all > functions. > - DC Six now has a new Snap-to-Zero-Crossing function. This will allow you > to do a cut and paste without creating a click where the paste occurs. > - DC Six has a new Clone function which allows you to copy the Source window > to the Destination window with one mouse click and offers to do this for you > if you are working on part of a source file and don't have a destination > file open. > - DC Six has two new Paste functions - paste at the end of a file and paste > at the beginning. This makes it easy to make sure your audio is being > pasted > exactly where you want it. > - DC Six will ship with a new manual which, believe it or not, will be even > larger than our previous version. > - And lastly, we'll save a surprise or two for ship time! > So when will DC Six Ship and What will it Cost? > Our plan is to ship DC Six on (or around) June 15th (this year). With any > luck, we'll surprise you all and beat that date! > How much is the Upgrade? > After June 15th, the upgrade to DC Six is $99 for owners of DC Five. It > will be $149 for DC Millennium owners and $159 for DCart32 owners. It will > also > be $159 for any Tracer Customer..no matter what you've purchased from us. > If you Preorder...no matter who you are, you'll save some money...check out > below. > Our "No Upgrade Left Behind" special offer for you > For our current DC FIVE users, preorder today and save on shipping. You'll > only pay $99. We won't charge your card until we ship you something. > We know who you are. You're the person who is still using DCart32 or DC > Millennium. You've been tempted in the past to move up to DC FIVE, but for > whatever > reason you haven't. Tsk, tsk. > This time, we want everyone to join us at the DC Six party, so all you > DCart32 and DC Mill owners are getting a special invitation to join us in > the launch > of DC Six. Here's the way it works: > You simply upgrade to DC Five now for $99. This is good for both DC > Millennium and DCart32 owners. We'll send you out the DC Five immediately > and we'll > also send you DC Six when it ships. This is your chance to get totally > caught up for a bargain price. After DC Six ships, the upgrade prices will > be > as shown above, so don't miss this opportunity to join the rest of us in the > DC Six launch. Remember, DC Six is faster and easier to use. This offer > is only good until DC Six ships, so now's the time to join with us. > DC FIVE To DC SIX...$99 Click Here To Preorder Your Upgrade: > http://store.yahoo.com/tracertek/dcsixupfrdcf.html > tracertek/dcsixauedrea > DC Millennium To DC SIX...Preorder For Only $99 Reg. $149: > http://store.yahoo.com/tracertek/dcsixupfrdcm.html > DC-32, Enhance/CDR...Any Other Old DC Stuff...Preorder for $99 Reg. $159: > http://store.yahoo.com/tracertek/dcsixupfmold.html > Tracer Customers of all products can upgrade for $129...Reg. $159: > http://store.yahoo.com/tracertek/dcsixupfortr.html > I just bought DC Five last week! > Don't worry. Anyone who purchased DC Five after Apr 1, 2004 will get DC Six > for Free. This includes folks who upgraded during this period. > How do I get mine with the first shipments? > Order your upgrade now and we'll ship them in the order received. > Wanna read all about it? Try > http://www.tracertek.com/dc_six.htm > Wanna see how DC SIX compares to our entire lineup? Try > http://www.tracertek.com/restorationcomparison.htm > Order this Hot New Product Today and SAVE! > Have a great week. > Your friends at Tracer > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 8:55 PM > Subject: Re: Diamond Cut 5 (DC5) > > > > Hi Gordon. Thanks for the info on DC5. I'm wondering, is this better > than > > the noisereductionnn program that Soundforge uses? I guess what > Soundforge > > uses is a Direct Exe application. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "G. McFarlane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC-Audio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 3:12 PM > > Subject: Diamond Cut 5 (DC5) > > > > > > > Hi > > > I d on't know whether any of you have discovered this program but > it's > > > one of the best for noise reduction and at present it's usable with Jaws > > but > > > could do with one or two amendments to make it absolutely super. It's > the > > > best I've found so far for clearing all types of records/tapes and there > > are > > > so many presets. > > > > > > I sent them a list of things which I would have liked to be included in > > > future versions to help with accessibility. They're about to bring out a > > > version 6 with some of the improvements I suggested - others did too - > > > there's even going to be a Wizard to do automatic cleaning after > automatic > > > checking of the file which will make things much easier for the novice > > (and > > > for the experienced too). > > > > > > Here's the encouraging reply I received today. It looks like this > program > > > could become a standard for blind users if the company is prepared to > make > > > changes for our, as well as others', benefit. > > > > > > For full information on the program DC5, soon to be DC6, have a look at: > > > www.tracertek.com > > > > > > Gordon McFarlane > > > > > > Hi Gordon, > > > Sorry I didn't get back to you last time, but you weren't forgotten...I > > > simply forwarded your message to our programmers and forgot to tell you > > that > > > this > > > was what I was doing. > > > I heard from one of our programmers today and he wanted me to tell you > > that > > > he will do his best to work these things into the code. > > > I can't promise that it will happen for DC SIX's first rev, but if Rick > > (who > > > does the bulk of our programming) says he will put it in, I can promise > > you > > > he'll do his best. > > > You should also know that you're not the only one out there complaining > > > about these things, so we'll do our best to make you happy. > > > Thanks, > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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] > > > _______________________________________________ > 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]
