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Do any of you use Scott Garrigus's book Sound Forge 8 Power? I just bought it to look through before I actually buy the program. Is it a good reference/instructional tool for SF?

I bought it 'cause the extremely thin manual that shipped with mine was in Japanese! It's OK. What has been far more valuable to me - 'cause I'm a visual thinker who doesn't like to read - was the seminar DVDs that I found online for $55. They're interactive lessons - awesome.

I just watched a bunch more tonight... I can't imagine not having SF anymore, and I was VERY skeptical about the need for it.

I haven’t really looked into P5 too closely yet as being I had just moved, money as been a bit tight, and that is one of the reasons I’m here at the user’s forums. I love P4, I have no complaints and it's hard to imagine how it can be improved on.
As much of a gearhead as I am, I'm not all that excited over the 64 bit sound engine as 32 bit is so far into the over kill zone for us mere mortals targeting 16/44.1 CD market.
Though I do like the little things, it's really nice to see Cakewalk finally tweaked and added to the MIDI sequencer, and the V-Vocal looks like a great addition.
Cakewalk adding a convolution reverb is REALLY increadibly sweet for those that don't have one, but I already have the Waves IR-1 and Sound Forge's Acoustic Mirror.
I can’t tell you how nice it is to actually see posts by admin again, and intelligent and informed posts by users. That is all too rare at Sony Media/ACID Planet forums these days.
Anyway, I’ve been thinking of upgrading soon, I’m currently working on several song projects in P4 nearing completion that I’ve been focusing on, as well as tutoring a few collaborator friends who jumped ship from Cubase SX and Pro Tools.
When they came over and saw how stable and nicely P4 can record 8 audio tracks at once in real-time with Macke Control, M-Audio Delta 1010 that’s all she wrote.
They pretty much went into the freak zone exploring all the built in included buzzers and bells.
Things are really nice now that we all use the same software and Windows PC platform which as finally come of age in the past few years.
I flat out gave up on my Mac Pro Tools MOTU set up when they jumped from OS-9 to OS-X and core audio drivers, what a train wreck that was for 6 months or so, and a very PRICY one too.
That was right about the time when Sonar 3 came out so it was bye bye Mac and I never looked back.
I always loved Windows PC multi tasking architecture Cakewalk’s MIDI sequencing and only went to Mac for multi track audio recording which was excellent, though seriously lacking for MIDI support.


I never like to upgrade in the middle of things because when I finally do I know I’ll be digging deep into P5.

Hi guys...

Yep, my Sound Forge 8 Power book is now available. You can find more info and get a discount by going to my site:
http://www.garrigus.com/powerbooks.asp

You'll also find a couple excerpts here...

http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/article.asp?ID=40

http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/tip.asp?ID=11

with more to come soon...

Thanks!
Scott

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SONAR 5.0.1 has stopped asking me if I want to import the new version...how do I re-enable this? Any ideas? It is quite frustrating!

EDIT: Discovered you have to have "Copy events as linked clips" enabled for this to work properly.

I thought this was good for a bump, but also have a question: when you guys say that you are able to use the Sound Forge VSTs in Sonar, are you saying that you are able to use them in real time? I myself am unable to use SF effects in real time in Sonar without immediate dropouts, regardless of aud.ini settings; and have found references in old posts that seem to say that Sound Forge effects aren't real time effective in any program. If there is some kind of work-around that I don't know about I'd love to hear it.

Wpuldn't it be rather nice to have a Sonar/Soundforge tips section. I am pretty sure, because foks work in different ways, that we could make use of the valuable information that individuals provide about methods for mastering in Sound forge.

I was using 5 a while back, but not in great detail, so I placed it on the shelf and left it there. Soundforge 7 peaked my interest again, but I still didn't update until Soundforge 8. Now I'm back on the Soundforge trail with 8 and loving it.

I search the forums occasionally to see what others are doing with it to see what xtras I can pick up in my mastering process.

Soundforge Tips section would be great as SF compliments Sonar.

Peace

Thanks for the reply Jesse G, and yeah, I think I've got that part down, though it's still pretty strange/new/cool. But what about using Sound Forge effects in real time, e.g. right-click on the FX bin, scroll through the options, insert a Sound Forge effect (they all show there as options for me), and play the song and tweak the effect.

I just get dropouts when I try to do this. Sound Forge effects don't work for me in real time...But this is working for you, or no? It just seems like it would be really cool to be able to use the Sound Forge effects like this.

Mod Bod, I think it was an earlier post of yours that clued me in to the fact that the effects might not work across programs at all. Is this a bug (that could be fixed if I FRed it) or fact of life (that I can let go with Zen-like disattachment)?

I'm glad to hear that this is being tested NOW (not at some undefined point in the future). I appreciate the work you do; and I hope that the resolution comes within a Sonar 5 point update -- or at least by Sonar 6.


All the best to you Ron! Thank you.

WTF! I think you have the wrong forum there my little princess
Please take your variant, on this obvious Nigerian email scam somewhere else. We are not so easily fooled here, my dear

Cheers and most heartiest good riddance!

LOL!

I use Sound Forge for it's effects/plugins. Also, for reverse reverb effects.

Yes, the latest version of Sound Forge (version 9) has a lot going for it since it includes the Noise Reduction software as well as the mastering plug-ins from iZotope...

* Sony Sound Forge Audio Editing Software

Scott

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Hello,
I am using Sonar 8.5.3 on Windows 7 64bit and Sound Forge Audio Studio 10.
When I select a track or a portion of a track within Sonar, I click on tools/menu and then select Sound Forge. It all works. I am able to edit the track within Sound Forge. However when I save it, the changes are not being reflected back into Sonar. I am obviously missing a step or two.
I would assume, that SF would automatically remember the path of the sonar track once its opened in Sf, so when I saved it, it would know where it should be saved. Well, this isn't the case. I have searched and searched to find the path but can't find it.
So what am I doing wrong? What do I need to do in order for SF to save it where Sonar is holding the track in memory within the project. It would be great that once I save the edited track in SF, Sonar automatically applies the changes.
James