Mastering/Wav editing

[guitar ed]

Does anyone here have extensive experience wit both Wave Lab 4.0 and Soundforge 6.0 ? I basically need a program to edit drum samples, as far as cutting off the ends, etc. Then I need a program to master my finished tracks. I know I could read the manuals and all, but this is what I'm looking to use them for, and hoped that someone could tell me which is the better choice. I do all my multitracking in Sonar, so I don't know if I would need Wave Lab's Audio Montage. Any guidance would be helpful. Thanks, and if I posted this in the wrong forum, I apologize.

Ed

 

[Son of Mixerman]

If you've got the money for both, get both. I use SF for all my editing, and I have used it extensively in modifiying or fixing samples. Wavelab I have not used, but it has been discussed at a good PC based program for "Mastering". SF 6.0 can also be had with the new CD Architech 5.0 which is for mastering cd's and probably will work fine for 95 percent of those involved in home recording ventures. The best choice is probably going to be Wavelab if you want my opinion, but I know several other will tell you the same thing.


SoMm

 

[laptoppop]

I believe Wavelab has the basic editing you are asking for, as well as some "mastering" plugins, such as multiband compression.

SF is a great program, but I don't think it has all the final effects you would need. However, I believe you can add DX affects to it, so you could get Ozone from Izotope or the Waves mastering plugins and have another single solution.

Personally, I use Sonar combined with Cool Edit Pro and Ozone. Its working out very very well for me, and I highly recommend the combo. Of course, since its the same set of newbie ears working on my stuff, I never call my last steps "mastering", just final mix steps. <grin>

-lee-

 

[dachay2tnr]

I don't think you need both. Wavelab has pretty good editing capabilities.

Personally I use Wavelab and Sonar and I love the combination. But Wavelab is a bit more expensive than SF. If you have the money, get Wavelab. If not, SF is not a bad choice.

BTW, if it means anything, Wavelab also gives you CD burning capability, while SF doesn't. That could help offset some of the cost, unless you already have a good burning program.

 

[guitar ed]

Hey, guys. Thanks for the replies. I think WaveLab is closer to what I'm looking for. I'm kinda in the middle of demo-ing both of them, and I have a question about Wave Lab 4.0. How do I add an effect to just part of a wav file? I can highlight the part I want, but from there I can't figure out how to get to all my DX plugins to effect just that part. In fact, I can't get to my plugins at all except thru the mixer, and that applies the effect to the wholw file. What am I missing?

Also, how do I get this thing to play ONLY the portion I have highlighted? I highlight a section, press 'play', and it keeps right on going. Can I do this without having to go up into the toolbar and telling it to stop at the end of the selection? Thanks alot.

Ed

 

[moOn.ray]

in wavelab: highlight the portion you want to edit, put the pluging in the master section, push the "render" button in the bottom of the master section

in the popup window specify "selection" instead of "whole file"
thats it