I'm diggin' the Sony Sound Forge 10

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I am just getting back into home recording and I wanted to quickly and easily record some tones to post up here.
I'm still pretty new to this and have been learning to use ProTools but I'm not quite there yet.
I turned on the Sony Sound Forge 10 and it took me like 10 minutes to record a quick and dirty track,
(actually a dozen or so saved takes of a quick and dirty track), apply compressor and limiter, save it and get it posted online.
I'm still weeks away from being able to do that in my DAW.

I'm looking forward to getting the DAW nailed down for multitracking and mixing purposes, but I think that
this software is the bomb for working with mono / stereo tracks...
 
I'm using Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 (which I guess is Sound Forge 8 repackaged). It came bundled with Song Vegas Movie Studio HD Platnium so it was essentially free and I have to agree, Sound Forge is pretty awesome.
 
Thing is....SF isn't realy a multi-track DAW meant for tracking/recording....it's more of a 2-channel, stereo editing/mastering app.

If you plan on doing multiple tracks....you'll need something else.
 
miroslav said:
Thing is....SF isn't realy a multi-track DAW meant for tracking/recording....it's more of a 2-channel, stereo editing/mastering app.

If you plan on doing multiple tracks....you'll need something else.
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SF10 appears to handle up to 32 tracks, an expansion on the idea of multichannel audio editing as is needed for surround files. I don't know what facility it has, if any, for recording different tracks at different times.
 
The way they word it...is that you can *edit* up to 32 tracks...but there's NO mention of multitrack recording like with most DAWs.
 
miroslav said:
Thing is....SF isn't realy a multi-track DAW meant for tracking/recording....it's more of a 2-channel, stereo editing/mastering app.

If you plan on doing multiple tracks....you'll need something else.
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Yes absolutely, I'm trying to learn ProTools.

I'm not ready though, and I needed a way to record some individual guitar tracks
right now to post them up quick and it works great for that.

I think it is great for quick and dirty idea sketching (as well as for various stereo production tasks).

miroslav said:
The way they word it...is that you can *edit* up to 32 tracks...but there's NO mention of multitrack recording like with most DAWs.
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Yes, it is almost too simple.

I couldn't get PT to see my interface last night and I started looking around SF 10
to figure out how it is configured and it doesn't have much at all in the way of options.

It does have a good mastering bundle though, and a separate program for splitting tracks and burning CD's.
It also has a good selection of Noise Reduction tools for tape and vinyl transfers, etc.

It definitely fills a couple of niches and is a great compliment to my modest home studio.
 
Sound Forge is a great program for mastering and working on mono or stereo tracks, cleaning up sounds etc. The early versions only let you use direct X plugins, but since version 8 they have included support for vst as well, which makes it even more useful.
 
I have just been reading about the loop editing tool too, whereby the ends of the loops can be magnified, aligned and edited them to be seamless.
I just getting going with Maschine, and it looks like this is a very useful feature that I will be utilizing as well.
 
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