Hi Gordon. It sounds like the Diamond Cut products are quite interesting. I'm using Soundforge, but when I purchased Soundforge 5.0, I also got a deal. I only paid $99 for it as an introductory price. I got a deal on that one. It was 20 cents on a dollar, since Soundforge is around $500. It's good to hear about all the new sound editing programs that are being developed. It's good to have all the noise reduction and vinal restoration that's out, because of all the old recordings we have that we want to have restored. Also, it's good to have things like pitch shift, because maybe when listing to something like oldtime radio, I can control the pitch, so that the characters sound like what we remember them, instead of being set too high; then we can also clean up the extra noise in the recordings. ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. McFarlane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 5:08 AM Subject: Re: Diamond Cut 5 (DC5)
> Hi Hank > I think it's about $199 dollars for the new version. They have special deals > however - when I bought it about 6 months ago it was on offer at $125. They > claim to have deals for new users I think. > > here's the blurb from their email to me. There's more detail on the > website - I think you'll find it exciting: > www.tracertek.com > > Gordon > > Here's the email I first received: > 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: "hank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 8:38 PM > Subject: Re: Diamond Cut 5 (DC5) > > > > how much is this program? > > Don't judge me because I'm blind. Judge me by what's inside. if you judge > me > > because I am blind, then it is you who is blind. > > "time is the fire in which we burn," Tollian Soran. > > "grudges aren't worth holding--One who holds them shows his > self-weakness." > > Contact info: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Email: Same as MSN. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "G. McFarlane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC-Audio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 12:12 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]
