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I have been using Toast 8 to edit audio tracks and make cds and have reviewed Toast 9. This software has a lot of stuff I never use and excludes some valuable features like pitch shifting. Does anyone know of a stand alone audio software that includes a good pitch and tempo shifter, a normalizer that actually works and saves audio tracks until you make your cd? What I am really looking for is a program that is audio only and very good. I have reviewed Sound Studio but am reluctant to try it because reviewers say its pitch shifter is poor. I need some advice.

I would recommend at least downloading the trial version of Sound Studio and trying it out. I work for Freeverse (the publishers of Sound Studio). I asked around, and there have not been any complaints about the pitch adjuster in the latest version 3.5.5, AFAIK. You can adjust the pitch and tempo independently.
The trial version is fully functional, and is only limited by the number of times you can launch the program (10 times).
www.freeverse.com/soundstudio
If you do try it out, I'd love to hear what you think of it.

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