Sony Sound Forge User Manual Pro 8.0 Operating Instructions Soundforge80

User Manual: sony Sound Forge Pro - 8.0 - Operating Instructions Free User Guide for Sony Sound Forge Software, Manual

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Introduction
- Introducing Sound Forge software
- Sample files
- Using this manual
- Shortcuts
- System requirements
- Installing Sound Forge software
- Getting help
Optimizing for Sound Forge Software
- Defragmenting your hard drive
- Increasing total buffer size
- Turning off the playback cursor and record counter
- Turning off the play (output) meters
- Turning on passive updating for time and video displays
  - Time displays
  - Video displays
- Synchronizing audio and video
Learning the Sound Forge Workspace
- Using the mouse
- Using the mouse wheel
- The main window
- Main window components
- Floating and docking windows
- Window Docking Area (F11)
- The data window
- Toolbars
- ToolTips
  - Using ToolTips
  - Turning off ToolTips
- Command descriptions
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Meters
- Controls
- Stereo files
  - Working with stereo files
  - Selecting data in stereo files
Getting Started
- Creating a project
- Getting media files
- Working with video files
- Playing a file
- Creating a new data window
  - Active data windows vs. inactive data windows
  - Copying data to a new file
- Working with files
- Working with projects
- Editing audio
- Using undo and redo
  - Using the Undo/Redo History window
- Selecting status formats
  - Experimenting with status formats
  - Configuring the Measures & Beats format
- Publishing to the Web
- Exporting to CD Architect software
  - Exporting a single audio file
  - Exporting all audio files
- Exporting to Net MD devices
- Recovering files after a crash
  - Recovering files
  - Deleting recovered files
Navigating, Zooming, and Selecting
- Setting the cursor position
- Previewing audio with pre-roll
- Using the overview bar
- Zooming and magnifying
- Selecting audio using start and end values
  - Using the Set Selection dialog
- Selecting audio during playback
- Fine-tuning a selection
- Understanding snapping
- Creating and using views
  - Displaying the Views toolbar
  - Creating views
Changing File Attributes and Formats
- Editing file attributes
  - Editing attributes in the Properties dialog
  - Editing attributes in the status bar
- Changing the sample rate
- Changing the bit depth
- Converting mono/stereo channels
- Converting file formats
  - Save as type
  - Template
- Adding summary information
Using Markers, Regions, and the Playlist/Cutlist
- Why use markers, regions, and the playlist?
- Using markers
- Using command markers in streaming media files
- Using regions
- Using the Regions List
  - Displaying the Regions List
  - Working with the Regions List
- Using the playlist
Recording, Extracting, and Burning
- Recording audio
- Extracting audio from CDs
  - Previewing CD tracks
  - Refreshing the Extract Audio from CD dialog
- Burning CDs
- Proper use of software
Editing, Repairing, and Synthesizing Audio
- Crossfading, overwriting, and replicating
- Repeating an operation
- Using drag-and-drop
- Finding and repairing audio glitches
  - Locating glitches
  - Repairing audio
- Synthesizing audio
Processing Audio
- Applying presets
  - Using presets
  - Creating presets
  - Deleting presets
  - Resetting parameters
  - Managing presets
- Previewing processed audio
  - Setting custom preview parameters
  - Preview parameters
  - Bypassing a process while previewing
- Sound Forge processes
- Auto Trim/Crop
  - Using Auto Trim/Crop
  - Auto Trim/Crop controls
- Bit-Depth Converter
  - Converting a file’s bit depth
- Channel Converter
  - Using the Channel Converter
  - Channel Converter controls
- DC Offset
  - Estimating DC Offset
  - DC Offset controls
- EQ
- Fade - Graphic fade
  - Creating a graphic fade
  - Creating a custom graphic fade
  - Graphic Fade Controls
- Fade - Fade In
- Fade - Fade Out
- Insert Silence
  - Inserting silence into a file
- Invert/Flip
- Mute
  - Muting an audio selection
- Normalize
  - Normalizing Audio
  - Normalize Controls
- Pan/Expand
  - Creating a pan
  - Creating a custom pan
  - Pan/Expand controls
- Resample
  - Downsampling audio
  - Upsampling audio
  - Resample controls
- Reverse
- Smooth/Enhance
- Swap Channels
- Time Stretch
- Volume
  - Increasing the volume of a selection
  - Volume control
Working with Effects
- Adding effects
  - Applying an effect
  - Saving effect settings as a custom preset
- Using the Plug-In Chainer
- Using the Plug-In Manager
- Using the Preset Manager
- Automating Effect Parameters
- Adjusting envelopes
Using Acoustic Mirror and Wave Hammer
- What are the Acoustic Mirror effects?
  - The acoustic signature
- Adding an acoustic signature to an audio file
- Creating impulse files
- Using impulse files in creative ways
- Troubleshooting the Acoustic Mirror effect
- What is the Wave Hammer plug-in?
  - Displaying the Wave Hammer plug-in
- The Wave Hammer dialog
  - Compressor tab
  - Volume Maximizer tab
Utlilizing the Scripting Feature
- Scripting references
  - Sample scripts
  - Additional scripting information
- Opening the Script Editor window
- Opening and running a script
- Creating a script
- Editing an existing script
- Using the Scripting toolbar
- Using the Batch Converter script
  - Converting using an existing batch job
  - Creating or editing a batch job
Working with MIDI/ SMPTE
- What is MIDI?
- MIDI triggers
- Sound Forge software and MIDI timecode synchronization
Sampling
- Samplers
  - External samplers
  - Internal samplers
- Configuring the Sampler Tool
- Creating a sampler configuration
  - Open loop versus closed loop
- Saving sampler configurations
- Sending and receiving samples
- Using the MIDI Keyboard
- Setting up MIDI/SDS hardware
- Troubleshooting MIDI/SDS with open loop
- Setting up SCSI/SMDI hardware
- Troubleshooting SCSI/SMDI
Looping
- Loops
- Looping techniques
- Editing loops
  - Editing a loop without the Loop Tuner
  - Editing a loop with the Loop Tuner
- Crossfading loops
  - Using the Crossfade Loop tool
- Creating loops for ACID software
- Using the ACID Loop Creation Tools toolbar
- Editing loops for ACID software
- Saving loop points
Working with Video
- Viewing video
- Attaching video to an audio file
- Detaching video from an audio file
- Setting video options
  - Video file properties
  - Configuring your video settings
- Saving a video file
Using Spectrum Analysis
- Working in the frequency domain
  - Fast Fourier Transform
- Using a spectrum graph
- Using a sonogram
- Adjusting Spectrum Analysis settings
  - Saving spectrum graph settings
Customizing Sound Forge
- Setting preferences
Shortcuts
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Mouse wheel shortcuts
  - Additional mouse shortcuts
Microsoft Audio Compression Manager
- Audio data compression and decompression
- Transparent playback and recording of non-hardware supported audio files
SMPTE Timecode
- SMPTE 25 EBU (25 fps, Video)
- SMPTE Drop Frame (29.97 fps, Video)
- SMPTE Non-Drop Frame (29.97 fps, Video)
- SMPTE 30 (30 fps, Audio)
- SMPTE Film Sync (24 fps)
Using CSOUND, MTU, IRCAM, BICSF, and EBICSF Files
- About IRCAM files
- About BICSF and EBICSF files
- Opening files
  - BICSF and EBICSF files
  - IRCAM, CSOUND and MTU files
- Saving files
Index

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