Digital perfection for all recordings with the most-sold music-restoration software in the world. With MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 2008, you can transfer your favorite records, tapes, and all other audio media in perfect quality onto CD and DVD.

Pros: With MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 2008, you can transfer your favorite records, tapes, and all other audio media with optimal quality. You could remove distortions, clicks and crackling from the recordings in older media. The digitally optimized content can be recorded into CD/DVDs easily. The optimization is almost automatic. It is almost like the media is read, restored and recorded into more current media like CD/ DVDs almost automatically. Editing functions can be quickly taken care of that help in mastering, optimizing video sound and so on. Processing LP/DVD, internet radio or ripping of CD/DVD is handled easily. There’s a set of effects available that can enhance recordings the way you like. Some automatic features are very useful for restoring LP and cassette recordings. You can record the whole content in one go. The application can recognize beginnings of a track and separate it as a unique MP3. Several methods are available for restoration. You can let the application do the restoration automatically or do it manually. To decide on what level of processing is to be used you could listen to samples available and apply the processing suggested. Every detail can be adjusted to your wishes it includes useful templates for the fast results. The visual editor is a useful tool for those who are really finicky about quality to go in and process every bit of the recording to the level one wants. DeClicker, DeCrackler, DeClipper, DeNoiser and DeHisser are useful tools in the cleanup process.

Cons: This is an application for the experts. Unless you understand the fundamentals of sound recording it would be impossible to get good results out of this package.

Overall this has a nice set of features, easy to use if you understand the implications of changes that you command. This one is certainly good for a 4 star rating.