[HANASHIR:6240] Re: Sound-editing software

[Andy Curry <acurry...>]

The sound card itself converts the analog input signal to digital format
(and the digital stream from the computer to analog output).  That's what
sound cards do.  "WAV" and "MP3" files are (because they are files) by
definition composed of bits (Binary digITS) and are therefore digital audio.

I use Cakewalk Pro Audio for all my computer-based sound projects, and I'm
happy with it.  You can do things like add effects, stretch or compress
time without changing pitch, and more.  Because it can do so many other
things, like MIDI, the learning curve can be steep.  I have a $100 Yamaha
PCI sound card, but if you're willing to spend quite a bit more, you can
get cards with multitracking (more than 2 tracks) capabilities.

Be prepared to spend a LOT of time with your project no matter what
hardware and software you use!

Good luck.
Andy

At 08:30 PM 6/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi, Michael.  Hope all is well with you!
>
>I've had a great deal of luck with a software package called "Cool Edit
>Pro."  It's quite easy to learn, though it requires an analog-to-digital
>converter (as would just about anything, I suspect) to feed sound into a
>computer.  I used it to edit the HN 1999 CDs, and was able to do so with
>relatively little difficulty:  including taking out coughs, background
>noise, etc.; I also was able to create fadeins and fadeouts with ease.
>Note that this software package is a few years old at this point, so there
>may be something better out there; but I think it's still worth checking
>out Cool Edit Pro's most recent version.
>
>Shavua Tov.
>Judah.
>
>On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Michael L. Zimmer wrote:
>
>> I came home from Have Nashira with over 5 hours of tape.  I would like
>> to play the tape into my computer sound card, edit the material and then
>> burn a few CD's on my new CD re-writable CD drive.
>> 
>> Does anyone know of any good software to edit and/or enhance the quality
>> of the recording before I burn the CD? I also have 50 years of
>> reel-to-reel audio tapes that I'd like to edit and burn onto CD's, so
>> this software is not just a "one shot" deal!
>> 
>> 
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