Wavepad – Record n Edit the Audio!
Wavepad is a sound recorder and editor that lets the user record and edit voice and music. Though not a loop based application, this software created by NCH Swift Sound comes handy in creating simple music by allowing simple options like copy, cut and paste either the entire track or just small selected parts of the track. Also on offer are various editing options like amplify, normalize, echo, reverb, equalizer, reverse, high pass filter, dynamic range compressor, all of which are just the perfect foil for the beginner who has just started and not yet comfortable with high end music editing software. Point to be taken into account here is that this software is not for the professionals. Working in this software for some time will however give the closet musician the right amount of exposure to move on to other complex softwares within a small amount of time.
Wavepad also offers various DirectX plug-ins for more varied effects like Distortion, Parametric Equalizer, Compressor, Flanger, Chorus, I3Dl2Reverb which paves way for the user to experiment a lot with sound making it a great learning experience. Also, it allows the user to save the finished music in a wide range of formats other than the usual mp3 and WAV. Some of the other popular file formats that Wavepad allows the user to store his file as are vox, raw, m4a, rss, acc etc.
Pros of Wavepad :
1) This software is free. Yes. You heard it right! There is an advanced version on sale, but the free version has everything to make it a basic, but complete package.
2) Wavepad is the perfect recording and editing software an aspiring musician can lay his hands on. The working interface will do a great deal in helping the user understand the aspects of wave editing.
3) A simple graphical interface makes it a delight for beginners to work.
Cons of Wavepad :
1) A strict no-no for professionals.
2) No multi-track support.
Final Word :
The final word is that this software is the perfect gift one can give to a budding artist.
Software version and other info :
Version : 3.05
Homepage : NCH Swift Sound
Licence : Free to try
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