Monday, February 2, 2009

WavePad Review

I'm going off the board with my review this week and looking at WavePad, a sound file editor that can be downloaded along with Switch, the audio file converter (and its also free). The program displays the waveform in a very large format that makes it easy to spot where the sound drops out (good places to make edits).

There are a number of effects features - my favorite is the normalizer, which brings the foreground (speaking) and background noises into balance. I tried it on a recording of an interview I did some time ago, and it was much easier to make out the words. You can also de-hiss, fade in and fade out, crossfade, and lots of other stuff that would make the sound better for presentation.

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