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Date Posted: July 26, 2002

You can rip straight from a CD into the program, and as MySoundStudio can save out as MP3's you can use the program to store a local copy of your favourite songs with ease. The program is a bit expensive to use this just for ripping the latest Britney album though and would be a waste of all the other more advanced features the program has. But perhaps you have a party arranged and don't want to spend all night playing D.J. Rip your songs from CD to MP3, equalize the sound levels and create a playlist in your favourite MP3 player. You wouldn't even have to adjust the volume; just hit play and party all night long. You could even if you were so inclined cross fade all of the tracks you want into one big song, save it as a .WAV file, burn it to CD, instant party mix! Or how about this, want to cross fade 2 songs, using the beat of one to carry the other, but the tempo is at different speeds. Easily fixed; you can adjust the timing of one song to match the other.

The reverb settings are great, with a little bit of patience you can create a passable 3D effect. A lot of these settings by the way not only have more advanced controls (obtained by switching to the appropriate tab within each effects window) but also presets. So in the case of the reverb, you can set the sound for perhaps a stadium or a church, or simply a small room via a pull down menu.

You don't have to apply the effect to hear it either. All of the effect windows have a preview button, which allows you to hear in realtime how the effect would alter the sound before you apply it. There are also a couple of unique effects, for instance the LoFi effect, which basically adds in to the sound some hiss and crackle as well as a little bit of background noise to create a sound similar to tuning in to a poorly received radio station. A bit useless for most but it is there. You can also clean up sound, so perhaps you have some old records or tapes you would like to convert to MP3 or CD but want to remove any clicks, scratches or hissing.

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