SoundForge Software

Roy Thomson · Post by **Roy Thomson** » 7 Mar 2003 8:14 am

I have SF 4.5 and am wondering if anyone else
is using this software. It's really good for converting and editing files.
However I am wondering if it is possible to
transfer Digital files and seperate the tracks.
For instance I record my steel on Track 1 and guitar on Track 2 on my Roland VS-840.
I then transfer by Digital cable to my computer using SoundForge. In so doing the
tracks combine and I am trying to find the procedure to keep them seperate?
Sure appreciate any help on this. The Help file is not speaking my language unfortunately.
Thanks
Roy

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Larry Clark · Post by **Larry Clark** » 7 Mar 2003 2:31 pm

Roy, I don't have a specific answer to your question but you can download a manual for SF 4.5 at www.sonicfoundry.com. Click on "support", then "manuals" and scroll down to Sound Forge 4.5. I've got a copy of 4.5 that came with a Soundblaster card but haven't used it enough to be of much help.

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 8 Mar 2003 12:01 am

CooleditPro2 has a multitrack section.
Sonar combines multitrack audio with multitrack midi.

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Graham · Post by **Graham** » 8 Mar 2003 5:50 am

128 tracks, to be precise. Works great!

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Michael Holland · Post by **Michael Holland** » 8 Mar 2003 6:26 am

Hi Roy,

I'm not familiar with Sound Forge, but if it's a multi-track audio recording/sequencing app it sounds to me like you need 'sync'. This method works for me.

The Roland units have an internal sync track that can record MIDI Time Code from an external source. Once this 'tempo track' is recorded, you can select the Roland as the master and the PC application as the slave then start and stop the software from the transport controls of the Roland. This will allow you to send your tracks one at a time from the Roland to the PC and everything will sync right up.

Drawbacks? Well, you have to block out the song in the sequencer at the beginning so the arrangement of the song is constant. Once you lay down that sync track your tempo is set and can't be changed (unless you re-record the sync track).

Roy Thomson · Post by **Roy Thomson** » 8 Mar 2003 7:21 am

Many thanks everyone.
I'll go back to work on it.
Roy

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Dave Boothroyd · Post by **Dave Boothroyd** » 9 Mar 2003 8:32 am

Soundforge is an excellent audio editing and mastering program, but it only goes as far as stereo. You can, with a lot of messing about, persuade it to run dual Mono and act as a two track recorder, but you are far better using the audio recording facilities in Cakewalk, Cubase or Logic for that.
Do all your work in the sequencer program, Audio and Midi, bounce everything to a stereo audio track, save it as a WAV file, then use Soundforge and some good plug-ins to produce a pro-quality master to burn to CD from that.
Since you probably think that the last paragraph was in Martian, go at once to:- www.sospubs.co.uk
and use the search facilty to read up about computer recording. My friend and neighbour Paul White will put you on the right track.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Music Technology (Courses now enrolling at a College near you- or to be more exact, very near me)
Cheers
Dave[This message was edited by Dave Boothroyd on 09 March 2003 at 08:33 AM.]

Carter York · Post by **Carter York** » 19 Mar 2003 9:57 am

Hi Roy,

I'm a big fan of SF, esp the new version 6.0, it's worth the upgrade. You might want to take a look at Cool Edit Pro v. 2. It is a multitrack editor/recorder, and it also has some extensive wave editing capabilities along the lines of Sound Forge, it allows you to record a wave and then insert it into a multitrack project with the greatest of ease. A single button allows you to switch from multitrack view to the wav (mono or stereo) editing window. Their website is http://www.syntrillium.com/cep/ . Good luck!

Carter