Recorder supports autotrim and voice activated recording. Music editing functions include cut, copy, paste, delete, insert, silence, autotrim and more. Music restoration features including noise reduction and click pop removal.

Create and work on multiple sound files at one time and save them as one project. Supports sample rates from 6000 to 96000Hz, stereo or mono, 8, 16, 24 or 32 bits.

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The range of options in WavePad basic - there is also a commercial "Masters" version - is impressive. You can add effects, fades, split tracks, merge tracks, and much more. Performing all of these tasks is easy, and easy to undo if you make a mistake. It's certainly user-friendly, and the fact you can import more or less any sound file format makes it incredibly accessible for anyone (there's no need to mess around with file conversion).

As well as importing from your hard drive, you can also import directly from CD, and there's a tool to burn whatever you want. There is a tone generator, and even a text to speech generator, so you can express yourself with a robotic voice. There are tabs at the bottom of the edit window for you to move easily between open files, a zoom tool so it's easy to highlight exactly the part you want when editing, and the highlighting itself is really intuitive, allowing you to apply effects with precision.

The one function I think WavePad is missing is a BPM analyzer - although this is sometimes unreliable in other programs, it's a nice feature to have.

For anyone that wants to mess around with their sound files - WavePad is a great and lightweight program to use.

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You can cut, copy and paste parts of recording and, if required, add effects like echo, amplification and noise reduction. WavePad is designed to be very easy and intuitive to use.

Within minutes you will be able to open or record a file and edit it. But if you take time to explore the other features you will find many powerful tools designed with the professional sound engineer in mind.

FeaturesSupports a number of file formats including wav (multiple codecs), mp3, vox, gsm, real audio and more. Edit functions include Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Insert, Silence, AutoTrim and others using multiple windows.

Effects include, Amplify, Normalize, Equaliser, Envelope, Reverb, Reverse, Echo, Noise Reduction, Sample Rate Conversion and more. Supports sample rates from 6000 to 96000Hz, stereo or mono, 8, 16 or 32 bits.

Ability to work with multiple files at the same time. Includes a CD ripper to load audio directly and quickly from CD. Player includes Scrub/Cue control for precise editing.

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Tap Tempo is a very simple tool for manually calculating the beats-per-minute of music. With programs like Audacity and WavePad, you can mix music together, but they don't calculate BPM for you, which is awkward.

If you want to know the BPM of a song, simply start it, open Tap Tempo and tap the beat on the space bar. After 10 - 20 taps you'll have an accurate figure for the beats-per-minute.

Tap Tempo is useful if you need BPM, though obviously not if you can't keep time very well! On some Keyboards it's difficult to input a regular beat and while it does calculate tempo, it's a little too basic. It is missing a reset function, and you can only view one calculation at a time. This reviewer has been looking for a tool like this for some time, and despite the lack of features, it does the job.

TapTempo is a very simple app, performing a simple function, but it's only as accurate as you are.

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