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Developer:
Syntrillium
OS: Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Installed Size: 26.1MB
Function: Ripping, Encoding, Decoding
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 Cool Edit 2000
is Syntrillium's newer version of Cool
Edit 96, an award winning audio editing software. The program fills a
niche for those who are interesting in beginning or continuing with audio
recording and creation but don't need the professional features (and price) of
Cool Edit Pro.
Since audio editing is the main utility, mp3 features are kind
of an aside. To rip tracks from a CD, simply play the track with the CD
player controls and then hit record on the lower left panel and hit stop on both
controls when finished. Cool Edit will produce a waveform view of the
track upon completion. To convert to MP3, choose 'Save As' and choose MPEG
Layer 3 under the 'save as type' option. You will be able to encode 60
seconds of the track in the trial version using one of Fraunhofer's
codecs in either CBR or VBR modes. Decoding MP3s is just as easy using
the same kind of save options to choose the type of WAV file you want to export
to.
One drawback to recording (ripping) from a CD is that Cool Edit
2000 seems to record through the sound card rather than digitally extract the
audio. This method does not produce an exact bit by bit copy of the audio
and is subject to the limitations of the sound card. The copy didn't sound
bad during my test, but I am a purist when it comes to extraction, especially if
you are going to lose further quality when encoding to MP3. Bummer.
Overall, Cool Edit 2000 is a cool program if you want a mix of
MP3 and audio editing. However, if audio editing isn't your thing, I would
look elsewhere for an MP3 converter.
Try
Cool Edit 2000
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