CoolEdit Pro

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About
CoolEdit Pro (CEP) is proprietary multi-track audio editing/recording software for Windows 9x and higher. It was created by Syntrillium, which was acquired by Adobe Systems in August 2003. Adobe renamed CoolEdit Pro as Adobe Audition and updated it so that it now requires Windows XP and higher (no longer runs on Win9x).

Anyone needing to replace their copy of CoolEdit Pro must depend on pirated copies distributed over the internet (usually via Torrent sites), as Adobe does not support it (I have an email from Adobe actually suggesting that I look for it on the Internet; need to post this... --Woozle 14:18, 22 December 2006 (EST)).

Plugins
A number of import/export format drivers ("filters") are freely downloadable from vuplayer.com. They also work with Adobe Audition.