[BC] Cool Edit and beyond

[tpt at literock93r.com]

We auditioned (sorry about the bad pun) both Cool Edit and Sound Forge  
about 10 years ago. Staff preferred Sound Forge, found it easier to  
use. Went with Sound Forge, and have continued through the various  
iterations since.

Had an opportunity to play with recent copy of Adobe Audition. Found  
it overly confusing, compared to the cleaner Sound Forge screen.   
Might have been just this copy, but the Audition was too busy and  
gimmicked up for my taste.

Granted, if you have one production guru who must churn out  
complicated masterpieces, perhaps Audition may provide the  
sophisticated tricks he needs. We have a number of people using the  
software, so we need a simpler program that is easy to teach.  Sound  
Forge seems to handle our routine production needs fairly well.