Note: Due to their special nature, the "DART Karaoke Studio" and "DART Karaoke Studio CD+G" products are not shown on this comparison chart. The only difference between those two products is: the ability to read, write and create "CD+G" karaoke CD data (and our inclusion of features and tools for doing this). |
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DART CD-Recorder 4.1 |
DART XP PRO |
DART PRO 24 |
DART Comments |
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The Difference |
Least expensive with CD rip & burn, basic audio clean up tools and no waveform views. |
Most affordable audio excellence tool with most features. |
Most advanced audio excellence tool with all features. |
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Processing Options: |
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Sound File Width: |
16 Bit |
16 Bit |
24 Bit |
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Frequency Range: |
48 kHz |
48 kHz |
96 kHz |
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Batch Processing |

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New Background processing |
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Preview |

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Preview/Test a sample |
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Playback Preview Results |

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Hear results of settings as you change them |
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Real-Time Restore |

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Process from any of the following modes: file-to-file, file-to-soundcard, soundcard-to-file and soundcard-to-soundcard |
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FilterBuilder and MyFilter |

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Reuse combinations of functions & settings |
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Split Time |

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New Use different tools on different frequencies |
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Split Frequency |

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New Use different tools on time slices |
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Reverse & Forward |

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Important for restoration |
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Audio Restoration: |
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DeCrackle - Music |

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New click and pop removal |
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DeCrackle - Speech |

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New for speech clarification |
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MaskNoise |

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New wideband noise removal |
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DeClick Plus - Music |

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Powerful click removal |
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DeClick Plus - Speech |

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Powerful click removal |
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DeHiss Plus |

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Wideband noise removal |
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DeNoise Plus AR/FFT |

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Dynamic noise removal |
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DeHum |

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Buzz & hum removal made easy |
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NoisePrint |

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Use with DeNoise |
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ReTouch |

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Fix drop-outs and fine-tune click removal |
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Audio Tools: |
Producer |

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Split/Join |

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New Separate sound into different frequencies |
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Divide/Combine |

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New Separate sound into time slices |
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Add All |

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New Add multiple files to a file |
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Combine All |

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New Combine multiple files into one new file |
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Multi-cut |

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New Remove fragment from many files |
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Reverb |

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Simulate room reverberation |
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Shift Pitch |

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Change pitch without affecting time |
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Speed Up/Slow Down |

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Change time without affecting pitch |
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DeVocalize |

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Suppress the lead vocal from most stereo recordings |
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Equalizer |

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Very useful |
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Fade In / Fade Out |

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Add a fade in/out to your files |
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Crossfade tracks |

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Fade one track into another |
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Equalizer Filters |

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Additional EQ filters for more in-depth frequency work |
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Mix |

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Mix together two WAV files |
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Smart tools |

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SmartMute, SmartCut and SmartFade |
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Resample/Adjust RPM |

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For 33, 45 and 78 RPM records |
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Stereo simulation |

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Convert Mono audio to Stereo easily |
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Trim length |

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For fitting tracks into available CD space |
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Playlist Interface: |

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Graphic Interface |
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Audio CD track extraction |

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Read ("rip") tracks digitally from audio CDs |
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Soundcard support |
16 bit |
16 bit |
16 & 24 bit |
Record from records, tapes, radio |
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Analog recording settings |

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Sample rate & channels |
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Input volume control in Record window |

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Select the input port and volume level directly |
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Play/Pause/Loop/etc |

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Preview selections |
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Re-order Q (track) list |

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Change order of tracks |
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Gap time settings |

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Time between track - adjustable |
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Record to analog |

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For recording to tape |
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Playlist (Q list) saving |

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For building a playlist over time |
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MIDI to WAV file rendering/conversion |

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All digital conversion |
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Microsoft WMA encoder |

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Create compressed WMA files from WAV files |
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MP3 & WMA decoder |

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Play and burn files to regular audio CDs |
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Support for Windows XP "skins" |

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Long Filenames |

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Support for long filenames in any location |
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CD-R/CD-RW Support: |
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SCSI / EIDE / USB burner bus interfaces |

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Any supported CD-R or CD-RW drive with disk-at-once-write features |
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Conversion to Redbook Standard audio CD format |

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Automatic |
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Disk-at-Once write |

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For best quality audio |
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Help Systems |
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On-line help |

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HTML Help system |

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Updated HTML Help files make using the software even easier than before |
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Print Manual |

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Electronic user manuals are provided for our software |
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Electronic Manual |

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PDF format manuals included |
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Tutorial Guides (in PDF format) |

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Installation, configuration and "How to·" files included |
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Guided Tour |

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Multimedia tutorial (CD versions only) |
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Other Features |
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Standard 2D Audio Waveform display |

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Basic waveform information based on time and volume |
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2D/3D Spectral and Spectrum audio display windows |

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Graphic displays (FFT / AR) for information gathering and analysis of audio signals |
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MP3 to Wav Batch Conversion |

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Convert multiple MP3 files to WAV in one process |
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WAV to WMA Batch Conversion |

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Convert multiple WAV files to Microsoft's WMA format in one process |
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FreeDB Support |

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Access to the Internet audio CD information database |
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SureThing Labeler |

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Lite Version |
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Auto-Update |

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Accesses the Internet to check for software updates automatically |
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Divide |

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Select your own cut markers for track separation |
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Unpack |

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Separates audio into individual files |
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Timer Recording |

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For recording radio and other "timed" programs |
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DirectX support |

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Use other DirectX plug-ins on 8-bit or 16-bit audio files |
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DirectX Plug-ins: |
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Use with other programs |
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DeClick |

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Standard pop, click, & scratch removal (16-bit only) |
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DeHiss |

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Standard hiss removal (16-bit only) |
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Trim length |

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For fitting to CD space (16-bit only) |
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CD-Format |

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Automatically converts WAV files to RedBook audio CD format (16-bit only) |
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Retail Price: |
$29.95 |
$99.95 |
$299.95 |
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Special Upgrade Price |

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Upgrade Pages |
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Release Date |
January, 2004 |
January, 2004 |
January, 2006 |
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Legend:
- Yes, feature is supported.
- Sorry, feature is not supported.
- This feature is included as a Direct-X plug-in.
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