Sound Forge cursor position

[Ty Ford]

Hello Will,

I don’t use Sound Forge, but it sounds like you’re in a cue stacking or loop record mode. This mode lets you stack tracks on the timeline or record over and over (so you can get the part right).

I’m guessing there’s a preference of other menu or button to change the operation mode.

Regards,

Ty Ford

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[Will Hunter]

Hi Ty,
No luck. What you are describing makes perfect sense but I can’t find Cue Stacking or Loop Record Mode settings anywhere. Thanks for the suggestion though. Maybe someone out there using Sound Forge can help me.

Will

[Will Hunter]

Does anyone using Sound Forge have any ideas on this?

Will

[Jesse Ruggles]

Which recording mode are you using? Also, which version of Sound Forge are you using?
I don’t recall the modes in the older versions, but in 9.0 you have “Automatic retake (automatically rewind)” “Multiple takes creating Regions” “Multiple takes (no Regions)” “Create a new window for each take” and “Punch-in (record a specific length)” for recording modes. I would suspect you may have the mode set to “Automatic retake (automatically rewind)” as this would rewind the cursor to the the start position after each take. If you want to record takes continuously (one after an other without overwriting previous takes) I would suggest you set the record mode to “Multiple takes creating Regions.” This way each take will be designated by markers and could well save some time when it comes to the editing process.

[Ty Ford]

Will, what do they say on the Sound Forge online forum?

Regards,

Ty Ford

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[Will Hunter]

Hi Jesse,
I am using Sound Forge 9.0e
I have it set in Multiple Takes Multiple Regions mode but it is behaving like i am in the Automatic Retake Automatic Rewind mode.

will

[Will Hunter]

Hi Ty,
I have submitted my question to techical support but have not heard back.

Will

[Ty Ford]

The following is not in the manual?

Regards,

Ty Ford

Choosing a recording mode

You can choose any of five recording modes in the Record dialog’s Mode drop-down list. Sound Forge recording modes include the following:

Automatic retake (automatically rewind)
Multiple takes
Punch-In (record a specific length)

Automatic retake (automatically rewind)

Automatic retake mode is the easiest method of recording. Recording begins at the position displayed in the Start box when you click the Record button () and continues until you click the Stop button

(). When you stop recording, the start position resets to the beginning of the take, allowing for immediate rewind and retake.

Multiple takes

Multiple takes mode also allows several takes to be recorded. Like the previous mode, recording starts at the position displayed in the Start box when you click the Record button () and continues until you click the Stop button (). When you stop recording, the stop position becomes the start position for the next take, which can be recorded immediately.

Punch-In (record a specific length)

Punch-In mode is used to record over a specific selection in an existing data window. Specifying Punch-In activates the Start, End, and Length boxes. Recording begins at the position displayed in eh Start box when you click the Record button () and continues until one of the following occurs:

You click the Stop button ().
The cursor in the data window reaches the position displayed in the End box.
The length of the recorded data equals the value in the Length box.

Ty Ford

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[Will Hunter]

Ty,
I am thinking there must be a corrupt file, because even though it is set to Multiple Takes Mode, it’s still behaving as if’s in Automatic Retake Mode. This only started happening once i upgraded to 9.0e

[Ty Ford]

Will,

Sounds very possible. I’m sorry for your pain.

Regards,

Ty

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