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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
thedatawindow.
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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
stereopair.
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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.
The SOUND FORGE Pro Window 20
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