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Subject:How does SF compare? Posted by: birdcat Date:6/15/2007 5:05:28 AM Hi Kids - I know this is a Sony forum and I use other Sony products (Vegas, DVDA, Acid) but I was wondering about Sound Forge. I have a need to clean up bad audio (enhance and restore) and have seen several tutorials (and manufacturers claims) that show how to do what I need using Abode Audition or SoundBooth - Like the ability to "learn" a noise pattern from a noise only portion of the recording and then apply that as a filter across the entire piece. The question is, does Sound Forge do this kind of stuff (the full blown package as well as the Studio version) and what other comparisons can be made between SF and the Adobe products? Thanks. Bruce
Subject:RE: How does SF compare? Reply by: Geoff_Wood Date:6/15/2007 4:51:54 PM To all intents and purposes identical, apart from GUI and workflow. Audition does have one tool , the graphic spectral editing sample tool thingy, that SF doesn't. But for me Audition (and Wavelab in a different way) don't "do it" for me. Wavelab (along with most other germanic software) has an odd design and workflow (for me), and Audition tries to do too much which makes it clutterred, and seems to try and look like a toy. At least Adobe havenot done their usual trick of removing useful right-click contextual menus, as have never even made it comprehensively into Photoshop and Pagemaker... geoff Message last edited on6/15/2007 5:05:00 PM byGeoff_Wood.
Subject:RE: How does SF compare? Reply by: birdcat Date:6/18/2007 5:28:33 AM I tried downloading the trial version of NR2 and cannot get that to do what I want. Is there some place in SF9 that does this? (I am speaking of "learning" the noise from a small sample to be applied across the entire clip). Also, are there any plans to add the Spectral Analysis to SF? That seems like a very interesting way to work with sound... Message last edited on6/18/2007 5:29:27 AM bybirdcat.
Subject:RE: How does SF compare? Reply by: drbam Date:6/18/2007 6:37:08 AM "(I am speaking of "learning" the noise from a small sample to be applied across the entire clip)." This is exactlyly what NR2 does. You first need to select a section of noise, then check the box on the bottom left corner of the NR2 window that says something like "Capture Noise Print" (I'm not in my studio so I can't confirm the precise language). Then click Preview. If I like the results, I'll then save as a preset (not sure if you can do that with the demo).
Subject:RE: How does SF compare? Reply by: Geoff_Wood Date:6/18/2007 4:41:13 PM Yes it does do that. Called Noiseprint. RTFM and/or look and botton LHS of NR2 window. Select a 'noise' area first. Yes, it is handy and I would have loved to see it in SF9, considering Audition has had that function for some time. geoff
Subject:RE: How does SF compare? Reply by: jumbuk Date:6/19/2007 8:42:01 PM It IS in SF9 - the NR plugin is included in the bundle.

Subject:How does SF compare?

Posted by: birdcat

Date:6/15/2007 5:05:28 AM

Hi Kids -

I know this is a Sony forum and I use other Sony products (Vegas, DVDA, Acid) but I was wondering about Sound Forge.

I have a need to clean up bad audio (enhance and restore) and have seen several tutorials (and manufacturers claims) that show how to do what I need using Abode Audition or SoundBooth - Like the ability to "learn" a noise pattern from a noise only portion of the recording and then apply that as a filter across the entire piece.

The question is, does Sound Forge do this kind of stuff (the full blown package as well as the Studio version) and what other comparisons can be made between SF and the Adobe products?

Thanks.

Bruce