bradwestcott
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Ive been trying to get the Sound Forge Pro menu item under Utilities to work, SONAR created all the registry entries for me when i installed it, but its not working for me, so Ive been reading the instructions at the link below
Cakewalk Support Knowledge Base - Adding third party audio editing software to SONAR's Tools menu
i had this working last year under XP and SONAR 8.5, i was under the impression back then that SONAR would launch Sound Forge for me with the clip opened in it, but if i remember right you had to have Sound Forge open already for this to work in SONAR, is that correct?
now on my new machine, i cant make it happen at all
i have 32-bit Win 7 and SONAR Producer X1b, Sound Forge Pro shows under the Utilities menu, the path to Forge100.exe is correct in the registry, so what am i doing wrong please?
this is what i am doing
1. i open SONAR
2. i open SF
3. i have a project in SONAR that has imported a WAV file
4. i select the clip on the audio track (i assume that when the clip turns black its selected right?)
5. i go to the Utilities menu, the Sound Forge Pro menu item is enabled
6. i click on Sound Forge Pro and nothing happens in SF
7. the Sound Forge Pro menu item under Utilities is now disabled
8. i swear loudly and my wife tells me to watch my mouth
9. i have a beer and say f*ck this sh**
so besides the swearing and the cheap beer, please somebody tell me, what the hell am i doing wrong here?
Also, at the Cakewalk Product Support page linked above, in the instructions, it says in step 17...
"In the Value Data field, type in an "&" followed by the name of the application. For example: &Sound Forge"...
for the MenuText string value, again these registry items were added for me when i installed SONAR, do i need to add the Ampersand now?
ps... i noticed in the registry that there is a path to the Sound Forge help file, whats the purpose of that?
pss... is the StatusBarText string value in the registry useless for SONAR X1?, i dont see a status bar in X1
Thanks for your time!
Cakewalk Support Knowledge Base - Adding third party audio editing software to SONAR's Tools menu
i had this working last year under XP and SONAR 8.5, i was under the impression back then that SONAR would launch Sound Forge for me with the clip opened in it, but if i remember right you had to have Sound Forge open already for this to work in SONAR, is that correct?
now on my new machine, i cant make it happen at all
i have 32-bit Win 7 and SONAR Producer X1b, Sound Forge Pro shows under the Utilities menu, the path to Forge100.exe is correct in the registry, so what am i doing wrong please?
this is what i am doing
1. i open SONAR
2. i open SF
3. i have a project in SONAR that has imported a WAV file
4. i select the clip on the audio track (i assume that when the clip turns black its selected right?)
5. i go to the Utilities menu, the Sound Forge Pro menu item is enabled
6. i click on Sound Forge Pro and nothing happens in SF
7. the Sound Forge Pro menu item under Utilities is now disabled
8. i swear loudly and my wife tells me to watch my mouth
9. i have a beer and say f*ck this sh**
so besides the swearing and the cheap beer, please somebody tell me, what the hell am i doing wrong here?
Also, at the Cakewalk Product Support page linked above, in the instructions, it says in step 17...
"In the Value Data field, type in an "&" followed by the name of the application. For example: &Sound Forge"...
for the MenuText string value, again these registry items were added for me when i installed SONAR, do i need to add the Ampersand now?
ps... i noticed in the registry that there is a path to the Sound Forge help file, whats the purpose of that?
pss... is the StatusBarText string value in the registry useless for SONAR X1?, i dont see a status bar in X1
Thanks for your time!