Sound Forge 9.0?

been using sound forge tonight…. and i realised that theres another obvious feature that would make using sound forge a better experience…. i realise (as u had already said) that having an 8 track layering isnt going to happen, but how about 2 or even 3 tracks to be able to edit sounds in, as at present to copy and paste just adds the sound into the said point rather than being able to mix into one another.
(i am only an amatuer with soundforge so i apologise if this feature already exists somewhere!!!) … and if it does would someone please tell me, as it would make using SF so much more simple!!

V.V.

Vickylicious wrote:

[quote quote="tim.gosden":rq30ydyi]being able to load up say 5 plugins one after another and see what they sound like in a chain. Therefore you wouldn’t need to process soemthing, then process the next part. Especially in mastering (I think thats what I’m trying to say!!)

If I understand you correctly then thats exactly what you do in Wavelab.
I love using Wavelab for mastering, really nice to work with. But this is a thread for Soundforge and as I never have used it I will not say more hehe.[/quote:rq30ydyi]Yes, exactly as in wavelab! Makes life alot easier.

Tim.

In Silico wrote:

[quote quote="tim.gosden":1n57tqyo]being able to load up say 5 plugins one after another and see what they sound like in a chain. Therefore you wouldn’t need to process soemthing, then process the next part. Especially in mastering

Like this?

This feature is currently in Sound Forge 8.0 and I believe (don’t quote me on this) it was in 7.0 as well. Here’s how it works:

1. Select View Menu > Plug-in Chainer
2. Click the small green icon in the upper-right of the Plug-in Chainer window (not with the red ‘x’, to the left of that).
3. Select the plugins you want to add to your audio. Don’t worry about the order, you can change it at any time.
4. You will now be back in your Plug-in Chainer window, with plugins loaded. The small |> (play symbol – stop button in this image because I was previewing the audio) button at the top of the window lets you preview the plugin effects, and the checkbox icon to the right of that applies it to the current selection.

You can also save these chains using the disc icon at the very top of the window for future ease-of-mastering.

Any VST or DirectX plugin can be loaded in this window, if it is compatible with Sound Forge. To change the order that the plugins are in, drag the box with the plugin name that is right over the plugin controls, to the position in the chain you want it. Remember, signal goes from left to right on this virtual chain, so a compressor to the left of a distortion plugin won’t be compressing a distorted signal, but will be feeding the distortion plugin a compressed signal.

Man, can you tell I do this all day at work?

As for the other suggestions of maybe a few more tracks, that is definately something that has been suggested en masse both by internal employees, and customers alike. Who knows, if the programmers feel up to it we might see a 4-channel sound forge….?

To address vice’s comments about mixing audio: yes, you can currently mix audio in Sound Forge 8.0. It’s not very easy though. If, after copying a section of audio you want to insert and mix, you right-click on the audio you want to mix it with, there is an option called ‘Mix Paste’ which will paste your new audio in, and mix it with the existing audio instead of inserting it at the cursor. Granted, this would still be much easier and more effective using 2 tracks.

Sorry to write a book!

-Rob @ Sony[/quote:1n57tqyo]I can’t belive that!!!! :O

Is there support fro surround sound (even up to 9:1)

Tim.

I just gotta ask the Soundforge users. What are the benefits of using Soundforge instead of Wavelab?
Seems like Wavelab has the function you want, surround support, master chain, audio montage and so on. Anything Soundforge have that Wavelab dosen’t?