CoolEdit... upgrade or replace?

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 14 Jan 2004 2:47 pm

My laptop went down and I had to reformat the hard drive. Everything went okay with the backups, but my CoolEdit program needed to be unlocked with a code supplied online by Syrillium. No problem, until I find out online that Adobe purchased Syrillium a few months ago. They discontinued CoolEdit2000 (my program) with no further support, but have repackaged CoolEditPro as Adobe Audition.

So, even though I have CE2K on my desktop, my laptop will not have it. Adobe offers an upgrade to Audition for $99.

I used CE2K for editing and noise reduction on old vinyl, radio shows, etc., and for slowing down solos. Is there a program out there that does these tasks, or should I accept the admittedly great deal (Audition is a $300 program) and get a lot of what I don't usually use?

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Post by **b0b** » 14 Jan 2004 7:50 pm

Are you sure that the upgrade will install on your laptop? If so, I'd say go for it.

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Dave Birkett · Post by **Dave Birkett** » 14 Jan 2004 9:16 pm

Herb, I'd go up the ladder at Adobe until I found someone to give me the code. And, if they don't, I'd let the steel community know about it.

sonbone · Post by **sonbone** » 14 Jan 2004 10:07 pm

Herb, I think maybe the freeware program Audacity might be what you need. It appears to do all the audio editing tasks that you require. You might download it and give it a try and see before you buy the Adobe upgrade.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Sonny

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DennyFast · Post by **DennyFast** » 23 Jan 2004 9:06 am

I've just done the exact thing you did, but I have a desktop pc. The upgrade for CEP2.0 is a free upgrade! Just register with adobe audition and give them your name and code, follow the intstructions. I'm still on dialup so it takes about 1 and a half hrs to download!! I like CEP2.0, it's easy to use and it work great for me. Let me know how it turns out for you! Denny

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 23 Jan 2004 9:15 am

Denny
I have CoolEdit 2000, not CEP2. Yes, the download is free for CoolEdit Professional.2, that you have. For those with Cool Edit 2000 (CE2K) or CoolEdit Professional.1, the upgrade is $99.

Well, it turns out that my laptop does not have a line-in jack, only a mic-in; while my desktop has a Soundblaster soundcard, the laptop (Sony Vaio) jacks are integrated onto the motherboard. Therefore, my inputting music from vinyl and tape can only be performed on my desktop. So even if I had the Audition upgrade, it would still be less than functional because of the hardware deficiencies of my laptop.

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[This message was edited by Herb Steiner on 23 January 2004 at 11:58 AM.]

Gere Mullican · Post by **Gere Mullican** » 23 Jan 2004 11:56 am

Hellol Have you tried Cakewalk? It does a lot of things with music. Slows clips and a lot more..Hope this helps.
Gere

Jason Stillwell · Post by **Jason Stillwell** » 23 Jan 2004 12:53 pm

I use GoldWave, which I found out about on this forum. It is free as a trial version, but will only allow you to perform, I think, 15 operations each time before you have to close the program and re-open it.