(based on 20 reviews)

GoldWave 5.55

Rated 50/50 by egg83 at Feb 20, 2008

Highly functional program, works with many common sound formats, is worth every penny paid. Very intuitive interface, you will not be disappointed.

Rated 50/50 by ssb at Feb 20, 2008

Simply the best!

Rated 50/50 by onestar at Feb 20, 2008

Simply the best editor, period. Been using it for years and it's always "just worked".

Rated 50/50 by renegadeviking at Oct 15, 2009

I have a rocketfish USB microphone which is supposed to recognize any OS Win5+ automatically. Goldwave instantly recognizes my microphone. I normally talk in it, delete some tracks by highlighting and punching del button. Then I can raise the volume and it sounds better over the decimal level on Mediacoder. I use it for every podcast. I don't know how to override the internal vorbis encoder, only Aotuv b5 of 10/2006.

Rated 50/50 by edfarleyjr at Dec 3, 2009

"used for years...continues to get better" full set of tools and filters; newer versions are easier to navigate; simple and clear interface; complete capabilities for editing files seems a little slow when it rips files (but I have an older computer too) Highly recommended

Rated 50/50 by raybare at Dec 4, 2009

"Only Goldwave! Best audio software ever." Great interface, superb audio recorder. May not be easy for new users. I've used this software for years and love it.

Rated 50/50 by jozu at Dec 22, 2009

"great software" you can save great songs live, and control de sound. your can edit it, delete and change it in several ways No one thing cons

Rated 50/50 by BuckoM at Dec 28, 2009

Easy to Use Multiple File Type Creation Pro Quality (As Far as I Can Tell) One-Time License Purchase Entitles You to Eternal Free Upgrades None that I've found. As far as I can tell GoldWave is professional quality. I tried MANY sound editing apps (free and purcahse (trial only - I didn't actually purchase them)) and none of them compare to GoldWave. I mainly wanted an app that would edit MP3s so I could make ringtones for my Razr and to edit songs for movies (amateur - I'm not a video pro) I make and I landed on GoldWave. I paid for it and haven't regretted it. Buy this app - you won't be sorry.

Rated 50/50 by andyb_ahb at Jan 23, 2010

- Manipulate your sounds in some pretty useful, extraordinary and professional sounding ways - The whole program is highly customisable in appearance and functionality. - Monitor any selected input on screen - Wide range of plugins to add to it - You have to pay for it I've been using the program on and off for a great number of years now and I just can't get away from it. In an attempt to keep some money in my pocket I usually look for only free software. So after having to part with GoldWave because my trial has run out on every computer I own, I tried Audacity, Audacity is an excellent piece of software and really is useful for more than just simple audio editing, but it still misses plugins like "Time Warp" which has the ability of changing the tempo of the audio without the pitch without any gaps, or funny digital sounding background noises, it just sounds exactly like they've slowed the track down to your chosen tempo. Even features such as the EQ are enhanced in GoldWave by the pre-sets. Usually presets are pretty useless, most of them either showing off the wonderful but pointless things the plugin etc can do or just really basic things that seem hardly worth the pre-set. Instead common uses of each plugin have their own pre-set. Each plugin also allows you to preview the audio with the effect running in real time, this is a great time saver, while many programs do have an Undo function, having to apply an effect to a whole piece of audio is often a time waster anyway, especially if you computers getting old. However if you then don't like what you hear you have to Undo everything you've been waiting for. Some other audio editors have the preview function, but they will often process a 10 second (for example) clip of the audio, and play this, which is not helpful if you're trying to introduce a new sound or piece of audio in a slow and smooth fashion. A full 'Control' floating window is provided in GoldWave, which provides 'Transport' features as well as t

Rated 30/50 by michaelbmuller at Feb 12, 2010

"Bizarre interface -- non-standard keys" low cost, fast. left and right arrow don't move play head? Start play head by mousing over and hitting "h" ??? home and end only move window, not play head? kludgy.No save as m4a? uninstalled within ten minutes.

Rated 50/50 by pklein9 at Feb 13, 2010

"This program is Great" FREE LIFETIME UPGRADES Enough Said. Purchased this back around 2001. Lost my licence # in 2004 form a computer crash. Emailed for a new one and had it within hours. Haven't found any. It just works. I Love It

Rated 50/50 by Adam715 at Mar 18, 2010

"AWESOME!!!" BEST AUDIO EDITOR YOU CAN GET. It is definitley worth paying the $49.00 and getting all the features. It is very easy to use, and very user-friendly. 5/5! ABSOLUTELY NONE!!!!!!!!!!!! Get it, try it, buy it.

Rated 50/50 by fpovas at Mar 19, 2010

"I think it

Rated 50/50 by bazwaz at Apr 17, 2010

relatively intuitive controls. Easy to understand help sections. possibly a little too many options but good well be my inexperience. Too early for an in depth assessment I'm just so happy I could get a cd quality recording on voice and music backing track.

Rated 50/50 by maninwarren at May 9, 2010

just about every control and ability you could ask for Can't think of any! I'm just an amateur, but whenever I have to extract pieces of audio out of a larger track, goldwave makes it a breeze.

Rated 10/50 by geekyboyz at Jun 19, 2010

IS AWSOME, can bass boost stuff GREAT doesnt work on my computer, it works on my Freinds win. 7 computer, but NOT MINE :((((((((((( WISH I COULD USE THIS, if u want something to equalize and edit songs and sounds, THIS IS FOR U

Rated 30/50 by david_george234 at Jul 18, 2010

This program has a very friendly graphical user interface I found it slow in doing its functions when I used this program i faced some problems in converting files in addition that it's so slowly while conversion so i found another software named (Audio Converter Extractor Max) on the following site http://zillaftp.com

Rated 50/50 by ckniess at Jul 18, 2010

Lots of useful sound editing tools, supports popular sound file formats, easy to use once you become familiar with the interface Not the most elegant interface -- lots of cryptic little graphic icons that require a mouse-over for explanation. I don't often need to edit sound files, but I've had Goldwave for years and always return to it when an editing situation arises. I've often used it for combining mp3s into single album-side length files, and breaking up and trimming longer files. Today I was doing a voice-over for a Powerpoint presentation, and determined the only way to do a decent job was to dig out Goldwave. I was happy to see that an upgrade was available that was a little more WIndows 7-friendly. The trimming, and noise-reduction capabilities really improved my very amateur voice recordings. I know the programs has many more capabilities that I don't use or understand, but I'm always able to do my simple edits in a snap.

Rated 10/50 by grampybox at Aug 1, 2010

I could not find any 1st the button to set-up the preferences is "hidden" 2nd there was no level setting before record3rd the playback is extremely too fast!!4th Rewinding what was recorded PLAYED BACKWARDS!I'm Damn Glad I didn't pay for this crap If you got no life and want to spend it trying to figure where an what all the buttons are for then this should occupy your time nicely. I have other things to do like create music.C.Net aught to barred from the internet for offering this as a viable download Updated on Aug 1, 2010

Rated 50/50 by panpan2010pan at Aug 12, 2010

detail information difficult o learn