Goldwave effects

  • Thread starter Thread starter gospel
  • Start date Start date
G

gospel

New member
I love working with Goldwave and have been able to really enhance a lot of my recorded cassettes and burn them to CD with great results. Except for one thing. The reverb is no good! It's way too metallic sounding (or something, it is just not a good sound). Does anyone know if there is any kind of plug in effect that could be used with goldwave or just downloaded and used to edit the wav files?
 
For some bizzare reason, goldwave has never supported DX or VST effects, so your options are very limited.

Your best bet is to get a decent editor like Soundforge or Wavelab.

Slackmaster 2000
 
I came to the conclusion early on that I wanted to use Goldwave only for editing my audio just prior to CD burning. All my effects are done before I get there.

The effects in Goldwave seem to be fun to play with, but I've never been impressed with their sound, either.

My main uses are for fade ins and fade outs, and "normalizing" the volume levels (ie. slight compression & volume maximization) of several songs to get them to have the same apparent level when combined on disc.

Darryl.....
 
Slackmaster,
I appreciate your advice, but I just can't afford Soundforge or Wavelab. Especially since I like everything else about Goldwave and I am a beginner. Do you or anyone else have any more advice or effects that might be less expensive?
 
The only inexpensive route is to use an app that is a DX and/or VST host...e.g. Soundforge. I know I've seen people get copies of Soundforge here and there for just under $100.

You might also try something like n-Track. Although it is primarily a multitracker, it does have editing features and can of course process DX and VST. It's < $60.

Maybe somebody else knows of a less popular but cheap wave editor? Anybody?

Slackmaster 2000
 
Slackmaster, I'm still relatively new to this stuff so this may be a stupid question. If I wanted to use N-track to have the ability to add good effects to the work I have been doing (downloading songs from a recorded cassette and enhancing them, etc.) how would I do this. When I open the file would it just go in one track? Or do I need to open it in two different tracks for stereo? Or what?
 
n-Track will work with both stereo and mono wave files.

Note: n-track is a multitracker first and foremost...it's not the best editor in the world :) It is an option though.

Seriously look for Sound Forge...I haven't looked into it for a while but I seem to see a lot of people snagging it on sale for < $100.

Slackmaster 2000
 
Soundforge 6.0 is $299.99 on Musician's Friend and they are usually pretty cheap on their stuff. Do you know anywhere else to shop for SF? Or you could just give me the money?
 
Look for the outdated versions for cheap

Gospel,

Soundforge 6.0 is now out (I think...or comming out soon) so if any stores have any of the previous versions left they are likely to be blowing them out.

When Acid 3.0 came out I picked up Acid Pro 2.0 for 14.99 and it comes with Soundforge 4.5 bundled.

The boxed Soundforge4.5 went for like 50 bucks or something but sold out in like a day.

Still.....a nows a good time to watch for blowouts on Acid 3.0 and Soundforge5.0.

Keep your eyes open, you never know.
This is a good way to aquire a good, legally registerable, and upgradable copy of some useful software.

Soundforge does indeed kick ass, especially for transferring cassets to CD with some cleaning/leveling applied.........actually it kicks ass all the way around.

-mike
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top