MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 2013 [Download]

I was using BIAS SoundSaver Express on a Windows 7 machine to digitize my old vinyl albums. However I built myself a new PC and put Windows 8 on it. I loved SoundSaver Express because of its ease of use, but it wouldn't let me renew on my new computer and so I was out of luck, researched products available and tried record gold but nothing really did the job. In spite of all the negative reviews, I decided to give Audio Cleaning Lab 2013 a try. I figured the worst that could happen is that I would be out $30. I am extremely happy with this software, It cleans much better than SoundSaver Express and my music really sounds incredibly good. Especially in light of the fact that some of my albums are almost 50 years old. The only drawback is that it doesn't allow me to name the tracks before they are saved and I have to use an mp3 tag editor to enter the track information. Oh, well you can't get everything for $30. Unfortunately, the sound of my recordings with audio cleaning lab is so much improved that I now find myself wanting to go back and re-record the LPs I've already digitized.

Combined with a good turntable and PC, this product has been excellent in converting my aging LPs to MP3.There are a lot more bells and whistles than I could possibly use - and the results, in my opinion have been excellent.Crack/hiss/noise removal - and then a "mastering" process suited to the genre are straightforward and fun.For the most part the user interface is intuitive... the only negative I have is on the cut feature. I still have not figured out how to use it effectively and feel it should be more intuitive - this however may just be me thinking it should work a certain way. Also - the user documentation could be a tad better in this area. But as I say, for what I wanted to do this products is excellent. I had used the Magix lab some 8-10 years ago (XP version) and it seemed good then - this version (for Win 7) is great.

I have used audio cleaning programs for a while now. The oldr ones were fairly easy to use. This one is not. Documentation is on par with Microsoft, in otherwords dismal. The only hope you will have of learning how to use this is to find a user group on line. I have to wonder where programmers learn their trade. The instructions are useless, fortuneatley the installlation is like most programs, click and ignore. That is where the simplicity ends. The major problems are:1. Once you import an audio track, the cleaning tools are nice and once you figure them out you can clean a track. Do not import an album a side at a time. While it is easy to trim off the unwanted ends, trying to mark the tracks to seperate them????? The key board short cut is M. This does nothing.2. Advancing through a set of songs??? The only way I have found is to press and hold the fast forward. Trying to drag to playback line is a major pain.Save your oney and down load Audacity. They at least have user groups where you can find out how to use the software. And it is Free.

I have used Magix Audio Cleaning Lab (versions 11 and 12) products for over 10 years and was very pleased with them. This was on a PC running Windows XP. Since Microsoft no longer supports XP I bought a new PC running Windows 8.1 Pro (64 bit) and the earlier versions will not load on it. I bought this version thinking it would continue to be as good or better than the old versions; but not true. It has so many automatic settings that override my manual settings that the music I try to record is so irritating to listen to that I had to uninstall the product. I am currently trying out some free programs called Audacity and WavePad that to this point are much better than this version of Magix. That's too bad because I really liked the older versions.

I had an older version of this software that I was using to 'save' my vinyl collection of some 200+ albums from the late 60's to the early 90's. Unfortunately that version was no longer compatible with Windows 8.1, so I went with this upgrade. The graphical user interface is nicer than the previous version(s), but the software is still not always intuitive when you are adding effects. Once you figure out all the options, the software is pretty darn good at doing what it does to clean, enhance, or tweak any audio tracks you are working with.