Sony Sound Forge Pro 14.0 User manual

VERSION 14 SOUND FORGE

English language manual

SOUND FORGE PRO

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TableofContents

TableofContents 3

SOUNDFORGEPro14 9

TechnicalSupport 9

InteractiveTutorials 9

OptimizingSOUNDFORGEProSoftware 9

TheSOUNDFORGEProWindow 11

SOUNDFORGEProToolbars 11

TheStatusBar 22

DataWindows 24

EditingTempo 31

VocalActivityDetection 32

WaveColoring 33

ArrangingDataWindows 33

Workspaces 34

SavingandRecallingWindowLayouts 35

DockingandUndockingWindows 37

TheExplorerWindow 37

FileProperties 40

TimeDisplay 41

ChoosingTimeDisplayOptions 42

ChannelMeters 43

TheUndo/RedoHistoryWindow 45

InstantActions 46

MetadataWindows 46

HowDoI...? 55

MixingMultipleFiles 55

HowDoICreateACIDLoopswithSOUNDFORGEPro? 55

HowDoICreateaNewFileUsingPartofAnotherFile? 57

HowDoIConvertMarkerstoRegionsThatICanUseInCDArchitect? 57

HowDoIRecordfromanExternalSource? 58

WorkingwithFiles 61

CreatingaNewWindow 61

OpeningaFile 61

OpeningaRawDataFile 63

ClosingaFile 64

SavingaFile 64

SaveAs/RenderAs 64

UsingSOUNDFORGEProwiththeWindowsExplorerContextMenu 67

CustomFileTemplates 67

WorkingwithProjects 69

ProjectReferencesinRenderedFiles 69

SavingallOpenFiles 70

ExtractingAudiofromCDs 70

CreatingTrack-at-Once(TAO)CDs 71

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CreatingDisc-at-Once(DAO)CDs 72

CreatingandEditingTracksforaDisc-at-OnceCD 74

MovingTracksontheCDLayoutBar 78

EditingPauseTimeforaDisc-at-OnceCD 79

CreatingaTrackListforaDisc-at-OnceCD 82

AddingCDTexttoaDisc-at-OnceCD 83

BurningaDisc-at-OnceCD 84

ExportingDDP 85

ViewingFileStatistics 86

CrashRecovery 88

WorkingwithVideoFiles 89

AttachingorDetachingaVideoStream 89

TheVideoStrip 89

VideoPreview 90

ConfiguringanExternalVideoMonitor 91

MultichannelAudio-Overview 93

RoutingChannelstoHardwareOutputs 93

OpeningandEditingMultichannelAudioFiles 94

Stereo-to-Mono(orMono-to-Stereo)Conversion 94

RecordingMultichannelAudio 95

HardwareMetersWindow 98

PreviewingaFile 99

ChoosingaPlaybackMode 99

DataWindowScrolling 100

PreviewCut/Cursor 100

Pre-RolltoCursor 100

Scrubbing 100

MonitoringLevelsinDigitalAudio 102

ChannelMeters 103

VUandPeakProgramMeters 105

PhaseScope 107

Mono-CompatibilityMeter 109

PeakMeterV2 109

Oscilloscope 110

Spectroscope 110

DetectingandMarkingClipping 111

LoudnessMeters 111

Recording 115

CreatingaNewRecording 115

RecordingintoanExistingSoundFile 117

RecordingAudioAutomatically 121

RecordOptions 124

HowDoIRecordfromanExternalSource? 126

RecordingMultichannelAudio 129

GeneratingMTC/SMPTESynchronizationDuringRecording 132

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SelectingDataandPositioningtheCursor 133

SelectingDataUsingtheMouse 133

TheSetSelectionDialog 135

MarkIn 136

MarkingOut 137

LoopedPlayback 137

QuantizetoFrames 137

EnableSnapping 138

SelectionSnapping 139

AdjustingSelections 142

UsingSelectionGridLines 143

TogglingandCyclingSelections 143

SelectAll 143

GoTo 144

TheFindDialog 144

CenteringtheCursor 146

BasicEditing 147

EditingTools 147

Cut 150

Copy 150

ViewingClipboardContents 150

PlayingClipboardContents 151

Paste 151

PasteSpecial 153

Delete(Clear) 157

Trim/Crop 158

MagnificationandZooming 158

UndoingandRedoingEdits 161

Repeat 161

TheEventTool 162

CreatingEvents 162

MovingEvents 163

SplittingEvents 164

Cutting,Copying,Pasting,Mixing,andDeletingEvents 164

SelectingEvents 166

CrossfadingEvents 167

EventEnvelopes(ASR) 167

SlippingandTrimmingEvents 168

AutoRippleEvents 170

ApplyingProcessesandEffectstoEvents 170

UsingMarkers,Regions,andCommands 172

UsingMarkers 172

InsertingRegions 173

ConvertingMarkerstoRegions 175

CreatingRegionsAutomatically 176

ExtractingRegionstoNewFiles 177

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UpdatingMarkerorRegionPositions 177

ReplicatingMarkersorRegions 178

DeletingMarkersorRegions 178

SplittingRegions 178

ImportingaRegions/PlaylistFile 179

CopyingRegionstotheClipboard 179

LockingLoopandRegionLengths 179

ClearingMarkersandRegions 180

InsertingCommands 180

EditingwithaPlaylist/Cutlist 182

Adding,Arranging,RemovingPlaylist/CutlistRegions 184

PlayingaPlaylist/Cutlist 185

CreatingaNewFilefromaPlaylist/Cutlist 186

DeletingCutlistRegions 186

SavingaRegions/PlaylistFile 187

CopyingthePlaylist/CutlisttotheClipboard 187

ApplyingProcessesandEffects 188

TheProcess,Effects,andFXFavoritesMenus 188

ApplyingProcessesandEffectstoEvents 190

UsingthePlug-InManager 190

UsingthePlug-InChain 191

ApplyingaPlug-InChain 197

UsingProcessingDialogs 202

AutomatingEffectParameters 207

IntegratedEditingwithMelodyneandSpectralayersPro 210

Processes 213

Effects 229

AcousticMirror 229

Introduction 234

Delaybasedeffects 235

Delay 235

Flanger 236

Chorus 236

Dynamiceffects 237

CommonControls 237

Compressor 238

Expander 238

Limiter 238

Gate 239

2-PointCompressor 239

Sidechaincontrolsandfilter 239

VolumeFormer 240

TriggerLFO 240

Envelope 241

Gate 242

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RepairingGlitches,Clicks,andNoise 243

InterpolatingSoundData 243

ReplacingSoundDatawithPreviousData 243

CopyingSoundDatafromAnotherChannel 244

EditingwithSpectraLayersPro 244

Scripting 246

RunningScripts 246

EditingorCreatingScripts 248

TheScriptingToolbar 250

Synthesis 252

GeneratingDTMF/MFTones 252

FMSynthesis 252

SimpleSynthesis 254

Sampling 256

UsingSOUNDFORGEProSoftwarewithaSampler 256

CreatingorEditingSampleInformation 257

ProcessingMusicalInstrumentFiles 259

LoopTuner 264

CrossfadingLoops 266

UsingtheMIDIKeyboard 266

MIDISynchronization 269

GeneratingMIDITimecode 269

TriggeringfromMIDITimecode 269

Pre-QueuingDataforSynchronization 270

UsingMIDITriggers 270

SpectrumAnalysis 271

ViewingaSpectrumGraph 271

ViewingaSonogram 275

ChangingSpectrumAnalysisSettings 277

CustomizingSoundForge 280

CustomizingKeyboardShortcuts 280

GeneralPreferences 281

DisplayPreferences 284

WaveColorPreferences 287

EditingPreferences 287

LabelingPreferences 290

FileTypePreferences 290

MIDI/SyncPreferences 291

PreviewPreferences 292

StatusPreferences 293

ToolbarPreferences 294

CDSettingsPreferences 294

Preferences-AudioTab 295

AdvancedAudioConfiguration 296

VideoPreferences 297

Preferences-VSTEffects 298

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Shortcuts 300

KeyboardShortcuts 300

Drag-and-DropShortcuts 307

MouseShortcuts 308

Appendix 310

SOUNDFORGEProandtheMicrosoftAudioCompressionManager 310

Troubleshooting 311

TroubleshootingPlaybackorRecordingProblems 311

TroubleshootingFileSupportProblems 313

TroubleshootingEffectsProblems 314

TroubleshootingSamplingandSequencingProblems 315

MIDI/SDSTroubleshooting 315

SCSI/MIDITroubleshooting 316

Glossary 319

Index 335

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SOUNDFORGEPro14

SOUNDFORGEProsoftwareistheworkhorseofcountlessaudioprofessionals,anditjustkeepsgetting

better.You'llfindthatthenewfeaturesinthisversionwillhelpsimplifyyourlifebyconsolidatingcommon

tasksandallowingyoutocustomizethesoftwaretosuityourneeds.

What'snewinversion14?

lWaveColoring,anewgraphicalrepresentationmodeinthedatawindowthatvisualisesthesonic

qualitiesofanaudiofile

lInstantActionwindowwithshortcutstofrequentlyusedtasks.

lNewOscilloscopeandSpectroscopevisualization.

lQuickconvertingaudiofilesfromWindowsExplorercontextmenu.

lQuickFX:ProfessionalVSTeffectswithmanypresetsandextremelyeasyoperationusingjustone

fader.

lImprovedVSTsupportwithmanybugfixesandafasterscan.

TechnicalSupport

IfyouexperienceproblemsorhavequestionswhileusingSOUNDFORGEProsoftware,ourtechnical

supportdepartmentisalwaysreadytohelpyou.AdditionalsupportandinformationaboutSOUNDFORGE

ProsoftwareandotherMAGIXproductscanbefoundontheMAGIXWebsite.

ForadetailedlistofTechnicalSupportoptions,pleasevisittheSupportpageonourWebsite.

InteractiveTutorials

FromtheHelpmenu,chooseInteractiveTutorialstostartaninteractiveguidethatwillshowyoueach

partoftheSOUNDFORGEProinterfaceandteachyouhowtoeditaudio.

ChooseatopicfromtheInteractiveTutorialsoverviewtostartatutorialyou'llbeupandrunninginnotime!—

OptimizingSOUNDFORGEProSoftware

ThistopiccontainsinformationaboutconfiguringyoursystemtomaximizeSOUNDFORGEPro

performance.

Defragmentingyourharddrive

Withtimeandusage,harddrivesbecomefragmented,leadingtodiscontiguousfilesandslowaccess.Thisis

particularlytrueforolderharddrives.SinceSOUNDFORGEProsoftwareisharddriveintensive,fasterdisk

accessequatesbetterperformance.Therefore,theinitialstepinimprovingsystemperformanceisharddrive

defragmentation.

TheWindowsDiskDefragmentershouldberunpriortousingSOUNDFORGEProsoftware.

Increasingplaybackbuffersize

TheplaybackbuffersizedeterminestheamountofRAMusedforplayingfromtheharddrive.Abuffersizeof

0.10secondsisrecommended,butincreasedbufferingmaybenecessaryifyoudetectgapsduringplayback.

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Increasingthetotalbuffersizerequiresadditionalmemory.Combinedwithalargepreloadsize,thismay

resultinadelaywhenstartingandstoppingplayback.

1. FromtheOptionsmenu,choosePreferences.ThePreferencesdialogappears.

2. ClicktheAudiotab.

3. UsethePlaybackbufferingslidertoconfigureanappropriatebuffersizevalueandclickOK.

Ifyou'reusinganASIOdevice,clicktheAdvancedbuttontodisplaytheAdvancedAudioConfiguration

dialog,andthenclicktheConfigurebuttontoedityourdevicesettings.

Meters

Ifyouexperiencegappingduringplaybackandthechannelmetersaredisplayed,turnthemoffbychoosing

ChannelMetersfromtheViewmenu.

IfyouexperiencegappingduringrecordingandyouhavetheMonitorcheckboxselectedintheRecord

dialog,clearthecheckboxtoturnofftherecordmeters.

Passiveupdatingforvideoandtimedisplays

Ifyouexperiencegappingduringplaybackoryourcomputerjustseemstobeboggingdownduringplayback,

tryturningonPassiveUpdate.Thiswillforcethevideoandtimedisplaystoupdateonlyifthereistimetodo

so.Inmostcasesyouwon’tbeabletotellifitismissingsomeupdates.

lFromtheOptionsmenu,chooseTimeDisplay,andchoosePassiveUpdatefromthesubmenu.

lFromtheOptionsmenu,chooseVideo,andchoosePassiveUpdatefromthesubmenu.

Audioandvideosynchronization

Ifyourvideohasbeenopenedfromaslowdevice,suchasaCD-ROMornetworkdrive,SOUND

FORGEPromayhavetroubleaccuratelyplayingbacktheaudioandvideoinsync.Youshouldalways

copyyourvideofilestoafastharddrive.

Followingaretipsthatcanhelpwhentryingtosynchronizetheaudioandvideo:

lAfterassemblingoreditingtheaudioyouwishtousewithyourvideo,placemarkersduringvideo

playbacktocorrespondtoanymajorsynchronizationpoints.Youcanlocateaparticularframeby

draggingthecursoralongtheaudioiftheVideoPreviewwindowisopenortheAnimateVideoStrip

optionisenabled.Afterprimarylocationshavebeenidentified,dragyouraudiotothesemarkerstomix,

paste,andcrossfadeaudio.

lFeaturessuchasInsertSilence,Delete/Clear,andTimeStretcharecommonlyusedtocorrect

synchronization.Anotherusefultrickistocreatearegionrepresentingtheoffsetbetweenavideoframe

andaudioevent.ThenyoucanenableLockLoop/RegionLengthanddragtheoffsetregiontoa

precedingsilentsection.Usetheregionasatemplateforadjustingtheaudiostreamlengtheithercopying

andpastingtoinserttimeordeletingtoremovetime.—

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TheSOUNDFORGEProWindow

TheSOUNDFORGEProwindowisdividedintofivemainareas,andyoucanuseviewstomanagethe

appearanceofthewindow.

SOUNDFORGEProToolbars

TheSOUNDFORGEProwindowprovidestoolbarstohelpyoufindandusecommandsquickly.Youcanuse

theToolbarstabinthePreferencesdialogtospecifywhichtoolbarsyouwanttodisplayontheSOUND

FORGEProworkspace.

Showorhidetoolbars

1. FromtheViewmenu,chooseToolbarstodisplaytheToolbarstabinthePreferencesdialog.

2. Specifywhichtoolbarsyouwanttosee:

lSelectthecheckbox forthetoolbarsyouwanttosee.

lClearthecheckboxforthetoolbarsyouwanttohide.

3. ClicktheOKbutton.

Customizeatoolbar

1. FromtheViewmenu,chooseToolbarstodisplaytheToolbarstabinthePreferencesdialog.

2. Selectthecheckbox forthetoolbarsyouwanttocustomize.Ifthecheckboxisalreadyselected,click

thetoolbar'snametoselectit.

3. ClicktheCustomizebutton.TheCustomizeToolbardialogisdisplayed.

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4. UsethecontrolsintheCustomizeToolbardialogtoadd,remove,orrearrangethebuttonsontheselected

toolbar:

lSelectabuttonintheAvailabletoolscolumnandclickAddtoaddthebuttontothetoolbarbeforethe

currentlyselectedbutton.

lSelectabuttonintheCurrenttoolscolumnandclickRemovetoremovethebuttonfromthetoolbar.

lSelectabuttonintheCurrenttoolscolumnandclickMoveUporMoveDowntorearrangethe

buttons.

5. ClickResettorestorethetoolbartoitsdefaultsetting.

6. ClicktheOKbutton.

Dockorfloat(undock)atoolbar

YoucandocktoolbarstotheSOUNDFORGEProworkspaceorallowthemtofloatfreelyovertheSOUND

FORGEProwindow.

Dockingafloatingtoolbar

1. Clickthetoolbar'stitlebaranddragittooneofthebordersoftheworkspace.

2. Whenthetoolbar'soutlinechanges,releasethemousebuttontodockittothemouseposition.

Youcanclickanemptyareaofatoolbaranddragittomovethetoolbartoanewlocation.

Floatingadockedtoolbar

1. Clickanemptyareaofthedockedtoolbaranddragittothecenteroftheworkspace.

2. Whenthetoolbar'soutlinechanges,releasethemousetodockittothemouseposition.

TheStandardToolbar

TheStandardtoolbarprovidesquickaccesstocommonlyusedfileandeditcommands.

Button Description

New:clicktocreateanewwindow.

Open:clicktoopenafile.

Save:clicktosavethecurrentfile.

SaveAs:clicktosavethecurrentfilewithanewnameorformat.

RenderAs:clicktorenderyourSOUNDFORGEProprojectfileasamediafile.

Cut:clicktoremovetheselectedsounddataandmoveittotheclipboard.

Copy:clicktocopytheselectedsounddatatotheclipboard.

Paste:clicktoinsertacopyoftheclipboardcontentsatthecurrentinsertionpoint.

Mix:clicktomixacopyoftheclipboardcontentsatthecurrentinsertionpoint.

PlayClipboard:clicktoplaythecontentsoftheclipboard.

Trim/Crop:clicktoremovealldatafromthefileexceptthecurrentselection.

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Undo:clicktoreversethelastactionperformed.

Redo:clicktoreverseanundooperation.

Repeat:clicktorepeatthelastperformedoperation.

EditTool:clicktoselecttheEdittool.UsetheEdittooltoselectdata.

MagnifyTool:clicktoselecttheMagnifytool.UsetheMagnifytooltozoomintoaparticular

regionwithoutlosingyourselection.

PencilTool:clicktoselectthePenciltool.UsethePenciltooltoeditthewaveformbydrawingon

it.

EventTool:clicktoselecttheEventtool.UsetheEventtooltoperformevent-basedediting.

EnvelopeTool:clicktoselecttheEnvelopetool.UsetheEnvelopetooltoediteffectautomation

envelopes.

TheTransportToolbar

UsetheTransporttoolbartoperformplaybackandrecordingfunctions.

Button Description

Arm:opensthewavedeviceandloadsallrecordingbuffersinordertominimizetheamountof

timebetweenclickingtheRecordbutton andwhenrecordingstarts.

WhenCreatenewwindowisselectedintheModedrop-downlistintheRecordOptions

window,theArm andRecord buttonsareenabledevenwhennodatawindowsareopen.

WhenNormalorCreateregionsisselected,theArm andRecord buttonsarenot

availableuntilyoucreateadatawindoworopenafile.

Record:startsandstopsrecording.Formoreinformation,pleaseseeoneofthefollowingtopics:

lCreatingaNewRecording

lRecordingintoanExistingSoundFile

lRecordingAudioAutomatically

LoopPlayback:Playstheselecteddatainacontinuousmode.

Ifthereisnoselection,theentiresoundfileisplayedinanendlessloop.

PlayAll:clicktoplaytheentirefilefrombeginningtoend,regardlessofcursorposition,selection,

orplaylist.

Playbackformusicalinstrumentfilesbehavesslightlydifferentlythanplaybackinanormaldata

window.

lIfnosamplesareselected,clickPlayAlltoplayallsamplesinthedatawindow.

lIfyouhavesamplesselected,clickPlayAlltoplayallselectedsamplesinthedatawindow.

Play:clicktoplaybackthefileincurrentplaybackmode.

Playbackformusicalinstrumentfilesbehavesslightlydifferentlythanplaybackinanormaldata

window.

lIfnosamplesareselected,clickPlaytoplayallsamplesfromthecursorpositiontotheendof

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lIfyouhavesamplesselected,clickPlaytoplayallselectedsamplesfromthecursorposition

totheendofthedatawindow.

Selectthe

SpacebarandF12Play/PauseinsteadofPlay/Stop

checkboxintheGeneral

PreferencestabifyouwanttheF12andspacebarkeyboardshortcutstotogglebetween

PlayandPausemode.Inthismode,thecursorwillmaintainitsposition.

Pause:clicktopauseplaybackandleavethecursoratitscurrentposition.

Stop:clicktostopplaybackandreturnthecursortoitspositionpriortoplayback.

GotoStart:clicktomovethecursortothebeginningofthecurrentfile.

GotoPreviousTrack:Movesthecursortothepreviousdisc-at-oncetrackorindex.HoldCtrl

whileclickingtoskipindexmarkers,orholdShifttoextendaselection.

Thisbuttonisavailableonlyifdisc-at-oncetracksarepresentinyourdatawindow.

Rewind:clicktomovethecursorbackwardthroughthecurrentfile.

Forward:clicktomovethecursorforwardthroughthecurrentfile.

GotoNextTrack:Movesthecursortothenextdisc-at-oncetrackorindex.HoldCtrlwhile

clickingtoskipindexmarkers,orholdShifttoextendaselection.

Thisbuttonisavailableonlyifdisc-at-oncetracksarepresentinyourdatawindow.

GotoEnd:clicktomovethecursortotheendofthecurrentfile.

TheNavigationToolbar

UsetheNavigationtoolbartonavigatethedatawindow.Someoftheoperationsincludedarezooming,

marking,movingthecursor,andmovingtorelevantpoints.

Button Description

ZoominFull:clicktomaximizethehorizontalmagnificationto24:1.

ZoomNormal:clicktochangethehorizontalzoomratiotothevaluespecifiedontheDisplaytabof

thePreferencesdialog.

ZoomSelection:clicktomaximizetheselectedareainthedatawindow.

CustomZoom1:clicktochangethehorizontalzoomratiotothevaluespecifiedontheDisplaytab

ofthePreferencesdialog.

CustomZoom2:clicktochangethehorizontalzoomratiotothevaluespecifiedontheDisplaytab

ofthePreferencesdialog.

MarkIn:clicktosetthebeginningoftheloopregionatthecurrentcursorposition.

MarkOut:clicktosettheendoftheloopregionatthecurrentcursorposition.

GoTo:clicktodisplaytheGoTodialog.

CenterCursor:clicktoadjustthedisplaysothatthecursorappearsinthecenterofthedata

window.

CursortoSelectionStart:clicktomovethecursortothestartofthecurrentselection.

CursortoSelectionEnd:clicktomovethecursortotheendofthecurrentselection.

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CenterSustainingStart:clicktocenterthebeginningofasustainingloopinthedatawindow.

CenterSustainingEnd:clicktocentertheendofasustainingloopinthedatawindow.

CenterReleaseStart:clicktocenterthebeginningofareleaseloopinthedatawindow.

CenterReleaseEnd:clicktocentertheendofareleaseloopinthedatawindow.

DoubleSelection:clicktodoublethecurrentselection.

HalveSelection:clicktoreducethecurrentselectionbyhalf.

ShiftSelectionLeft:clicktomovethecurrentselectionleftbythelengthoftheselection.

ShiftSelectionRight:clicktomovethecurrentselectionrightbythelengthoftheselection.

Tempo:theboxattherightedgeofthetoolbardisplaysthetempoofthecurrentselectionasifthe

selectionrepresentsacompletemeasure.

Aninitialtemposettinghastobedonefirst

TheStatusToolbar

UsetheStatustoolbartosetthestatusformatfordisplayandtocontrolselectionsnapping.

Button Description

Samples:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectioninsamples.

Time:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectionin

hours:minutes:seconds.seconds.

Seconds:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectioninseconds.

TimeandFrames:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectionin

hours:minutes:seconds.frames.

AbsoluteFrames:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectioninabsoluteframes

fromthebeginningofthefile.

MeasuresandBeats:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectionin

measures:beats.quarter-beats.

SMPTEFilmSync:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectionin

hours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof24framespersecond.Thisframerate

matchesthestandardcrystal-sync16/33mmfilmrateof24fps.

SMPTEEBU:clicktodisplaytherulerinhours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof25

framespersecond.ThisisknownasSMPTEEBU(EuropeanBroadcastingUnion)because

Europeantelevisionsystemsrunat25fps.

UseSMPTE25EBUformatforPALDV/D1projects.

SMPTENon-Drop:clicktodisplaytherulerinhours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof

29.97framespersecond,whichleadstoadiscrepancybetweenreal("wallclock")timeandthe

SMPTEtime,becausethereisnocompensationinthecountingsystemasthereisinDropFrame.



UseSMPTENon-DropformatforNTSCD1projectsthatwillberecordedonmastertapesstriped

withNon-Droptimecode.

SMPTEDrop:clicktodisplaytherulerinhours:minutes:seconds;frameswithaframerateof

29.97fpstomatchtheframerateusedbyNTSCtelevisionsystems(NorthAmerica,Japan).

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UseSMPTEDropFrameformatforNTSCDV/D1projects.

BothSMPTEDropandSMPTENon-Droprunat29.97fps.Inbothformats,theactualframesare

notdiscarded,buttheyarenumbereddifferently.SMPTEDropremovescertainframenumbersthe

countingsystemtokeeptheSMPTEclockfromdriftingfromreal("wallclock")time.Thetimeis

adjustedforwardbytwoframesoneveryminuteboundaryexcept0,10,20,30,40,and50.For

example,whenSMPTEDroptimeincrementsfrom00:00:59.29,thenextvaluewillbe

00:01:00.02.

SMPTE30:clicktodisplaytherulerinhours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof30

framespersecond.

Thisrateisexactly30fpsandiscommonlyusedwhensynchronizingaudioapplicationssuchas

multitrackrecordersorMIDIsequencers.Thisformatshouldnotbeusedwhenworkingwithvideo.

AudioCDTime:clicktodisplaytherulerinhours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof75

framespersecondforcreatingRedBookCDs.

Ifyouwanttodisplaydisc-at-onceCDtracknumbersintheTimeDisplaywindow,right-clickthe

TimeDisplaywindowandchooseCDTrackPositionfromtheshortcutmenu.Inthismode,the

TimeDisplaywillshowtracknumbersandtherunningtimeforeachtrack.Negativevalues

indicatethepausetimebeforeatrack:

EditTempo:clicktodisplaytheEditTempodialog.

TheRegions/PlaylistToolbar

Usetheregions/playlisttoolbartodisplayandhidetheRegionsListandPlaylist/Cutlistwindows,control

MIDIsynchronization,anddisplaysynchronizationstatus.

Button Description

RegionsList:clicktodisplayandhidetheRegionsListwindow.

Playlist:clicktodisplayandhidethePlaylist/Cutlistwindow.

TriggerfromMIDITimecode:clicktoenableordisabletriggeringfromMIDIcommandsreceived

throughtheMIDIinputport.

GenerateMIDITimecode:clicktoenablesendingMIDItimecodethroughtheMIDIoutputport.

Pre-QueueforMIDITimecode:clicktoopenthewavedeviceandpre-loaddatafromthenext

regiontobeplayedinthePlaylist.Pre-queuinghelpsensurethataudiowillbeginplayingthemoment

thedesignatedSMPTEtimeisdetectedbySOUNDFORGEProwhensynchronizingtoMIDI

timecode(MTC).

PlaylistPosition:displaysthetotalplaybacktimestartingat00:00:00:000(nottheplaycursortime)

whenplayingfromthePlaylist.

SyncStatus:displaysincomingMIDItimecodeandtriggersignals.

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TheInsertToolbar

UsetheInserttoolbarforquickaccesstocommandsfromtheInsertmenu.

Button Description

InsertMarker:clicktoaddamarkeratthecursorposition.

InsertRegion:clicktoaddaregionusingthecurrenttimeselection.

InsertSampleLoop:clicktoaddasampleloopusingthecurrenttimeselection.

InsertCommand:clicktoaddametadatacommandmarkeratthecursorposition.

InsertCDTrack:clicktoaddadisc-at-onceCDtrackusingthecurrenttimeselection.

InsertCDIndex:clicktoaddadisc-at-onceCDindexmarkeratthecursorposition.

InsertVolumeEnvelope:clicktoaddavolumeenvelopetothedatawindow.

InsertPanEnvelope:clicktoaddapanenvelopetothedatawindow.

InsertSilence:clicktodisplaytheInsertSilencedialog.

DTMF/MFToneSynthesis:clicktodisplaytheDTMF/MFTonesdialog.

FMSynthesis:clicktodisplaytheFMSynthesisdialog.

SimpleSynthesis:clicktodisplaytheSimpleSynthesisdialog.

TheProcessToolbar

UsetheProcesstoolbartoperformfunctionsfromtheProcessmenu.

Button Description

AutoTrim/Crop:clicktodisplaytheAutoTrim/Cropdialog.

Bit-DepthConverter:clicktodisplaytheBitDepthConverterdialog.

ChannelConverter:clicktodisplaytheChannelConverterdialog.

DCOffset:clicktodisplaytheDCOffsetdialog.

GraphicEQ:clicktoboostorattenuateselectedfrequencybands.

ParagraphicEQ:clicktodisplaytheParagraphicEQdialog.

ParametricEQ:clicktodisplaytheParametricEQdialog.

GraphicFade:clicktodrawafadeenvelopethatwillbeappliedacrossthecurrentdataselection.

FadeIn:clicktoperformalinearfadefrom-Inf.to0dB.

FadeOut:clicktoperformalinearfadefrom0dBto-Inf.

Invert/Flip:clicktoreversethephaseofthesounddata.

Mute:clicktosetthevolumeofaselectionto-InfdB(silence).

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Normalize:clicktodisplaytheNormalizedialog.

Pan/Expand:clicktodisplaythePan/Expanddialog.

Resample:clicktodisplaytheResampledialog.

Reverse:clicktoreversethecurrentselection.

RotateAudio:clicktochangethefeelofagivenloopbymovingtheselectiontotheoppositeendof

thefile.Thiscommandhasnoeffectiftheselectiondoesnottouchthebeginningorendofthefile.

Smooth/Enhance:clicktodisplaytheSmooth/Enhancedialog.

TimeStretch:clicktodisplaytheTimeStretchdialog.

élastiqueTimestretch:clicktodisplaytheélastiqueTimestretch

Volume:clicktochangethevolumeofasoundfileselection.

TheEffectsToolbar

UsetheEffectstoolbartoapplyeffectstoafile.

Button Description

AcousticMirror:clicktousetheAcousticMirrorplug-in.

AmplitudeModulation:clicktoapplyasinusoidalorsquare-shapedperiodicgaintotheinputsignal.

Thefrequencyofthegainwaveformcanbeadjustedtocreateeffectsvaryingfromaslowtremoloto

unusualsounddistortions.

Chorus:clicktoaddapitch-modulatedanddelayedversionoftheinputsignaltotheunprocessed

inputsignal.Theeffectsimulatesthevariancesinpitchandtimingthatoccurnaturallywhentwoor

morepeopletrytoplayorsingthesamemelodyatthesametime.

Multi-TapDelay:clicktosimulatemultipleechoes,reverberation,andotherdelay-relatedeffects.

SimpleDelay:clicktoaddadelayedcopyofthesoundsignaltoaselection.Asingledelayor

decayingmultipledelayscanbeaddedbeforeorafterthesoundsignal.

Distortion:clicktotailorthegainatallinputlevelsofasignal.Youcancreateeffectsrangingfrom

dramatictosubtledistortion,simplecompression,expansion,andnoisegates.

GraphicDynamics:clicktoaffectthedynamicrangeoftheselectionbyapplyingcompression,

expansion,andlimiting.

Multi-BandDynamics:clicktoapplycompressionandlimitingtouptofourdifferentfrequency

bands.

Envelope:clicktomodifytheamplitudeofawaveformtomatchaspecifiedenvelopeshape.

Flange/Wah-Wah:clicktoapplyflanging,phasing,andwah-waheffectstoasound.

Gapper/Snipper:clicktocutchunksfromthesoundfileorinsertsilenceintheselection

periodicallyatasetfrequency.

NoiseGate:clicktoremovesignalsbelowasetthreshold.

PitchBend:clicktodrawanenvelopethatincreasesordecreasesthepitchofaselectionovertime.



PitchShift:clicktochangethepitchofasoundwithorwithoutpreservingthedurationofthe

selection.

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ResonantFilter:clicktorestricttherangeofasoundusinglow-pass,band-pass,orhigh-pass

filtering,andthenboostandaddoscillationtotheresonantfrequency.

Reverb:clicktosimulatevariousacousticspaces.Reverbconsistsofearlyreflectionswhichare

thefirstreflectionsthatarrivebacktoyourearandthereverbitself.——

Vibrato:clicktoapplyperiodicpitchmodulationtoaselection.

WaveHammer:clicktousetheWaveHammermasteringplug-in.

Declicker/DeCrackler:clicktousetheDeclicker/Decrackleraudiorestorationplugin.

DeHisser:clicktousetheDeHisseraudiorestorationplugin.

WaveHammer2.0:clicktousetheWaveHammer2.0advancedmasteringplug-in.

DeClipper:clicktousetheDeClipperaudiorestorationplugin.

coreFXDelay:

coreFXChorus:

coreFXFlanger:

coreFX2-PointCompressor:

coreFXCompressor:

coreFXExpander:

coreFXGate:

coreFXLimiter:

TheToolsToolbar

UsetheToolstoolbarforquickaccesstotheSOUNDFORGEProeditingtools.

Button Description

ExtractAudioFromCD:ClicktodisplaytheExtractAudiofromCDdialog.

BurnTrack-at-OnceCD:clicktodisplaytheBurnTrack-at-OnceCDdialog.

BurnDisc-at-OnceCD:clicktodisplaytheBurnDisc-at-OnceCDdialog.

AutoRegion:clicktodisplaytheAutoRegiondialog.

ExtractRegions:clicktodisplaytheExtractRegionsdialog.

ClipDetect:clicktodisplaytheDetectClippingdialog.

Find:clicktodisplaytheFinddialog.

Repair:Interpolate:clicktointerpolatearegionofsoundbasedonthedataatthebeginningand

endoftheregion.

Repair:Replace:clicktoreplacearegionofsoundwithprevioussounddata.

Repair:CopyOtherChannel:clicktoreplaceaselectionwithdatafromtheotherchannelina

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NoiseReduction:clicktousetheNoiseReductionplug-intoremovenoise.

ClickandCrackleRemoval:clicktousetheClickandCrackleRemovalplug-intoremoveclicks

andsharpglitches.

ClippedPeakRestoration:clicktousetheClippedPeakRestorationplug-intoroundthetopsof

clippedpeaksandapplypeaklimitingtotheareaimmediatelysurroundingtheaudioclip.

Nonclippedaudioisnotaffected.

AudioRestoration:clicktousetheAudioRestorationplug-intocleanuprecordings.

CrossfadeLoop:clicktodisplaytheCrossfadeLoopdialog.

Sampler:clicktodisplaytheSamplerdialog.

Statistics:clicktodisplaytheStatisticsdialog.

LoudnessLogclicktogenerateaLoudnessLog.

BatchConverter:clicktostarttheBatchConverter.

EditinSpectraLayersPro:clicktoopentheactivedatawindowinSpectraLayersPro.

Whenyou'redoneediting,closeSpectraLayersPro.You'llbepromptedtoexportyourchanges

backtoSOUNDFORGEPro.ClickYes,andtheSOUNDFORGEProdatawindowisupdatedto

reflectanychanges.

SendtoSpectraLayersPro:clicktoopentheactivedatawindowasalayerinSpectraLayers

Pro.

Whenyou'redoneediting,youcansaveyourprojectinSpectraLayersPro,renderthemixedoutput,

oruseProcess>SendtoSOUNDFORGEProtosaveyourchanges.

ActivateWaveColor

ActivateVocalActivitydetection.

UpdateVocalActivitydetection.

TheLevelsToolbar

UsetheLevelstoolbartodisplaytheleft-andright-channellevelsatthecursorinavarietyofdifferentformats.

Ifyouhavearangeofdataselected,thetoolbarwilldisplaythelevelattheactiveendoftheselection;

presstheHomekeytomovethecursortothebeginningoftheselectionorpressEndtomovetotheend

oftheselection.

Right-clickthetoolbarandchooseaformatfromtheshortcutmenutospecifyaformat.

Command Function

Sample

Value

Displaystheright-andleft-channellevelsatthecursorpositionasaninteger.Therangeisfrom-

8388608to8388607in24-bitaudio,-32768to32767in16-bitaudioand-128and127in8-bit

audio.

Percent Displaystheright-andleft-channellevelsatthecursorpositionasapercentage.Therangeis

from-100to100percent.

Decibels

(dB)

Displaystheright-andleft-channellevelsatthecursorpositionindecibels.Avalueof0dB

correspondstomaximumabsoluteamplitudeandnegativeinfinity(-Inf.)correspondstocomplete

silence.In16-bitaudio,-90.3dBisthelowestpossibledBvalue(samplevalueof1).

Peak DisplaysthepeaksamplevalueinthevicinityofthecursorasadBvalue.

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