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Mac Sound Forge available now
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Kudos to Sony for bringing Sound Forge to the Mac. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this application, you really owe it to yourselves to try it. Sound Forge’s editing and mastering tools are simply excellent.
Shawn
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[Shawn Miller] “Sound Forge’s editing and mastering tools are simply excellent. “
Agreed.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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Never used SoundForge – can anyone explain why it’s better/worse/the same as Audition/Soundtrack Pro/Protools? Thanks
Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
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SoundForge has a different use than the multi-track editors you have mentioned. It’s strength is in audio clean-up and repair and it is the gold-standard for mastering/finishing audio and CD prep. SoundForge is a tool you would have in addition to your favorite audio editor.
I’m hoping we’re going to see Vegas on the Mac soon too – that would be a real game changer as Vegas 12 has more flexibility and pro features than any other current NLE.
Lance Bachelder
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[Andy Field] “Never used SoundForge – can anyone explain why it’s better/worse/the same as Audition/Soundtrack Pro/Protools? Thanks”
Hey Andy,
I’ve never used STP and I’ve only used ProTools very lightly, but here’s what I like about SF:
- It’s stable
- The UI is clean and intuitive (to me at least)
- The built in tools like multiband compression, and noise reduction are powerful but easy to understand.
- It ships with six plugins from iZotope (the stereo imaging plugin is my favorite)
- It has very good analysis tools (phase, clipping)
- Batch conversion tool is very good
It’s just a very solid editing application. I hope folks will download it and give it a try.
Shawn
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[Lance Bachelder] “It’s strength is in audio clean-up and repair and it is the gold-standard for mastering/finishing audio and CD prep. SoundForge is a tool you would have in addition to your favorite audio editor.”
Yes, I should have mentioned this too. When I was a fulltime audio editor, this is what I used SF for; mastering audio CDs, cleaning up audio tracks for video and sweetening music tracks. Today, I use it as a complement to Audition and Sonar.
[Lance Bachelder] “I’m hoping we’re going to see Vegas on the Mac soon too – that would be a real game changer as Vegas 12 has more flexibility and pro features than any other current NLE.”
I noticed that Vegas 12 got some pretty nice updates (XML interchange, P2 compatibility (finally), Open CL acceleration). I always liked Vegas for it’s flexibility and power, but became disenchanted with it’s instabiblity in later versions (10-11). I would love to see a really stable Vegas on the Mac though, I have a feeling that people would really like it.
Shawn
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Yes stability with Vegas still an issue though better with 12 – that’s why I’m curious if a fresh build for OSX may perform better than PC version…
By the way Vegas 12 has FCPX exporting! and it actually works! Plus FCP 7, Avid, Premiere and AE exporting! Not to mention the first NLE to support the Motion Picture Academy’s new ACES color workflow for digital cinema and other workflows as well as true RAW colorspace for F3 users.
Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
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[Lance Bachelder] “By the way Vegas 12 has FCPX exporting! and it actually works! Plus FCP 7, Avid, Premiere and AE exporting! Not to mention the first NLE to support the Motion Picture Academy’s new ACES color workflow for digital cinema and other workflows as well as true RAW colorspace for F3 users.”
I think that’s awesome. I’m definitely going to keep a closer watch on Vegas.
Shawn
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[Lance Bachelder] “By the way Vegas 12 has FCPX exporting! and it actually works! Plus FCP 7, Avid, Premiere and AE exporting! Not to mention the first NLE to support the Motion Picture Academy’s new ACES color workflow for digital cinema and other workflows as well as true RAW colorspace for F3 users.”
And OFX support — very cool. I’ll have to give Vegas a look. With all this cool stuff, why do you suppose it hasn’t caught on?
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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One other notable and intriguing Vegas 12 feature — magnetism!
From the Video Editing (features) page [link]:
Sync Link
Establish a hierarchal relationship between timeline events during editing. “Child” clips associated with a “Parent” clip can be moved independently on the timeline, while moving the Parent clip also moves the child clips in perfect sync.Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events
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