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  • Sound Forge added black bars top/bottom/general advice of SF workflow :(

    Posted by Ben Edwards on August 20, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    I had a event that was very quiet even when I set the volume line to Max. I Therefore decided to use the Sound Forge integration and boost he volume in Sound Forge. This seemed to work, even though it took quite a long time to save (I do however sometimes get (‘media offline’ writern on the clip but the thumbnails are there). Thing is when I go back to Vegas although the sound is boosted I get a black stripe at the top/bottom of the clip. This even shows up if I load the clip from the Media Bin to the trimmer! I have tried all sorts of things (aspect ration etc.) but cant fix it.

    I guess my use of Vegas/Sound Forge integration was not quite correct. Can anyone give me advice/guidelines on this. What would be great was a tutorial that covers taking an event in Vegas into Sound Forge, tweaking sound and then saving the results back to Vegas. I have goggled but no luck.

    Regards,
    Ben

    Danny Hays replied 17 years ago 4 Members · 8 Replies
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  • Theo Van laar

    August 20, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    Hi Ben,

    Normally, you would indicate your favorite audio editor in the preferences. After having done that, you only have to context (right) click the audio event and select the option to edit a copy of the audio in your favorite editor. This editor will launch and you make your effect. A copy will be rendered automatically. Thats all.

    Theo

  • Ben Edwards

    August 20, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    This is what I did. Sound Forge was the editor. When I returned to Vegas, after Sound Forge Saved, that’s when the black lines appeared.

  • Theo Van laar

    August 20, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    So soundforge made a new copy of the edited audio for you? Then you should be able to delete the original event from the timeline AND the project and import it again.

    Theo

  • Ben Edwards

    August 20, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    I thought the Vegas and Sound Forge were supposed to be properly integrated. What I really need is a tutorial.

  • Theo Van laar

    August 20, 2009 at 1:53 pm

    Ofcourse Vegas and Soundforge should work together perfectly. I never saw your problem in Soundforge 8 or in Soundbooth CS4.

    But could you solve the problem this time by re-importing the original event?

    Theo

  • John Frey

    August 20, 2009 at 5:45 pm

    Ben, it sounds like you ‘Opened in Sound Forge’ rather than ‘Open a Copy in Sound Forge’. The former sends audio and video into S. Forge, and if you work on it there and save it, the video can be affected. Opening a Copy sends only the audio portion of the file.

    John D. Frey
    25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

    Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore

  • Ben Edwards

    August 20, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    Thanks a lot, I was coming to that conclusion.

  • Danny Hays

    August 21, 2009 at 1:34 am

    Have you tried normalizing and or compressing the audio right in Vegas? Right click the audio event, switch, normalize, or add a compressor as an effect. Hope this helps, Danny Hays

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