HOG

WAV files can come as a result of various different audio processors, and is quite popular in music making. Chances are you just need to apply a certain effect without too much effort. In this regard, HOG comes with the right means to enhance WAV files with just a few mouse clicks.

A neat advantage is that you don’t have to lose no time with installing the application, because it can be run on the go. This means you can keep it and use from a USB flash drive on other computers as well. System registries are not a dependency, thus not modified, keeping the target PC clean.

The interface is classic, with no shiny elements to distract you, all options being well-clustered inside the compact window. As such, you can quickly access all components, namely convolve, EQ match, ring modulate, decimate, frequency extractor, and vocoder. Each is fitted with its own window to provide different values for quality and other output settings.

Except for the decimate effect, all other components usually require three fields to be filled in with input, output, and extra WAV file which is in most cases additional, and only provides enhancement support.

Regardless of the area, various numerical values can be tweaked to obtain different effects, for more possibilities. Overlapping, strength, smearing, gain adjust, threshold, in and out phase, bit rate, sample rate, and a lot more other values are at your disposal.

The process takes quite a little while to get finished, but there’s one thing in particular that has an impact on practicality. In other words, you only gain a preview by listening to the output, with no built-in player to better test effects before applying them.

HOG manages to get the job pretty clean, but you need some patience if you want to try out more variations, due to the missing playback options. However, the amount of effects and options are decent, each with various different settings to tweak, a more suitable playground for more experienced individuals.