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(More customer reviews)This software is used to record analog sources to CD. I have used it to convert nearly 50 vinyl albums and about 20 cassette tapes to CDs. Some had some significant sonic problems which I have been able to fix with this software. Except for the worst files, this software has a way to fix it.
I have an earlier version of DART Pro. I believe an updated version is still available on on the Web at a reasonable price. When I bought my version, it had a $400 retail price, but I found it OEM for $10. The newer version has an improved interface, and is a lot less than $400.
It does a very credible job of repairing all but the worst audio source files. On average, the vinyl records I have recorded to CD had around 50,000 to 60,000 usually small scratches in them. This program has filters to de-hiss, de-hum, de-noise, and remove most scratches from your collection. If you want, you can copy and paste one section of the sound track over another. This is useful in instances where the software does not properly remove a scratch. If you really need to, you can copy a small section of sound from near the scratch which looks like the damaged section, paste it over the damage, and you have an almost inaudible patch.
You can equalize, extend, shorten, and do most of what you need to fix poor quality audio. I had one tape which was a copy of a copy of a copy .... of a speach which was recorded in 1957. It was virtually impossible to understand the speaker. I was able to equalize the sound, and run it through a de-hiss routine and ended up with a file which was much better. In addition, the tape was just over 80 minutes long, but the software enabled me to compress it to under 80 minutes so I could put it on one CD.
In addition, after recording to your hard drive, the program allows you to automatically "unpack" long recordings and find the song breaks. It works fairly well with standard albums with good breaks between the songs. If not, you can cut a section of audio from the main audio file, open a new file, and paste in the portion you want. It is a bit time consuming, but it gets the job done right.
One of the best features is that it does not write over the source file, and instead builds an audio tree. You can make changes to an audio file, see how it sounds, and if you don't like it, you can go back to the original, modify the settings and re-do it.
It also has its own CD burning software which will work with both WAV audio files and MP3s. It actually does an on-the-fly conversion of MP3s, so it is faster than Windows Media Player at converting MP3s back to CD. The CD burner lets you control the time in between songs, so if you copy an album, you can just set the time break to 0 seconds, instead of the standard 2, so it sounds just like the original.
The software has too many features to describe them all in this short review. Once you have learned the major features, it is very functional software
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