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Question

WHAT DO U GUYS THINK OF SOUNDFORGE

Sep 19, 2012 10:55AM PDT

hi
i was just curious about how this software is good for
audio cleaning?is it good?

coonsanders

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No. Why?
Sep 19, 2012 11:01AM PDT

Because sound cleaning is something that only the person who did the cleaning can declare it good or not good enough. In the circles I run, we have software programmers with years of experience that will create a custom filter.

Imagine that you need to remove a gunshot at a specific point. No off the shelf cleaner will do that. Your programmers with probably decades of work in that field will have to create the cleaner.

So my answer is no and no off the shelf software could pass some folk's criteria.

-> With that out of the way, try titles and see which does the best job.

Also, it was a shame last year when I was asked this question. After going through a long list of titles they finally revealed they were trying to clean up an old cassette tape of the beach boys. They wanted one song and they exploded when I noted you could buy it on iTunes for 99 cents. They never revealed why they were willing to spend 99 bucks on cleaner software but not 99 cents for a fresh MP3.
Bob

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Sep 19, 2012 12:08PM PDT

well ive tried nero..now im using magix..i may try soundforge..magix has next to no support which sucks..

lenny

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Why not just give it a try by...
Sep 19, 2012 12:33PM PDT

download audio studio 10 for a free trial.

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Sep 19, 2012 10:47PM PDT

hi
i couldent download the trial..they said it was over..

coonsanders