sound edit question

[Laffertytig]

i want to edit some sounds in SH4, namely the destroyer propeller/wakes. i can barely hear DD's when they are right on top of me so im looking for more a das boat effect (the part when they can hear the DD very loudly before it dumps on them).

would i be modding the sdl sound file or would i be better just increasing the actual volume of the DD's?

what sound software to people use to do such things? windows used to have a good sound recorder but the win7 one is pretty crap.

[Sailor Steve]

Turning up the volume on the .wav file should do it. Sorry about Win7's Sound Recorder. It should be able to increase volumes. If not, try www.goldwave.com (http://www.goldwave.com). It comes with a free trial, and when that expires you just have to live with a reminder every time you use it. There are others out there that are truly free, but since I'm using one I bought for another purpose I'm not too familiar with them.