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  1. Re:A very neat relyable piece of FOSS Software. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny · on Audacity 2.2.0 Released

    It does what it does, for free. However, it still falls short of Goldwav and at just $45 bucks it's worth 10 times that much if you have to do anything even semi-professional with audio on a regular basis.

  2. Re:Audacity and BitPim for me, thanks by daddyrief · · Score: 2, Informative · on Music Industry Set To Introduce the "Ringle"

    I copy ringtones in a similar fashion. I use MPT (Motorola PhoneTools) and a program called GoldWave, which allows me to cut and pick which part of the song I want as a ringtone. It really doesn't take as long as sibling suggests.

    Oh, and a hint, when exporting out of GoldWave (or whatever editor), encode the mp3 ringtone as MONO and a slightly crappier bitrate (start with 128 kbps and work your way down.) I dont know about you, but I cant stand when people play music out of their cell phones and it sounds like crap.

  3. Re:Canadian software by oc255 · · Score: 1 · on Computer Analysis Sets NASA History Straight

    Yeah, I read that and was very unimpressed. Haven't used this since '94. Their site says it does noise reduction from clipboard so I suppose you could sample some background hum and substract out the noise. I guess that's a start.

  4. Re:A few by illuminatedwax · · Score: 1 · on Software for Your Musical Instruments?

    Oh, if you're talking Windows, then in my opinion you can't beat Goldwave, which is great despite having a nag screen.

  5. All your DRM music are belong to us. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative · on iTunes DRM Hole Closed

    Puh-leeze. When will Napster, Apple and the RIAA learn?

    Anyone with functioning ears can bypass DRM.

    Got an old copy of Goldwave? (The new version might do it too).

    Simply create a new .WAV, press play on your DRM-enabled player and record on Goldwave.

    Ta-da. DRM-less WAV file.

    Use Nero to burn the .WAV to your CD or use the LAME encoder to convert it back to .MP3.

  6. I've already hacked it. by baudilus · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Microsoft Preps 'Janus' Music Copy-Prevention Scheme

    Step 1) Rent song.
    Step 2) Put rented song on mp3 player.
    Step 3) Go to Radio $hack, buy an adapter cable to connected mp3 output back into PC.
    Step 4) Record song from Sound Card's 'Line In' using a high-quality program like Goldwave.
    Step 5) Enjoy all the choonz you want for $10 / month.

  7. Re:Just spped it up by droid_rage · · Score: 1 · on Homemade Subliminal CDs

    That's what I do. I use goldwave (windows cheapware) to compress the audio to whatever works best for me, usually 600 wpm or so. I think the reason it works so well is that I go into an active listening state, instead of letting my mind wander.

  8. Re:Audio CD's by lunartech · · Score: 1 · on Seattle Times Reviews Desktop Linux Distros

    I think this comes down to some confusion on the reporter's behalf. The tracks on an Audio CD are not actually ".cda format files". to quote another site... "The cda files you see when you view an audio CD in your computer are created internally by the CD-ROM device driver and do not actually exist on the CD itself. They are only 44 bytes in size and contain track times that help programs like the CD Player and Media Player determine what part of the CD to play. They make it possible to drag-and-drop a track for playback."

  9. Re: try goldwave too by Wilk4 · · Score: 2, Informative · on Audacity 1.2.0 Released
    Goldwave is a nice, inexpensive sound editor, with good features. worth checking out, particularly since it's uncrippled shareware.

    I use it for making MP3's of sermons for our church website. Nice features at a great cost.

  10. Re:No audible.com by digitalvengeance · · Score: 2, Informative · on Review of Dell's Digital Jukebox

    I use a standard MP3 CD player in my car - and as a result have a very simple way to convert audible content to pure MP3.

    Just download the older version of Audible's software - I think version 3 or below will work, and use the codec that comes with it. Grab Goldwave, a very impressive digital audio editing program, for less than $50. It'll be happy to open audible files using the codec mentioned, put in splits at silences (cue points), and save the individual blocks into MP3 files. Overall, conversion of a 6 hour book or book part takes 2-3 hours on my P4 1.3.

    I've converted dozens of audiobooks this way and never had a problem playing them in my RFX9000.

    That would be an easy way to listen to audible content on these new Dell players.

  11. Re:How to record from the other input by Cecil · · Score: 1 · on Copy-Protected CDs Going Mainstream

    I suggest GoldWave. It's nagware, but that's it. Plus if you want to buy it, it's not as expensive as Sound Forge, that's for sure.

    Very complete, too, IMHO. Worth the money.

  12. Re:Encoding from old audio tapes? by cos(0) · · Score: 1 · on Who'll Be Using Ogg Vorbis Instead Of MP3?

    I recommend using GoldWave software as your WAV recorder. It's free, easy to use, and excellent. It allows you to make any WAV quality *you* want.

  13. Re:What Kinds of Malicious Code? by ahaning · · Score: 1 · on Security Hole Lets Lycos Run Arbitrary JavaScript
    Okay, I'm sorry, I spoke before researching a little.

    The statement about WinXP running all things as Administrator came from a radio interview between GRC's Steve Gibson and TheRegister's Tom Greene. You can read a transcript (crap) or listen to the WMA (could someone on a decent connection download Goldwave and reencode it as an mp3 or ogg?).

    Another article supports my statement. In particular, the line that reads:
    Steve Gibson maintains that raw socket support should not be included in Windows XP because the consumer version of XP defaults at running you as administrator (a.k.a. root) mode.

    As it gets easier and easier to install and use, how many new Linux users even know the dangers of operating as root? Let alone Win2k/WinXP users.

    So, we'll have all these boxes running out there in root mode while people are checking their mail and browsing the web. We've got enough problems as it is with Windows' limited (no raw sockets) TCP/IP stack.
    Now, you could argue that anyone who wanted to run some random program could just as well install support for raw sockets for Win9x (winpcap, anyone?) and install a trojan that could make use of it and syn-flood some server with spoofed IPs. And you'd be absolutely correct..they could. However, have they? Not to my knowledge. However, with WinXP, they won't have to. WinXP (probably) includes a nice, powerful, BSD TCP/IP stack that can do all that raw sockets stuff without the user having to install it. Skript kiddies, rejoice!


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  14. Re:This is nice - but what about other DRM systems by rotor · · Score: 1 · on SDMI Cracked Too Soon

    I've always just run RealPlayer alongside a separate recording program such as Goldwave. It works like a charm.

  15. Easier to port to Linux by G27+Radio · · Score: 2 · on Borland And Troll Tech And Kylix Delphi/C/C++


    I'm pretty happy simply because I've been hoping for a Goldwave port to Linux. I contacted the author a couple weeks ago and he said that the Linux port was largely dependent on the Kylix project. Goldwave is a lightweight .wav editor with a bunch of nice features--something I think Linux could really use.

    Hopefully this will lead to a lot more Linux ports by other authors. Kylix is good for Linux.

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