Hi all...
I'm looking for a simple WAV editor (for Win32).
The tasks I need to do usually are:

- Cut Copy and paste beteen wavs
- Play selections as loop
- Make fadeins / fadeouts (of volume)
- Ajust volumes

These are basically the actions I need to perform...

Maybe interesting to mix 2 o more WAVs... some kinda of multitrack but I'll need this feature from long time to long time...

I've tryed SoundForge, but Its an huge program (+50Mbs I think), and has hundreds of features I don't need.
I prefer something smaller, chaper and faster :-)

I'll try your recomendations.
Best regards.

b:.

maybe audacity is for you:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

regards; ilikedirt

Audacity is quite good, I agree.

For basic jobs, EAC's integrated wave editor ("Tools -> Process Wave") is good enough. I use it a lot.

Also, if you use Nero, you could use the Nero Wave Editor which is quite decent as far as I'm concerned.

GoldWave (I have no link handy ATM) is said to be a good (unlimited) shareware wave editor. I've never used it myself though.

Check out the GoldWave page: http://www.goldwave.com

As for adjusting volumes (the "evil" normalizing button) I've found EAC to be very accurate, in that it normalizes at .01 accuracy, for instance normalizing at 92% can give 91.9 or 92.0.

Try SoundEngine Free.

I have been using Wave Repairfor a while and find it easy to use, lots of features. $30 US. Use it both to record and to edit.

Hi,

another little audio editor (Homepage not available):

http://www.michael-moenning.de/pub/ASIA%20...v2.12%20eng.zip


AND:

Encounter2000 ( http://www.waschbusch.com/software.asp )
YAMAHA Wave Editor TWE ( http://www.yamahasynth.com/down/a3000/s_twe.htm )

goldwave is nice

Thats precision, not accuracy. It is very precise, but because of the method of normalization it uses, it is very precisely WRONG compared to something like mp3gain (which is a little less precise but more accurate).

high precision / low accuracy is like hitting exactly the same spot, repeatedly, to the left of a bullseye.

high accuracy / low precision is like hitting all over the dartboard, but centered around the bullseye.

Follow? sorry if i'm lecturing.

Cool Edit Pro 2.1 is only $249.

I use SF 6 for all of my stuff; very likely gross overkill for me currently but I already bought it and it works beautifilly for me. I tried that Audacity program recently but went back to SoundForge pretty quickly. That GoldWave program does look interesting; might give that a try in the near future to see how that feels.

For those who aren't on top of the news over at Syntrillium :

http://www.syntrillium.com/news/article.html?91

Rob

WOW! Amazing news.

Thanks for sharing it, rocketsauce.

I follow, and you make valid points. Thank you for so eloquently correcting my mistake of using accuracy when the word should have been precisely.

However, in the original post there was no mentioning of any ReplayGain type software as a specific request was made for volume adjustment (normalizing). I wouldn't recommend normalizing when there is ReplayGain type software available.