Just a little FYI, this month's (January) Maximum PC features Cool Edit Pro in
the Must Have Utilities...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Jonathan Hutchins
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 2:26 PM
> To: phoenician@phoenixcolony.com; kclug@kclug.org
> Subject: Re: Linux for vinyl-to-CD
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phoenician" <phoenician@phoenixcolony.com>
>
> > As far as that other OS goes, I think that Sonic Foundry's
> > Sound Forge, Cool Edit, and Acid Pro could do what you need it to.
>
> This is the stage where I really hate Windows - it's gonna cost me $30 - $50
> each to try those programs and see where the compromises and glitches are.
> Yeah, they may have free trial versions, but I've yet to see one of those
> that wasn't so annoying to use I couldn't tell if I would want the
> commercial software.  What if they insist I upgrade my PC to 98 or XP?  On
> paper, CD Creator with Spin Doctor looks like the perfect tool, but in
> practice it won't do the job.
>
> I just bought the "Pro" upgrade for Quicktime from Apple for another project
> (Darwin Streaming Server), and it doesn't have the options that the
> documentation says to use to prepare video for streaming.  $32 to find out
> that I still can't do the job.  At least when you find out that some Linux
> hack has all the features you need but it doesn't quite work yet, you're
> only out the time.
>
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