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Title: Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: don_crawford on May 12, 2004, 06:51:33 PM
That's way too much!!!  :o

Are there free samples or something or a way to get a discount?  I'm not even close to sinking $400 for a lousy computer program.  

$20 - $40 is cool, but $400 gets a great big   :P
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: gristlejaw on May 12, 2004, 08:16:29 PM
you can try Audio Cleaning Lab its around $45 dollars and works well.  or you can do P2P if you so choose....
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: pfife on May 12, 2004, 08:49:21 PM
SF does have a trial version...

crack that sucka...

www.deja.com dog...


If you are honest, there are prolly other options, depending on what you want to do w/ it.  If you are just tracking, try cdwav - I believe its free
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: yemncsu on May 13, 2004, 10:58:49 AM
You can get a trial for Adobe Audition 1.0 from download.com.  It is a re-branded version of Cool Edit Pro.  Almost Identical.
Josh
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: fozzy on May 13, 2004, 12:18:21 PM
Audacity is OSS.  
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: don_crawford on May 13, 2004, 08:57:02 PM
Quote from: fozzy on May 13, 2004, 12:18:21 PM
Audacity is OSS.  

 ???

I appreciate the help from everybody!  :D
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: Brian Skalinder on May 13, 2004, 09:07:03 PM
Quote from: don_crawford on May 13, 2004, 08:57:02 PM
Quote from: fozzy on May 13, 2004, 12:18:21 PM
Audacity is OSS.  

 ???

OSS = Open Source Software.  In this case, free.

Audacity's SourceForge (http://audacity.sourceforge.net) page.
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: fozzy on May 14, 2004, 01:51:43 AM
Sorry for that, looks like Skalinder answered your question.  I figure OSS is in everyones vocab by now.  I have used audacity but still prefer soundforge because of markers and reigoins.  When i was lappy taping i always used audacity to record.
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: don_crawford on May 14, 2004, 09:09:00 PM
I should have known that!  I've been playing with mysql and phpBB for a month now and that's what they are - OSS....... D'oh!

Anyway, I went with a free trial of Adobe Audition because I only need to do a couple of transfers.  I'll probably grab Audacity, too just to have it around.

I appreciate the help.  ;D ;D
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: mirth on May 15, 2004, 01:47:09 AM
CDWave. Its 100% free (no limit shareware).
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: mikencphan on May 16, 2004, 10:58:03 PM
CD wave   ummmm
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: jkoch on May 19, 2004, 12:59:02 AM
not sure how cd wave will help you with editing...and soundforge is only the cost of your montly internet if you have kazaa and a good virus scanner....
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: mirth on May 19, 2004, 10:49:19 AM
Nobody's said anything about editing, unless its been edited (heh) out of previous posts. CDWave works quite nicely for recording, which is why I suggested it.
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: jkoch on May 19, 2004, 10:43:44 PM
guess people just assumed when he asked about soundforge it was for more than laptop recording
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: johnw on May 20, 2004, 07:23:42 AM
This might be a pretty dumb question, but doesn't Soundforge require an online registration before you can use it? If so, couldn't Sony track those people who are using cracked versions? Even if you give false info in the registration, they still have your IP and could request your account info from your ISP right?
Title: Re:Holy mackrel! Is Soundforge really $400?
Post by: caymanreview on May 20, 2004, 01:37:06 PM
Quote from: jmwils on May 20, 2004, 07:23:42 AM
This might be a pretty dumb question, but doesn't Soundforge require an online registration before you can use it? If so, couldn't Sony track those people who are using cracked versions? Even if you give false info in the registration, they still have your IP and could request your account info from your ISP right?

does not require online registration, only to ahve a serial number to unlock the program itself