Best way to extract audio from video

[ozstar100]

Hi there.

We are creating a small music video to put on a dvd.

The music we have was recorded thru the desk at digital camera time, but the sound man gave us a crappy mix with hardly any bass. We want to add the bass and do a general eq trip on it all.

We want to take the audio out as a wav then sync it back with the video when we are done with the remix.

I was wondering whether the quality of thel audio would be better in fact different at all, if...

a) we used the 'extract audio from video' option in Cool Edit Pro (which seperates the audio into a wav file) or

b) whether it would be just as good to have both Media Studio 7 and Cool Edit Pro open at the same time and whilst the video was playing, Cool Edit would record the video.

I am not sure whether the extraction process is actually 'digital' whilst the other way was just an analogue way of recording or in fact it too was 'digital'.

I just need the first generation sound so when I put it back it doesn't lose anything.

Know what I mean?

Thanks

[Tommyknocker]

I would try Gold Wave, but only because I am not too familiar with CoolEdit. Either way, tweaking the audio in your computer and converting it into a wave file and remixing seems to me a very viable solution.