Sony 7 manual Getting Started, Creating a project

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Getting Started

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Sound Forge is a state-of-the-art digital audio editing tool for users from all musical backgrounds. It is an extremely deep program, containing features that may only be required by the most advanced or specialized users. Nonetheless, a firm grasp of Sound Forge basics is essential. This chapter is designed to provide you with information on Sound Forge fundamentals.

Creating a project

You can use project files in Sound Forge to organize and work with your media files nondestructively. When you save a project file, Sound Forge creates a .frg file and a subfolder that contains your media file and all of the temporary files created while working on your project. This file is not a multimedia file, but is used to render the final file after editing is finished. When you copy, cut, paste, and otherwise edit your project, the process is nondestructive—meaning you can edit without worrying about corrupting your source files. Within the project file, you can also undo any past operations, including those occurring before your last save. Once you are finished working with a project file, you can save your work to a media file using the Render As option on the File menu.

Note: To use the advanced undo/redo capabilities mentioned above, you must have the Allow Undo past Save check box selected on the File tab of the Preferences dialog. To access the Preferences dialog, choose Preferences from the Options menu.

1.From the File menu, choose Save As to save the current data window to a project file. The Save As dialog appears.

2.Using the Save in drop-down list, locate the folder where you want to save the project.

3.From the Save as type drop-down list, choose Sound Forge Project File (*.frg).

4.In the File name box, enter a name for the file.

5.Click the Save button.

Sound Forge creates a .frg file with the name you specified, and creates a folder with a similar name (projectname_frg, for example) in the same location for the temporary files.

Important: The associated project folder created by Sound Forge should not be deleted, as this will cause your project file to be unusable.

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