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Table of Contents
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Navigating, Zooming, and Selecting
Changing File Attributes and Formats
Using Markers, Regions, and the Playlist/Cutlist
Recording, Extracting, and Burning
Editing, Repairing, and Synthesizing Audio
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Using Acoustic Mirror and Wave Hammer
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Microsoft Audio Compression Manager
Transparent playback and recording of non-hardwaresupported audio files
Using CSOUND, MTU, IRCAM, BICSF, and EBICSF Files
Introduction
Introducing Sound Forge
Sample files
Full version of Sound Forge versus Screenblast Sound Forge
Shortcuts
System requirements
Installing Sound Forge
Getting help within Sound Forge
About your rights in Sound Forge software
About Your Privacy
Proper Use of Software
Optimizing for
Sound Forge
Defragmenting your hard drive
Increasing total buffer size
Increasing preload size
Turning off the playback cursor and record counter
Turning off the play (output) meters
Turning on passive updating for video and time displays
Turning on passive updating for video displays
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Learning the Sound
Forge Workspace
Using the mouse
Using the mouse wheel
The main screen
Floating and docking windows
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The data window
Displaying data window components
Playbar
Toolbars
Standard toolbar
Transport bar
Navigation toolbar
Views toolbar
Status/Selection toolbar
Regions/Playlist toolbar
Process toolbar
Effects toolbar
Tools toolbar
Levels toolbar
ACID Loop Creation Tools toolbar
ToolTips
Command descriptions
Meters
Displaying VU/PPM meters
Showing labels
Holding peaks and valleys
Controls
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Stereo files
Selecting data in stereo files
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Getting Started
Creating a project
Getting media files
Using the Explorer window
Peak files
Working with video files
Playing a file
Playing in Loop Playback mode
Playing a selection
Viewing selection status
Creating a new data window
Saving a file
Using the Save As dialog
Creating custom templates
Saving all open audio files
Editing audio
Copying
Pasting
Cutting
Deleting
Trimming/Cropping
Mixing
Using undo and redo
Using the Undo/Redo History window
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Selecting status formats
Experimenting with status formats
Configuring the Measures & Beats format
Rendering files
Exporting to Net MD devices
Exporting to CLIÉ handheld devices
Recovering files after a crash
Navigating
5 Zooming, and
Selecting
Setting the cursor position
Previewing audio with pre-roll
Using the overview bar
Navigating in the overview bar
Zooming and magnifying
Zooming the time ruler (horizontal)
Zooming the level ruler (vertical)
Using custom zoom settings
Using zooming shortcuts
Using the Magnify tool
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Selecting audio using start and end values
Selecting audio during playback
Fine-tuninga selection
Understanding snapping
Creating and using views
Displaying the Views toolbar
Creating views
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Changing File
6 Attributes and
Formats
Editing file attributes
Changing the sample rate
Changing the bit depth
Decreasing bit depth
Understanding dither and noise shaping
Minimizing quantization error
Converting mono/stereo channels
Converting file formats
Adding summary information
Editing extended summary information
Saving summary information
Including additional embedded information
Using Markers
7 Regions, and the
Playlist/Cutlist
Why use markers, regions, and the playlist
Using markers
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Changing the marker position
Detecting and marking clipping
Using markers to create regions
Using command markers in streaming media files
Defining Scott Studios data commands
Inserting command markers
Editing command properties
Saving command properties as a custom template
Moving the cursor to a command marker
Deleting command markers
Using regions
Inserting regions automatically
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Editing regions
Creating new files from regions
Using the Regions List
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Using the playlist
Understanding the playlist display
Customizing the playlist display
Repeating a region during playlist playback
Playing from the playlist
Arranging the playlist
Replicating a region in the playlist
Using stop points
Deleting a region from the playlist
Creating a new file from the playlist
Configuring the playlist as a cutlist
Saving a playlist/cutlist file
Opening a playlist/cutlist file
Copying the playlist/cutlist to the clipboard
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Recording
8 Extracting, and
Burning
Recording audio
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Recording automatically
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Recording a specific length (punch-in)
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Choosing a recording mode
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Adjusting for DC offset
Playing back recorded audio
Using remote recording mode
Synchronizing with other devices
Viewing input levels
Inserting markers while recording
Configuring gap detection
Automatically labeling windows and regions
Changing blinking status
Extracting audio from CDs
Burning CDs
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Proper use of software
Editing, Repairing
9 and Synthesizing
Audio
Crossfading, overwriting, and replicating
Replicating
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Repeating an operation
Using drag-and-drop
Pasting, mixing, and crossfading with drag-and-drop
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Finding and repairing audio glitches
Repairing audio
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Synthesizing audio
Generating audio with frequency modulation
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Generating simple waveforms
Processing Audio
Applying presets
Previewing processed audio
Preview parameters
Sound Forge processes
Auto Trim/Crop
Bit-DepthConverter
Converting a file’s bit depth
Channel Converter
Channel Converter controls
DC Offset
Fade - Graphic fade
Fade - Fade In
Fade - Fade Out
Insert Silence
Invert/Flip
Mute
Normalize
Normalizing Audio
Normalize Controls
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Pan/Expand
Creating a pan
Creating a custom pan
Resample
Downsampling audio
Upsampling audio
Resample controls
Reverse
Smooth/Enhance
Swap Channels
Time Stretch
Volume
Volume control
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Applying Effects
Adding an effect
Adding a chain of effects
Applying effects using the Plug-InChainer
Adding plug-insto a chain
Selecting the processing mode for audio tail data
Arranging plug-inson a chain
Bypassing effects
Removing plug-insfrom a chain
Configuring chained plug-ins
Saving individual plug-insettings as a custom preset
Saving plug-inchains
Managing effects
Organizing effects in the DX Favorites menu
Using the Preset Manager
Automating Effect Parameters
Adjusting effect parameters with envelopes
Previewing effect automation
Applying effects automation
Showing or hiding effect automation envelopes
Enabling or bypassing effect automation envelopes
Adjusting envelopes
Setting fade properties
Cutting, copying, and pasting envelope points
Copying an envelope to another data window
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Using
What is Acoustic Mirror
Adding an acoustic signature to an audio file
Adjusting the acoustic signature
The Acoustic Mirror dialog
Envelope tab controls
Summary tab controls
Recover tab controls
Creating impulse files
Recording the impulse in an acoustic space
Recording the impulse through an electronic device
Recovering the impulse
Trimming the impulse file
Adding summary information to your impulse file
Using impulse files in creative ways
Recreating spaces for foley effects and dialog replacement
Panning with head-relatedtransfer functions
Troubleshooting Acoustic Mirror
Recovered impulse is too noisy
Error message explanations
What is Wave Hammer
The Wave Hammer dialog
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Volume Maximizer tab
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Working with 13 MIDI/SMPTE
What is MIDI
MIDI triggers
Triggering file playback
Triggering region playback
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Triggering playback from additional internal/external MIDI devices
Advantages of external MIDI controllers
Sound Forge and MIDI timecode synchronization
Playing regions using MTC from an external device
Using Sound Forge to generate MTC for a MIDI sequencer
Using Sound Forge to generate MTC for an external device
Sampling
Samplers
Configuring the Sampler Tool
Creating a sampler configuration
Open loop versus closed loop
Saving sampler configurations
Sending and receiving samples
Using the MIDI Keyboard
Configuring the MIDI Keyboard output port and channel
Troubleshooting the MIDI Keyboard
Specifying instruments
Generating chords
Setting up MIDI/SDS hardware
Troubleshooting MIDI/SDS with open loop
Setting up SCSI/SMDI hardware
Troubleshooting SCSI/SMDI
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Looping
Loops
Creating a sustaining loop
Creating a sustaining loop with a release loop
Looping techniques
Editing loops
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Crossfading loops
Using the Crossfade Loop tool
Creating loops for ACID
Creating an ACID 2.0 disk-basedfile
Using the ACID Loop Creation Tools toolbar
Editing loops for ACID
Rotating audio
Saving loop points
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Working with Video
Viewing video
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Previewing files with video
Using an external monitor
Attaching video to an audio file
Detaching video from an audio file
Setting video options
Saving a video file
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Using Spectrum
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Working in the frequency domain
Using a spectrum graph
Monitoring an input and output source
Displaying frequency and amplitude values, notes and statistics
Navigating a spectrum graph
Changing the graph type
Changing the zoom level
Updating a spectrum graph
Viewing multiple spectrum graphs
Creating and comparing snapshots of the Spectrum Analysis window
Printing the graph
Using a sonogram
Updating a sonogram
Tuning a sonogram
Adjusting Spectrum Analysis settings
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Saving spectrum graph settings
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Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts
Data window edit commands
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Cursor movement
Selecting data
Navigation and playback
Plug-InChainer
Regions List
Playlist
Mouse wheel shortcuts
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Microsoft Audio
B Compression
Manager
Audio data compression and decompression
Transparent playback and recording of non-hardwaresupported audio files
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SMPTE Timecode
SMPTE 25 EBU (25 fps, Video)
SMPTE Drop Frame (29.97 fps, Video)
SMPTE Non-DropFrame (29.97 fps, Video)
SMPTE 30 (30 fps, Audio)
SMPTE Film Sync (24 fps)
Using CSOUND
D MTU, IRCAM, BICSF
and EBICSF Files
About IRCAM files
About BICSF and EBICSF files
Saving files
Index