sound forge

[cabbage]

hey there,

i have sonar 2 and sound forge 4.5.
Apart from adding effects and cutting and pasting, what do i need sound forge for?? I have recorded some stuff in sonar and i know that i am now supposed to take it to forge but i just dont know where to start or what to do?!?
I have done the cutting and pasting that i needed in sonar, please help.
C.

 

[Massive Master]

You probably don't need it for anything.

 

[cabbage]

thanks,
but what aboiut all that raising levels stuff?
and what is 'normalising'? and all that jazz??
thanks,
C.

 

[freshmattyp]

Sound Forge will allow you to do a little self mastering, add compression, eq, normalizing, etc. on a completed mix.

 

[Massive Master]

Sound Forge will allow you to do a little self mastering, add compression, eq, normalizing, etc. on a completed mix.

However, you can probably do it better in Sonar than in SF 4.5

Not that I'm not a fan - It is what it is. For quick razor editing, you can hardly compete with SoundForge. For making stuff sound good, it's up in the air.

 

[cabbage]

thanks,

sooooo, normalising and compression is only done on completed mixes?? not on single tracks??(generally)..

 

[Massive Master]

Normalizing is almost never done, period. Compression is and can be done at every level from pre-input, to recording, to mixing, to mastering. It's a loooooooong story.