Sony Sound Forge Pro 11.0 User Manual Soundforgepro11 Enu

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Introduction
- Introducing Sound Forge Pro software
- Sample files
- Technical support
- Getting help
Learning the Sound Forge Pro Workspace
- Using the mouse
- Using the mouse wheel
- The main window
- Main window components
- Floating and docking windows
- Data windows
- Arranging data windows
- Toolbars
- ToolTips
  - Using ToolTips
  - Turning off ToolTips
- Command descriptions
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Controls
- Multichannel files
  - Working with multichannel files
  - Selecting data in multichannel files
Metadata windows
- Copying metadata to the clipboard
- Regions List window (Ctrl+Alt+M, 0)
- Playlist window (Ctrl+Alt+M, 1)
- Track List window (Ctrl+Alt+M, 2)
- ACID Properties window (Ctrl+Alt+M, 3)
- Broadcast Wave window (Ctrl+Alt+M, 4)
- CD Information window (Ctrl+Alt+M, 5)
- Sampler Loops window (Ctrl+Alt+M, 6)
- Summary Information window (Ctrl+Alt+M, 7)
Getting Started
- Creating a project
- Getting media files
- Working with video files
- Playing a file
- Creating data windows
  - Active data windows vs. inactive data windows
  - Copying data to a new file
- Working with files
- Extracting audio from CDs
  - Previewing CD tracks
  - Refreshing the Extract Audio from CD dialog
- 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 files to the Web
- Recovering files after a crash
  - Recovering files
  - Deleting recovered files
Navigating, Zooming, and Selecting
- Setting the cursor position
- Previewing audio with pre-roll
- Scrubbing
- Zooming and magnifying
- Selecting audio using start and end values
  - Using the Set Selection dialog
- Selecting audio during playback
- Fine-tuning a selection
- Using selection grid lines
- Enable Snapping
- Selection Snapping
- Quantize to Frames
- Creating and using views
  - Displaying the Views toolbar
  - Creating views
Changing File Properties and Formats
- Editing file properties
  - Editing file properties in the File Properties window
  - Editing file properties in the status bar
- Copying file properties to the clipboard
- Changing the sample rate
- Changing the bit depth
- Converting mono/stereo channels
- Converting file formats
- Adding summary information
Editing Multichannel Audio
- Routing channels to hardware outputs
- Opening and editing multichannel audio files
- Recording multichannel audio files
- Using the hardware meters
  - Adjusting output levels
  - Showing or hiding meters
Using markers, regions, and commands
- Using markers
- Detecting and marking clipping
- Using regions
- Converting markers to regions
- Creating regions automatically
  - Creating regions based on fast attacks
  - Creating regions based on a musical time interval
- Extracting regions to new files
- Updating marker or region positions
- Replicating markers or regions
- Deleting markers or regions
- Splitting regions
- Saving a regions/playlist file
- Importing a regions/playlist file
- Copying regions to the clipboard
- Locking loop and region lengths
- Clearing markers and regions
- Using commands
- Using the Regions List
  - Displaying the Regions List
  - Working with the Regions List
- Using the Playlist
Monitoring levels in digital audio
- Decibels
- Digital versus analog levels
- Setting digital audio levels
- Channel Meters
- VU and Peak Program Meters
  - Choosing a VU or PPM scale
  - Adjusting the VU/PPM meters’ sensitivity
- Phase Scope
- Mono-Compatibility Meter
- Loudness Meters
Recording
- Creating a new recording
- Recording into an existing sound file
- Recording audio automatically
- Recording options
- Recording setup
- Recording multichannel audio
- Generating MTC/SMPTE synchronization during recording
Editing, Repairing, and Synthesizing Audio
- Overwriting and replicating
  - Overwriting
  - Replicating
- Repeating an operation
- Inserting silence
- Using drag-and-drop operations
- Finding and repairing audio glitches
  - Locating glitches
  - Repairing audio
- Synthesizing audio
Using the Event Tool
- Creating events
- Moving events
- Editing events
- Auto ripple events
- Crossfading events
- Using event envelopes (ASR)
  - Setting an event’s volume
  - Setting an event’s fade in and fade out
- Applying processes and effects to events
- Selecting events
- Zooming events
- Snapping to events
Processing Audio
- Applying presets
- Previewing processed audio
- Sound Forge processes
Working with Effects
- Adding effects
  - Applying an effect
  - Saving effect settings as a custom preset
- Using the Plug-In Manager
- Using the Plug-In Chain
- Applying a plug-in chain
- Using processing dialogs
- Automating effect parameters
- Adjusting envelopes
- Using the Preset Manager
- Sound Forge effects
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
Using Scripting
- Scripting references
  - Sample scripts
  - Additional scripting information
- Using the Script Editor window
- Opening and running a script
- Creating a script
- Editing an existing script
- Using the Scripting toolbar
- Using the Batch Converter
  - Converting files
  - Creating or editing a batch job
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
- Processing musical instrument files
- Using the MIDI keyboard
- Setting up MIDI/SDS hardware
- Troubleshooting MIDI/SDS with open loop
- Setting up SCSI/SMDI hardware
- Troubleshooting SCSI/SMDI
MIDI synchronization
- Generating MIDI timecode
- Triggering from MIDI timecode
  - Triggering playback with MIDI timecode
  - Triggering recording with MIDI timecode
- Pre-queuing data for synchronization
- Using MIDI triggers
- Using the MIDI keyboard
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
- 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
Editing with SpectraLayers Pro
- Editing a file in SpectraLayers Pro
- Sending a file to a layer in SpectraLayers Pro
Burning CDs
- Understanding track-at-once and disc-at-once burning
  - Track-at-once
  - Disc-at-once (single session or Red Book)
- Correcting the sample rate for CD burning
- Writing mono tracks to a CD
- Burning track-at-once (TAO) CDs
  - Closing a CD
- Burning disc-at-once (DAO) CDs
Optimizing Sound Forge Pro Software
- Defragmenting your hard drive
- Increasing playback buffer size
- Meters
- Passive updating for video and time displays
- Audio and video synchronization
Customizing Sound Forge Pro Software
- Saving and recalling window layouts
- Customizing the Time Display window
- Setting preferences
- Customizing keyboard shortcuts
Shortcuts
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Drag-and-drop shortcuts
- Mouse shortcuts
Sound Forge and the Microsoft Audio Compression Manager
- Audio data compression and decompression
- Transparent playback and recording of non-hardware-supported audio files
  - Using the Sound Mapper with uncompressed files
  - Using the Sound Mapper with compressed 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
Glossary
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