Cheap Sony Sound Forge 8 With Noise Reduction 2.0 (Software) (Windows XP) Price

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Customer Reviews of Sony Sound Forge 8 With Noise Reduction 2.0

Exceptional music editing software. Does more than I'll ever need!
I've used Sound Forge to transfer cassettes, records and albums to mp3 format, and to enhance "old" recordings. <
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>It includes a bunch of "linkable" sound processors to fine tune output. I use a "hiss / pop" remover with the sound equalizer to make analog music and speech sound respectable, although not CD quality. <
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>I'm fairly certain that if I knew all there is to know about this software I could get much higher quality results, but the results I've received to-date have been very good. <
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>The best feature of Sound Forge is that it's so easy to use. You can use basic controls to get very quick, very good results. <
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>It's simple to copy, paste, reverse (good for Beatles songs with backmasking) and "fix" problems in your recordings. It even allows you to increase / decrease the volume of your recordings and add ID3 tags. <
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>You can save in a wide range of output formats and levels of quality. Of course, the higher the quality, the larger the output file and the longer it takes to "process" and save your results. <
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>I know there are hundreds of other amazing features in Sound Forge, but I probably won't ever use them, since I just needed recording software to "optimize" older music and Old Time Radio shows. It's been great for every recording use, thus far. <
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>I'm very glad I bought Sound Forge! I highly recommend it.

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Possibly the best 2 track editing software out there.
This is possibly the best 2 track editing tool on the market thus far, and without putting a hole in your pocket too. Having the opportunity to sample a "full version" of Sound Forge 8 from Sony for a 30 day period, I was immediately sold and knew sooner or later I HAVE TO have it. During the time I was evaluating Sound Forge 8, I came to realize that Sony not only let me try out the basics but I was granted FULL permission to go skin deep and utilize every tool that this amazing software has to offer. In retrospect, I was able to clean up and re-mastered a few songs from my vinyl collection for free - up until my time was running up. <
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>So I bought it! The reasons were all of the above - and then some...the box includes CD Architect 5.2 and Noise Reduction 2.0. <
>One of the reasons that I wanted this software so bad was the "Scrubbing" and "Pencil" tool. I use the features to scrub in areas where the clicks and pops or "glitches" (shown as unusual high peaks when zoomed in) and alternately using the pencil to smoothly redraw the waveform, bringing them to a stage where it is totally eliminated and without causing destruction to the highs and lows whatsoever. These ingenious tools have allowed me to clean up my [old] vinyl records without having to use any "noise reduction" to cover up the whole song compared to similar softwares out there. It allow me the freedom to clean/edit ONLY the parts needed and in contrast, preserves the original sound quality without any loss of frequency - all in real-time and totally non destructive. <
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>My conclusion: having tested a number of other similar softwares including the ever so costly "Waves Restoration Native" bundle (a technology licensed from the German based company Algorithmix's "Sound Laundry" which I also owned and use alternately) and retails for about twelve hundred bucks. Sony Sound Forge 8 is possibly the best thing as for editing and cleaning up old recordings. But this is more than just for cleaning up old vinyls, you can create different mixes; crossfades; loops and generate effects, the possibilities are endless. Noise Reduction 2.0 offers an array of different surface noise reducing preset settings with almost undetectable artifacts, but so far I haven't really use them. Also, CD Architect 5.2: not for the faint of heart, this is a nice burning tool with many professional features to tweak around (if you want to alter your music), I should state that this is a "CD mastering" software because it is exactly what it was designed and intended for. The best thing about this software is that it allows you the option to edit before you post master any CD to perfection. The downside: it ONLY allow disc-at-once (DAO) CD burning and automatically closes or "finalize" the disc whether you burn 1 or 10 songs - regardless! There are too many features to list and are quite complexed to use if you just want to do a "burn and go" CD. Also, if you like to master CDs and leave it open for later additions like I do, then I'll suggest using something like Nero or Roxio. Other than this minor flaw, it's a splendid software. <
>For me, the software's strictly for archival purposes; for others, it's a whole new production. I combine Sound Forge 8 with Cubase SE to create the ultimate digital domain and it works wonders! <
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>*Scrub Tool <
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>*ASIO (soundcard driver support) compatible for low-latency real-time response <
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>*CD Architect 5.2 included at no extra charge <
>*Noise Reduction 2.0 included at no extra charge <
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Sound Forge is VERY powerful
For those of you that have used WAV editors this product may or may not be great. For those of you who are starting out with WAV editing I don't know of an easier product out there. I had problems editing (splices) of takes until now. The marker feature for labeling the parts to be removed or attached together is great. The CD Architect protion is a pain to use compared with Nero or CD Creator. I would't bother loading it. I have not tried the Noise Reduction yet.