Audio Editor Gold

Audio Editor Gold is a software solution which enables you to create or open a new file, record footage from the sound card, transcribing text to speech, extracting tracks from a CD and editing all of these items.

You are required to go through a pretty simple and quick installation process, while the user interface is pretty well-structured and intuitive. It comprises a quick access toolbar, a tabbed ribbon, multiple buttons and a pane in which to view the waveform of the uploaded item, all of this without putting a strain on the computer’s performance.

In addition to that, it comes packed with some extensive Help contents, which can be very helpful to novice users.

This utility supports a pretty long list of formats, including WAV, MP3, MPEG, MP2, WMA, OGG, CDA, PCM, AU, AIFF, MPC and DSP. These can be inserted with the help of a file browser or the "drag and drop" method, features which enhance ease of use.

Thus, you can set the starting and ending point, zoom in and out, trim a selection, snap, convert the sample frequency rate, undo or redo your actions, edit the left, right or both channels, as well as add a mark.

You can add sound effects which include invert, reverse, silence, amplitude, delay effects, filters, time and pitch as well as noise reduction. It is possible to toggle between the waveform mode and spectral mode, view a file list (you can create a favorites list), effects list, as well as marks list.

You can also bring forth a graph which analyzes the frequency, edit WMA information, as well as use a file merger, batch converter and batch normalizer. Also, you can configure output format settings, general settings (e.g. enable time recording), and more.

To conclude, Audio Editor Gold is a pretty efficient piece of software when it comes to editing audio tracks, dedicated to both power and novice users. It uses a moderate amount of system resources, includes a well-drawn Help file with snapshots and did not pop up any errors during our tests. Even if it doesn't necessarily bring something new to the table, we strongly recommend Audio Editor Gold to all users.