I'm a big fan of Wave editors. Sound Forge used to be Sony and I still have a older copy that came with a Sony digital Turntable. Amazingly simple to rip LP into MP3 ( or wave) Cleans things up with the click of a button.
I use Wave Lab for all my Mastering, I bought Elements for only $99 all I really need.
I used to have it in my Tool Menu list but haven't added it to CbB yet. I will on the day I need to clean up an audio track. Give you the power of a Wave editor without leaving your DAW. One of the better features they added to Cakewalk if you ask me. Even Cubase doesn't have the power of Wave Lab built in.
I use Gold Wave for my batch converting of Wave to MP3's.
Check it out, it's free to try 100% and only $50 for lifetime.
http://www.goldwave.ca/ Another great free wave editor is Acon- Acoustica 6 Basic.
https://acondigital.com/downloads/ I use this instead of Wave lab on my laptop as otherwise I need to swap out my stupid iLock dongle.
Scan down the page to Older versions.