Pyro

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Hey raab...I have Pyro 2004...I wanted to transfer some of my homemade music (that I had on cassette) to my computer (and then burn it to CD) and this was one of the functions that the Pyro ad boasted about. I hooked up a cassette deck to my computer "line-in" and recorded each song. The program allows me to edit the song file. I can chop off the silence/hiss at the beginning/end of the song. create a fade-in/fade-out (you can have a song fade into another song also). It has a noise- reduction feature which I haven't found very useful (it seems to take some of the music out). It has a 5 band EQ which I really like (I am finally learning how to apply EQ and hearing how much making proper EQ adjustments can improve the sound). You can add effects to your song file but I have found that I have to go through several steps of editing and saving a song file (if I try to do too many edits at once the program will lock up). The program has a "loudness maximizer" which sort of works like a compressor. When you put together a group of songs (like when you are organizing songs for a CD) you can line them up side by side and see a visual representation of their "waves", you can manipulate the waves to get them to have similar volumes. Besides tranferring cassette to my computer with Pyro 2004 I have also mixed down to it from my 4-track cassette and ran sequenced music from my keyboard to it. It also allows you to change back and forth from WAV file to MP3 (and WMA). Overall I have found the program very useful and worth the $25. It fits my needs. I think of it as a poor man's mastering program.
 
Sounds cool. I saw it at Tower REcords for the first time the other day and it looked pretty cool. I'm looking for a program that would allow me to make CD's where each song would fade into each other, plus be able to burn CD's without any time in between tracks. The burner program I have now puts that damn 2-3 seconds between tracks. Pyro looks like it would fit my needs pretty well. You got it for only $25??? I saw it for $50 the other day...
 
I downloaded it from the Cakewalk website (which was cheaper than ordering it on CD and having it sent in the mail), also it I might have gotten a deal because I was a registered Cakewalk customer (I had bought some now-ancient version of Home Studio long ago)...I have seen that recently they have come out with a newer version of Pyro (newer than Pyro 2004) which expands it features beyond audio (I think the ad mentions DVD's). I have also seen an ad that offered Pyro 2004 bundled with other software in a package deal. You might want to go to their website (I think it is cakewalk.com) and see what kind of deal you can get.
 
Hey I just went to the website and it looks like you can get Pyro 2004 as a download for $29 (their pricing is a little confusing with one price for new users and one for former/registered users, but the download price seems to be for everyone)
 
Cool. I'm gonna have to grab that. I'm gonna be working off a weak HP Pavillion, Pyro doesn't look like it will freeze up on my system...
 
I'll have to add that I had an issue with Cakewalk concerning Pyro. I bought Pyro2003 not too long before 2004 was released. Since 2004 had some features that 2003 lacked (like dx plugin support) I wanted to upgrade. Cakewalk did not provide upgrades. If you wanted the new product, you had to pay the full price.
I thought this was poor practice on Cakewalk's part.

Regards,
Terry
 
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