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then audacity it is...<br />
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thanks guys!
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hi there!<br />
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can you compare:<br />
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photoshop is to GIMP<br />
Wavelab / Soundforge is to <b>what</b>?<br />
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i am talking free open source software.<br />
links would be beneficial.
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hi there!

can you compare:

photoshop is to GIMP
Wavelab / Soundforge is to what?

i am talking free open source software.
links would be beneficial.

software recommendation solicited

Multimedia applications are those programs that integrate more than one media at a time; browsers are the most obvious. However, the term has come to include the use of programs that enable the use of any component that isn’t simple text and static graphics, such as audio, video, animation, virtual reality, conferencing and monitoring.

MultiMedia Applications

Digital audio is technology that can be used to record, store, generate, manipulate, and reproduce sound using audio signals encoded in digital form. Following significant advances in technology, digital rapidly replaced analog audio technology in most areas. Digital audio systems may include compression, storage, processing and transmission components. It is important to distinguish between the audio coding format, the codec performing the encoding and decoding of the raw audio data, and the container file. Common file formats include .wav, .aiff, .au, .m4a, .mp3, .wma, .ra and .raw.