GoldWave 5.57

After you give the GoldWave application a try you will not want to switch to another similar application. That’s because GoldWave is a top notch audio editor that has everything and a bag of chips so to speak. You can use this application for any of your audio editing needs, be them simple needs or fairly complex ones. To better put things in perspective, here are the main things GoldWave can do:

Play audio tracks
You can listen to audio tracks like you would in any media player. GoldWave displays real-time visuals of the track you are listening to and lets you play with the playback speed, make the track play faster or slower.

Record audio tracks
GoldWave can record the sound form the microphone, the sound from the line-in, and the sound from any device you connect to the PC. You can turn your old LPs and audio cassettes into digital tracks, put those tracks on your MP3 player and listen to them on the go.
You can set it up so that GoldWave will automatically start recording at the time you specify. You can also set it up so that GoldWave will automatically pause recording.

Edit audio tracks
There is a lot you can do to a track with GoldWave. You can for trim it, you can merge audio files, you can adjust the bass and treble, you can beep out what you don’t want to hear, you can add various effects to spice things up, you can adjust the pitch of the voice, and you can do a plenty of other editing bits and pieces.
Batch processing allows you to edit several tracks at the same time.

The nice thing about GoldWave is that even though it is a professional, powerful digital audio editor, it is quite easy to use. As long as you have a bit of audio editing experience, you will fell very comfortable using this application. If you’ve never used an audio editor before, you should not run into any significant problems when getting started with GoldWave.

Another nice thing about GoldWave is that it is highly customizable. You can play with the controls, bars, windows, and set things up just the way you want them.

Pros

• Plays audio tracks
• Records just about anything
• Numerous editing functions
• Highly customizable
• Award winning application

Cons

• Limited functionality in the trial version

Additional information on GoldWave is available on its official site at www.goldwave.com.

GoldWave has been reviewed by George Norman on 08 Apr 2011. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated GoldWave 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent