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Who says you can't get anything for nothing? As teachers of English, it is getting harder and harder for you to get a good cassette recorder to record and edit listenings for use in the classrom in the new digital world. Of course, you don't have to put yourself in any trouble to do it the hard way. What's more, don't just use as a luxury typewriter the new computer you've stuffed your lungs with a real pile of chalk or whiteboard marker ink dust to buy! Welcome to the world of digital recording and editing sofware where you can get really free software. I'd like you to look at some pieces that the digital world has given away. Try them out and you'll believe people are getting kinder when digitalized. Audacity - The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. More information at: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Download link: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/ WavePad Audio Editing Software Audio Editing Software for Windows This audio editing software is a full featured professional sound editor for Windows. It lets you make and edit voice and other audio recordings. When editing audio files you can cut, copy and paste parts of recordings and, if required, add effects like echo, amplification and noise reduction. WavePad works as a wav editor or mp3 editor but it also supports a number of other file formats including vox, gsm, real audio, au, aif, flac, ogg and more. More information at: http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/ KISS Wave Editor KISS Wave Editor v7.7 makes editing supported audio files (.wav only) as easy as editing text with its clear user interface and powerful effects. Our wave form editing window allows you to find the part you want to edit quickly. It's completely free - meaning free of cost, free of ad-ware, free of spy-ware and intrusive code. More information at: http://www.webspeakster.com/KISS_free_wave_editor.htm Download link: http://www.webspeakster.com/FREE_SETUPS/KISS.exe (?) Or: Free MP3 Converter Free MP3 Converter issimple ,straight,but yet powerful ,flexible MP3 encoder . It can be used to reduce file size of some MP3 song so it could be easier sent as E-mail attachment ,or to encode some captured audio from different audio sources: TV card ,line-in or microphone saved in smaller,more convenient MP3 format .Supports encoding of .raw and .wav files. More information at: http://www.sofotex.com/Free-MP3-Converter-download_L20679.html Download link: http://www.sofotex.com/downloads/d20679.html MPEG Suite 2001 1.5.5 MPEG Suite is a fast audio MPEG encoder and decoder that can use an internal encoding codec made by Electronic Cosmo as well as Plugger+ or BladeEnc (all included). The decoder uses the newest XAudio codec for optimal quality and speed. MPEG Suite allows you to set ID3 on output from the encoder and converter and can convert a high-bit-rate MP3 to a lower bit rate while keeping the ID3 information. Free CD to MP3 Converter 1.8 Free CD to MP3 Converter is an easy to use free CD ripper and free mp3 converter software that allows you to rip digital CD audio tracks to MP3 or Ogg format. It supports connecting to the CDDB database to automatically retrieve title information. The software can remember information from the CDDB database, save output filename based on the track.Supports ID3 tag edit and additional LAME options.It also supports for normalization of audio files. More information and download at: http://www.eusing.com/mp3_converter/free_mp3_converter.htm |