Depends on how you intend to use your program and what you expect out of it. Having listened to lots of other people's oldtime radio programs, I can say that what strikes me most is the lack of attention to issues of clipping and sound quality of over compression. I've heard countless shows completely ruined and close to unlistenable from these two problems. If either program helps you with these or if you can cope with any program's shortcomings in this area and otherwise like it, use that. It's better to become proficient at using a less than perfect program than to do a hack job with something with all the bells and whistles. Good luck and let me know what you decide to do. I'd be very interested.
----- Original Message ----- From: Jamie Pauls To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:08 AM Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased Studio Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on over the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know, Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever use; it has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it. On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real resource hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was a bit ornery anyway. I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have installed Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback from the list. I am looking at three options. 1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction. 2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 if I read it correctly. 3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another audio program. >From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor would the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money is no object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself that I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this machine, so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful responses. Jamie Pauls, MT-BC http://www.accesswatch.info _______________________________________________ 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]
