GoldWave can do::
_ Play, edit, mix, and analyze audio
_ Record audio from cassettes, vinyl records, radio, etc. through your computer's line-in
_ Record dictation through a microphone or play dictation back at a slower speed for transcription
_ Record and edit audio for podcasting
_ Apply special effects, such as fade, equalizer, doppler, mechanize, echo, reverse, flanger, and more
_ Digitally remaster and restore old recordings with noise reduction and pop/click filters
_ Make perfect digital copies of audio CD tracks using the CD Reader tool and save them in wma, mp3, ogg files
_ Edit music for dance programs, figure skating, gymnastics
_ Analyze human speech, bird song, whale song
_ Demonstrate digital signal processing with filter effects and the expression evaluator tool
_ View a variety of real-time visuals and VU meters
_ Convert files to/from different formats, such as wav, wma, mp3, ogg, aiff, au, vox and even raw binary data

General Features:
_ Multiple Document Interface for working with many files in one session
_ Huge file editing: 4GB and beyond (NTFS only)
_ Configurable RAM or hard drive editing
_ High quality: 24 bit, 192kHz
_ Real-time visuals: bar, waveform, spectrogram, spectrum, VU meter, ...
_ Fast non-destructive editing. Cut, copy, delete, and undo take only a fraction of a second, regardless of the file size
_ Multiple undo levels
_ Many effects: distortion, doppler, echo, filter, mechanize, offset, pan, volume shaping, invert, resample, equalizer, time warp, pitch, reverb, volume matcher, channel mixer, ...
_ Effect previewing and presets
_ Audio restoration filters: noise reduction, pop/plick, smoother
_ Supported file formats (wav, mp3, ogg, aiff, au, vox, mat, snd, voc, raw binary data, text data, and more)
_ File format plug-ins for the next generation of audio compression, such as WMA, Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC.
_ DirectX Audio Plug-in hosting
_ Effect chain editor
_ Audio CD Reader
_ Batch processing and conversion
_ Drag-and-drop cue points, with auto-cue and file splitting features.
_ Direct waveform editing with the mouse
_ Customizable tool bars
_ Customizable waveform colours
_ Several built-in accessibility features and keyboard shortcuts

Changes in v5.25 include:
* Changed device naming to work better with Vista.
* Fixed index out of bound problem on some Vista systems.