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CoderBoy:
I currently use SUPER to convert my media files.. I am searching for a way to enhance my recorded cassette tapes. I use Audacity at the moment. Do you use any other great and free software to edit audio? Audacity's options are a bit confusing to use at times but I can record and cut out parts of the recorded audio files easily.

Plasma Man:
In the beginning Audacity was a great project simply because it was the first cross platform free audio editor out there. For a time it was very popular in educational facilities as kind of "training wheels" for music recording. But it's development has slowed to snail pace.

A much better option is something like Reaper developed by Justin Frankel of Winamp fame.
http://reaper.fm/download.php
http://www.cockos.com/wiki/index.php/Reaper_Documentation

Reaper is a small but very powerful audio production tool. For what you want to do I think you'll find it's fast and easy to use. The forum is very helpful (if you aren't experienced with audio editing they can offer lots of good tips).

There are also tons of good free VST plugins out there that can help clean up / enhance your sound. The forum has threads dedicated to the best freebies.

Yep. it's shareware but moderately priced. You can use it for free (you'll just have to put up with the reminders)

Andre

justice:
License

REAPER is uncrippled unexpiring shareware. Be sure to purchase a license if you use it past the evaluation period. The full license agreement will be presented to you when you run the installer.[/quoite]
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Plasma Man:
REAPER is uncrippled unexpiring shareware

It says wot it meenz.  :P

Plasma Man:
If you wanted to experiment with some no-install freeware apps you could start here:

http://portablefreeware.com/?c=12&sc=66

You might find something to your liking.

I recommend Reaper simply because a lot of the basic issues that plague some of these other apps (file support bugs, crashes with large files etc) were ironed out early in the beta stages. At the end of the day, if the music matters a fully functional shareware solution might be more sensible.

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