I found a newer version of Coral Paintshop pro for 6 dollars and managed to get both the digital download and the actual setup disc. RadioGeorge Yes I completely understand once you have an excellent tool no others will do, you know that's exactly what I do as well, go to eBay and buy a cheaper version of the software I love. I will check out the others you suggest, most of which I did not see listed in several searches I did yesterday, and post a followup comment later. will not unlock the 21-day trial limitation. Syntrillium was bought out by Adobe, and when that happened, the user database basically ceased to exist, which is probably why the user name and I.D. The review from is from 2002, and should have been removed years ago. You motivated me to do an eBay search for Adobe Audition, to see if there might be an older copy in a box since Adobe has gone cloud crazy, and I found a new 3.0 one for $6.68 in England! Grabbed it, and if it doesn't work, I'll be the next seller of it on eBay. I've seen Cyberlink Power Director but wasn't impressed with the audio part (Cool Edit Pro spoils you once you've worked with it!) and I found Nero, years ago, to be less than what I need for my work. This computer did not come with any audio programs except for Windows Media Player. Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions. I know this has been a lot of reading, so thanks in advance. I would ask that you have actual experience working with audio editing software so you can respond from a hands-on experiential viewpoint. I've looked around and have ruled out Audacity and Wavepad, am not interested in Audition, and figured it would be best to post this question here. Other than that, I don't need a ton of bells and whistles. I don't need to buy a Super-Ultra-Deluxe program I do need one that will essentially allow me to edit 3-5 audio tracks (mp3 format, stereo) to create a radio-type announcement with voice and music, and one other process, namely just appending one mp3 track to another to be saved as a single file. My guess is that I'll simply have to buy another audio editing software. So, question # 1: any solution to this odd dilemma?Īnd that leads to 'Best Audio Editing Software.' I am not interested in downloading a 'crack' (many on YouTube) but I would like to get CEP cranked up on the new computer for use while I'm traveling away from home. 'Marco' is still out there along with many others-but none I tried would open up the 21-day trial period to full access. Now, with no support from Adobe and Syntrillium being just a memory, and my having been a legitimate customer way back when, I searched online for ANY applicable name and number to get it cranked up again. I went through the usual registration steps using my user name and ID number-and it did not work. So today, I installed CEP on to the new laptop I bought running Windows 7 and to my surprise and delight, it installed flawlessly. 'Marco Hardmeier' and the ID number apparenty opened a LOT of bootleg copies. Matter of fact, that registration is in working copies of CEP in two other computers in my house right now.įact: I later learned that the registration name that came with that eBay copy was indeed an illegal copy. I found what was advertised as a working copy with valid registration(which you had to enter manually) on eBay, and while it was pricey, I popped for it to continue using Cool Edit Pro, as it met my needs well.

After they were out of the picture (and Adobe announced the end of support), I managed to lose my registration information. The backstory is important here: I bought Cool Edit Pro 2.1 from Syntrillium directly around 1998. This ancient program (which Adobe bought from Syntrillium and converted into Audition) loaded and ran in Windows 8 with a few minor tweaks, but now I have a Windows 7 computer and am experiencing a somewhat different problem: the registration. Please note that very early this year I had posted a question regarding installing CEP, but this is not a repeat of that. Let's start with the Cool Edit Pro Registration quandry.

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