WAVELAB

any users??? im thinking of getting this for making cd's... i wont say mastering since im still overcoming the mixing process... but it can be used for it... it also has a good set of features like video processing (although i sure vegas vrushes it)... if anyone does rock it... mind giving out some insight???

Wavelab and Sound Forge are standards at this level and both have great features.

ive never heard much about the sony plug ins that soundforge comes with... are they great?? good?? or aight

Almost all my video tutorials, and ebook tutorials, used SF and their plugins, but mainly for reshaping sounds etc. For things like dynamics and effects I use third party plugins within SF although standard processes like normalization are fine in SF.

so for doing the redbook cd burning and creating cd covers either one would be fine?? these would be my initial use until i get my skill together

WaveLab 7 is going to be released in summer, has some nice new features, check steinberg.net for more info

wavelab is good
i'm still using version 5, and it works well on xp and win ME

I'm using Wavelab 6 on Windows, but I'm waiting for Wavelab 7 attentively as it will finally be available for Mac. I switched from Sound Forge a long time ago, right when it switched hands from Sonic Foundry to Sony, because Wavelab worked more like my mental ideal. Back then I was just messing around, and didn't even have a DAW. Both are more than adequate for my needs, but I prefer Wavelab. I like both better than Bias Peak.