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Sound Forge 4.5

Faster, cheaper CPUs...Dirt-cheap, giant hard-drives...RAM out the wazoo...Burn your own CDs...It adds up to a digital audio wet dream. Thank goodness we don't have to wake up: there's good, affordable software to power it all. Sonic Foundry has kept up quite nicely with the ongoing revolution in digital sound creation and processing, regularly creating and updating powerful, reliable and full-featured Windows applications and plug-ins that stand in a class by themselves.

Sound Forge 4.5 is the latest incarnation of Sonic Foundry's flagship audio editing and processing package for the PC. It sports the functions that anyone serious about audio needs, while adding new features that keep its edge over the closest competitors. Although not cheap - about $350 street - it delivers the goods. Version 4.5 includes several goodies that were previously sold as plug-ins for an extra price.

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