> On Fri, 1 Jun 2001 12:14:07 -0400, Sally Caves <scaves@...>
> wrote:
>
>> Herman, I've been thinking about MP3 for a while now and
>> have a few questions: Does MP3 come with an expensive
>> price tag? Does it have a package that allows you both to
>> play AND record? And finally, can you translate songs
>> you've recorded in Real Player into MP3? I'd hate to
>> do these all over again, although my husband and I have
>> just bought a sound workshop and CD burner for more professional
>> composition. WHEE HEE! One more piece of equipment
>> to get all tied up around.
>
> I used to use BladeEnc to create MP3s from WAV files, which is free (see
>
http://bladeenc.mp3.no/), but now that I've got Cool Edit 2000, I use that.
> Cool Edit is published by Syntrillium (
http://www.syntrillium.com/) and
> costs $69.00, but you can use it for all kinds of sound processing. The
> older versions of Cool Edit are what I used to change speed and filter my
> voice for all the Mizarian samples. It's also got a noise filter that comes
> in handy for reducing background noise.
>