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]
