# .wav editor

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wav-editor/147123>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 7, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wav-editor/147123 "2003-01-07T07:57:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![disruptive\_entity\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@disruptive\_entity\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/disruptive_entity_1)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wav-editor/147123/1 "2003-01-07T07:57:44Z")

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Anybody know of a good .wav editor? I’d like to be able to just type in the time I want to cut it at. None of that drag the bar to the point where you want to cut at crap, please. Free suggestions would be preferrable, thanks.

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**Author:** ![twelfthsign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@twelfthsign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twelfthsign)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wav-editor/147123/2 "2003-01-07T09:02:17Z")

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1)Sound Forge 4.0 UserRating: \*\*\*\*  
2)Nero Wave Editor UserRating: \*\*\*

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wav-editor/147123/3 "2003-01-07T13:30:58Z")

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I use a free demo of CoolEdit96 and it does everything I need.  
[http://www.qsl.net/k0sm/cool/cool.htm](http://www.qsl.net/k0sm/cool/cool.htm)  
[http://www.syntrillium.com/](http://www.syntrillium.com/)

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wav-editor/147123/4 "2003-01-07T13:33:59Z")

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You can download the old CoolEdit 96 here: [http://www.pt.lu/comnet/desc/cooledit.html](http://www.pt.lu/comnet/desc/cooledit.html)
