[jamesnomore]

Thank you for all of the great feedback. So far it looks like Audacity is the way to go in terms of playing around with a free program with some features to see if I want to spend a little money on a more feature rich program. Adobe Audition is about $230. Thats about $200 more than I can afford at the moment for a hobby. The Goldwave site has an offer for a free demo version that I figured would not have the whole package but at least give me something to start with. And, it's only $49 to buy, and so far there are no comments either way. Very close to a good price though.

Thanks again everyone, any other suggestions other than Adobe Audition. The more info the better.