There are a number of Sound Software packages available to suit the user’s needs or experience. For the more experienced user, packages can be purchased. These have a lot more features than the free download packages that can be found on the Internet. Some of the most popular retail software packages are Sound Forge, Sony AcidPro and Reason. AcidPro and Reason are aimed more at the music production business and are more complicated using files, loops, percussion and instruments. Some CD burning programs also come with sound manipulation software. Nero has Wave Editor included and is quite easy to use. Most of the free sound software, which can be downloaded like Audacity work in a similar fashion and are relatively easy to operate.
Sound software can be used to manipulate most sounds, for instance recording someone’s voice with a microphone and changing the pitch or tempo of it to give a special effect. This could be used for a voiceover, radio show or podcast. You can also take a long clip of someone speaking and cut a small clip from it or even cut and paste it in a different order so they appear to say something completely different. Cutting small clips from larger speeches or music is useful for using on web sites or even ring tones on mobile phones.
Another reasonably new feature of sound software is transferring music files from audio tape or record. This can be done by using a special adaptor or pre amplifier then connecting a record/cassette player to record directly onto the computer. The software can even be used to eliminate any cracks or background noise by adjusting the sound and compensating the levels. When the sound file is recorded it will be one large mp3 or WAV file, this can then be split up and made into single tracks for a CD or mp3 player. Track titles can be added and will display on many of today’s CD and mp3 players.
Analogue-to-digital converters or ADC can convert analogue sounds to digital so they can be manipulated or made into computer sound formats i.e. mp3. This process can be reversed using a Digital-to-analogue converter or DAC. The quality of the transferred sound file depends on the converter, the more expensive it is the better result will be achieved.
More numbers of channels are used now with sound files, firstly there was Mono which was only one channel and lacked in any atmospheric quality. Mono was followed by Stereo which is still used today for music using two channels. Others include Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro-Logic, DTS and 3.1 which use various channels or speakers and a lone bass speaker ( the .1) or sub woofer. These are becoming more common today on computers to give a realistic or surrounding sound using the individual channels.
Sound software can be used to manipulate most sounds, for instance recording someone’s voice with a microphone and changing the pitch or tempo of it to give a special effect. This could be used for a voiceover, radio show or podcast. You can also take a long clip of someone speaking and cut a small clip from it or even cut and paste it in a different order so they appear to say something completely different. Cutting small clips from larger speeches or music is useful for using on web sites or even ring tones on mobile phones.
Another reasonably new feature of sound software is transferring music files from audio tape or record. This can be done by using a special adaptor or pre amplifier then connecting a record/cassette player to record directly onto the computer. The software can even be used to eliminate any cracks or background noise by adjusting the sound and compensating the levels. When the sound file is recorded it will be one large mp3 or WAV file, this can then be split up and made into single tracks for a CD or mp3 player. Track titles can be added and will display on many of today’s CD and mp3 players.
Analogue-to-digital converters or ADC can convert analogue sounds to digital so they can be manipulated or made into computer sound formats i.e. mp3. This process can be reversed using a Digital-to-analogue converter or DAC. The quality of the transferred sound file depends on the converter, the more expensive it is the better result will be achieved.
More numbers of channels are used now with sound files, firstly there was Mono which was only one channel and lacked in any atmospheric quality. Mono was followed by Stereo which is still used today for music using two channels. Others include Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro-Logic, DTS and 3.1 which use various channels or speakers and a lone bass speaker ( the .1) or sub woofer. These are becoming more common today on computers to give a realistic or surrounding sound using the individual channels.
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