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Upgrade from vegas 5.0?
Hi,
I have a question for those folks who have knowledge of multi-track recording using Vegas. I am going to be multi-tracking a band using Vegas 5.0 however the mixdown is probably going to be done in protools m-powered. Reason being, I cannot use linked audio cards in protools & I need to record 10-12 tracks simultaneously using 2 linked Delta 1010s. So Vegas 5.0 will be used for the initial tracking, then, the wav files will all have to be imported into protools later. The recording will consist of recording a full drumset, 2 guitars, bass & scratch vocals. I will need to set up 4 headphone mixes as well as monitoring in the “control room”. I’ve done this whole setup before so I know it works. My question is: Considering what I am doing, is there any benefit to upgrading from Vegas 5.0 to Vegas Pro 10.0? Have there been any great improvements in routing capabilities from 5.0? More importantly, is there any reason why the recording would be of a higher quality using 10.0 assuming I would be recording at 24 bit 48khz uncompressed saving as wav files, all else being the same?
If anyone could shed some light on this I would greatly appreciate it.
Regards,
Barry
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[Barry Breckinridge] “My question is: Considering what I am doing, is there any benefit to upgrading from Vegas 5.0 to Vegas Pro 10.0? Have there been any great improvements in routing capabilities from 5.0?”
Specific to routing capabilities, Vegas Pro 10 has input busses that allow you to record from external devices with effects, mix external audio sources with your project, use external effects processors with your tracks and busses, and provide input monitoring.
But there are a few other features you might be missing… like:
What’s New in Version 6.0 Audio
- Option to ignore fact chunk when opening compressed WAV files
- VST effect support
- Playhead timeline scrubbing
- Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) import
What’s New in Version 7.0 Audio
- Support for Sony Cinescore™ music-generation plug-in.
- Multithreaded audio engine maximizes real-time audio playback and rendering performance – more tracks and effects with lower latency.
- Multichannel audio import (.wav/.wav64, .avi, XDCAM .mxf, and BWF).
- Multichannel Broadcast Wave (BWF) audio import and arrange to timestamp.
- Multichannel audio rendering (.wav/.wav64, .avi, and .mxf).
- Improved VST plug-in support.
- Support for opening and rendering ATRAC3™, ATRAC3plus™, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless™ files, mono, stereo, and 5.1 surround.
- Gracenote® MusicID™ technology for extracted audio from CDs.
- Support for the Frontier TranzPort control surface.
What’s New in Version 8.0 Audio
- Multithreaded audio engine maximizes real-time audio playback and rendering performance – more tracks and effects with lower latency.
- Support for opening and rendering ATRAC3™, ATRAC3plus™, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless™ files.
- Gracenote® MusicID™ technology for extracted audio from CDs.
- Improved snapping — color-coded visual snap indicator and the ability to snap to event edges on other tracks.
- Display of media marker names in events.
- Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline.
What’s New in Version 9.0 Audio
- Audio-only edits (such as event moves, trims, and ASR times) are no longer quantized to frame boundaries by default when Quantize to Frames is enabled. If you want to quantize audio-only edits, clear the Do not quantize to frames for audio-only edits check box on the Preferences > Editing tab.
- Audio-waveform drawing during recording has been improved:
- Recorded waveforms are now updated at a faster rate.
- 16-bit peak files are used for increased resolution.
- The entire waveform is now visible during recording.
- Peaks no longer need to be built when recording is completed.
What’s New in Version 10.0 Audio
- Input busses allow you to record from external devices with effects, mix external audio sources with your project, use external effects processors with your tracks and busses, and provide input monitoring.
- Real-time rendering.
- Audio event effects.
- Record Broadcast Wave Format (.bwf) metadata when recording audio.
- Updated audio track headers with output meters.
- VU meters in the Mixing Console window
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There just might be something in there worth having. All I can say is try the 30-day free trial of Vegas Pro 10 and listen for yourself.~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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John, It’s pretty clear that I’m missing out on some very useful features. Thanks for a great response!
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[Barry Breckinridge] “It’s pretty clear that I’m missing out on some very useful features.”
Yea, I’d say you got your money’s worth out of Vegas 5. lol. Glad I could help convince you of that.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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