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Subject:editing and/or making Posted by: deaz Date:1/26/2003 1:38:29 AM hey, i need to know one thing real quick, please let tell me if you know this: is sound forge mainly built for editing, or is it reliable enough to make professional music from scratch... thanx
Subject:RE: editing and/or making Reply by: Iacobus Date:1/27/2003 12:16:22 PM Both. :) Actually, what I meant is that its main purpose is not only for editing but for creating original music as well—but don't use it all by itself if you want to create complete projects. Sound Forge is not a multitracker or loop arranger like Vegas and ACID Pro are respectively. All three are basically meant to complement one another. When you record in Vegas or ACID Pro, for example, you can edit the track externally in Sound Forge to access its functions, such as deleting extraneous data you don't want. When you save the changes in Sound Forge, they're automatically applied in Vegas or ACID Pro when you switch back to the respective app. (This is also called round trip editing.) Very handy. HTH, Iacobus
Subject:RE: editing and/or making Reply by: Geoff_Wood Date:1/27/2003 9:33:42 PM Sure it is 'reliable enough' - it is a profession audio editor. However whether or not it is the appropriate application for what you want is another story. SForge can act prefectly well as a 2 track (stereo) recorder. Subsequent to recording, you can edit the recorded files (and 'master', etc) , and make a track-at-once CD. If you want to make a 'disk at once' CD, your need CD Architect or Vegas. If you want to record more than 2 tracks you need an application like Vegas or Acid. Vegas will record as many tracks similatneously as your soundcard has. Acid is more orientated to loop-based audio production, and only records 2 tracks similateously. If you are heavily into MIDI, then SF do not have the app for you. geoff
Subject:RE: editing and/or making Reply by: deaz Date:1/29/2003 9:37:55 PM thanx, im gettin more into it, got a book, and right now i just got Cubase, but thank you for all the help, ill keep it in mind

Subject:editing and/or making

Posted by: deaz

Date:1/26/2003 1:38:29 AM

hey, i need to know one thing real quick, please let tell me if you know this:
is sound forge mainly built for editing, or is it reliable enough to make professional music from scratch... thanx

Subject:RE: editing and/or making

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:1/27/2003 12:16:22 PM

Both. :)

Actually, what I meant is that its main purpose is not only for editing but for creating original music as well—but don't use it all by itself if you want to create complete projects.

Sound Forge is not a multitracker or loop arranger like Vegas and ACID Pro are respectively. All three are basically meant to complement one another. When you record in Vegas or ACID Pro, for example, you can edit the track externally in Sound Forge to access its functions, such as deleting extraneous data you don't want. When you save the changes in Sound Forge, they're automatically applied in Vegas or ACID Pro when you switch back to the respective app. (This is also called round trip editing.) Very handy.

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: editing and/or making

Reply by: Geoff_Wood

Date:1/27/2003 9:33:42 PM

Sure it is 'reliable enough' - it is a profession audio editor. However whether or not it is the appropriate application for what you want is another story.

SForge can act prefectly well as a 2 track (stereo) recorder. Subsequent to recording, you can edit the recorded files (and 'master', etc) , and make a track-at-once CD.

If you want to make a 'disk at once' CD, your need CD Architect or Vegas.

If you want to record more than 2 tracks you need an application like Vegas or Acid. Vegas will record as many tracks similatneously as your soundcard has. Acid is more orientated to loop-based audio production, and only records 2 tracks similateously.

If you are heavily into MIDI, then SF do not have the app for you.

geoff

Subject:RE: editing and/or making

Reply by: deaz

Date:1/29/2003 9:37:55 PM

thanx, im gettin more into it, got a book, and right now i just got Cubase, but thank you for all the help, ill keep it in mind