If you're an aspiring music producer or just want to learn more about audio editing/producing/mixing and such, Sony Sound Forge is a program that is definitely worth checking out.
It does, however; have a steep learning curve and is quite pricey. If I remember correctly, it was over $250 when I bought it (a few years ago). But before shelling out your hard-earned cash, try the demo to see if this is really for you.
The demo can be found here:
http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/download/step2.asp?DID=559The trial version gives you 30 days to play around with the program but you can't export to mp3 format (shouldn't be a problem cause .wav files are more flexible when dealing with digital music and can easily be converted to mp3 format if need be)
A quick rundown of some of the more basic things you can do:
Add fades
Crossfade features to mix tracks (great for remixing)
Time stretching/compressing (useful for beat matching but sometimes, the sound quality goes to hell)
Add effects (chorus, flanger, reverb, to name a few)
Pitch bending (from britney spears the chipmunk to darth vader)
Time markers & cropping features for sampling and creating loops
and I believe the most recent version even supports virtual studio technology plugins (many of which are free to download and try)
Give the Sound Forge demo a shot. You won't regret it if this is something you want to get into.
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