Quick
Start Guide
Did
you know that you have a recording studio in your computer?
You
really do! If your Windows computer has a sound card, Cool Edit
2000 can turn it into a recording studio with all of the features
used by professional audio engineers. You can use Cool Edit 2000
to record your own music, voice or other audio, edit it, mix it
with other audio or musical parts, add effects like Reverb, Chorus,
and Echo to it, equalize it, and master it so that you can burn
it to a CD, post it on the World Wide Web, or email it. Once you
get started, you'll be amazed at what you can achieve!
If you're just getting started in computer audio, there are some
things you might want to learn about your computer first. Check out
the Hardware section of this guide for information on how your computer stores
and plays sound.
Almost all sound cards have ports that enable you to record audio from
external sources. The Windows mixer makes it easy to control playback
and record levels. This means that you can plug a microphone or
just about any other piece of audio equipment into your computer,
and record right into Cool Edit 2000! You can also record music
straight from your CD-ROM drive.
Once
you've got something recorded or loaded into Cool Edit 2000, you
can cut, paste, and move audio around just as you do text in a word
processor. It slices! It dices! And if you make a mistake, the undo
feature will let you back up and try it again.
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