Gold Wave Editor can record any sound passing through any line of your sound card. For example, you can record sound being played back by an external program, sound from a microphone, an external LP, cassette, CD/DVD player, AM/FM/Satellite radio, etc. A built-in sound editor allows you to cut, trim, and merge your recordings. Editing can be performed using a visual representation of the sound and using clipboard operations. Supports all major audio formats. You can also use the build-in CD ripper to copy all or some of your music tracks from your personal CD collection.
Version 8.8 adds a burner, you can now burn your own audio CDs that can be played back on PC&Home CD player from your recordings.

Features

Open, create, and save audio files in any of the supported formats (can also save any portion of a loaded file to disk as a new file);

Display audio data waveform (Zoom Full, Zoom In, Zoom Out, Zoom Vertical);

Record audio data from a microphone or any other available input device (You can record audio from DVD / VCD / CD Player, Tapes and LP's, MP3 Player, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, Web Page, Internet Conversation, Internet News, Internet Radio Station and more);

Edit audio files visually (Cut, Copy, Delete Selection, Delete Silence, Paste, Paste From File, Mix, Mix From File);

Apply various effects (Amplify, Compressor, Delay, Equalize, Fade In and Fade Out, Flanger, Invert, Normalize, Phaser, Reverb, Reverse, Silence, Shrink, Stretch, Vibrato, etc.);

Apply different filters to any selected portion of audio files (BandPass Filter, FFT Filter, HighPass Filter, HighShelf Filter,LowPass Filter, LowShelf Filter, Notch Filter);

Convert an audio file from one format to another;

Use marker to locate the selected part or special part of the audio data;

Add and edit extra information to your audio files (Album, Artist, Comments, Copyright, Genre, Title, Year).