My name is Mark from Eastern Australia. I have hundreds of records to transfer to CD and was looking for some software to do this. I always found the best way to evaluate something is to try before you buy. Especially if it's going to cost you three to five hundred dollars.
So I started looking for programs like Sound Forge and Cakewalk on the internet. I searched mainly in warez and appz areas as I wanted to try the fully functional versions. In reality I found this a TOTAL WASTE OF TIME!!!.
The list of software on warez sites often led me to a number of dead links and a lot of sickening porn. Pop ups would frequently appear and freeze your computer up. I often wasted entire days going through warez sites, only to come back empty handed. I've read about people finding software on these sites. I guess that it's pretty much a lottery. If you find something that's fully functional, your very lucky. I once downloaded a version of Cool Edit 96 from a site called monster warez. When I downloaded it. It only was the demo version.
Life's pretty busy, I haven't really got the time to hunt around for free software on empty warez sites. Unfortunately the only real way of trying out software is going to the shop and asking the shop-owner, or downloading the demo copy. Boring! but thats reality. I was lucky enough to have a friend in a radio station that lent me all the programs for me to try out.
I have tried all the major Sound Recording/Sound Editing programs and found that Sound Forge 4.5 is the best Software ever. This package is my sound editing bible!. I’d be lost without it. I payed $220 American for it brand new on ebay. Pricey I know. But every penny was worth it. Sound Forge has an excellent array of processing features. I mainly bought it, because it records directly to hard-drive. Interface is very simple.
Cool Edit 2000 is also a great program. Although I have the full operating version of this. I have turned off it as it has crashed a few times. Cool Edit can become unstable. I’ve never had this problem with Sound Forge. I’m currently using a 433mhz computer with 64Mg ram on a windows 98 system. I found Steinberg clean a big disappointment. It’s processing tools gave my recordings a lot of mid-rage and low-rage distortion. The Wavlab Studio that came with it was also vary flimsy to operate. You really had to be careful with your mouse. It doesn’t have that finer precision handling like Sound Forge. One slip and you have lost your selection. If you make this mistake with sound forge, you can at least go to undo to bring back your selection. I briefly looked at Cakewalk. I found this program both very complex with it’s interface and operation. I’ve left this one well alone. I think Cakewalk is more suited for multi-tracking purposes.
Hope my discription of past experiences with sound editing software and seaching for warez has helped. I’d be interested to hear from others who may of had similar experiences.
Cheers.
So I started looking for programs like Sound Forge and Cakewalk on the internet. I searched mainly in warez and appz areas as I wanted to try the fully functional versions. In reality I found this a TOTAL WASTE OF TIME!!!.
The list of software on warez sites often led me to a number of dead links and a lot of sickening porn. Pop ups would frequently appear and freeze your computer up. I often wasted entire days going through warez sites, only to come back empty handed. I've read about people finding software on these sites. I guess that it's pretty much a lottery. If you find something that's fully functional, your very lucky. I once downloaded a version of Cool Edit 96 from a site called monster warez. When I downloaded it. It only was the demo version.
Life's pretty busy, I haven't really got the time to hunt around for free software on empty warez sites. Unfortunately the only real way of trying out software is going to the shop and asking the shop-owner, or downloading the demo copy. Boring! but thats reality. I was lucky enough to have a friend in a radio station that lent me all the programs for me to try out.
I have tried all the major Sound Recording/Sound Editing programs and found that Sound Forge 4.5 is the best Software ever. This package is my sound editing bible!. I’d be lost without it. I payed $220 American for it brand new on ebay. Pricey I know. But every penny was worth it. Sound Forge has an excellent array of processing features. I mainly bought it, because it records directly to hard-drive. Interface is very simple.
Cool Edit 2000 is also a great program. Although I have the full operating version of this. I have turned off it as it has crashed a few times. Cool Edit can become unstable. I’ve never had this problem with Sound Forge. I’m currently using a 433mhz computer with 64Mg ram on a windows 98 system. I found Steinberg clean a big disappointment. It’s processing tools gave my recordings a lot of mid-rage and low-rage distortion. The Wavlab Studio that came with it was also vary flimsy to operate. You really had to be careful with your mouse. It doesn’t have that finer precision handling like Sound Forge. One slip and you have lost your selection. If you make this mistake with sound forge, you can at least go to undo to bring back your selection. I briefly looked at Cakewalk. I found this program both very complex with it’s interface and operation. I’ve left this one well alone. I think Cakewalk is more suited for multi-tracking purposes.
Hope my discription of past experiences with sound editing software and seaching for warez has helped. I’d be interested to hear from others who may of had similar experiences.
Cheers.
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