Chapter 22

Customizing Sound Forge Pro Software

You can customize Sound Forge® Pro software to suit your project needs and working preferences. Many of the settings depend on your equipment or studio setup. Sound Forge Pro software can be set to work with the components that you use in your studio.

Saving and recalling window layouts

A window layout stores the sizes and positions of all windows and floating docks in the Sound Forge Pro workspace.

You can store any number of window layouts on your computer, and up to ten window layouts are available in the View menu (and via keyboard shortcuts) so you can quickly recall frequently used layouts. For example, you could have a layout dedicated to disc-at-once creation and another for ADR work.

Note: Window layouts are saved in the folders listed below. You can transfer layouts between computers by copying the

.ForgeWindowLayout files.

•In Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Sony\Sound Forge Pro\10.0

•In Windows Vista or Windows 7: C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Sony\Sound Forge Pro\10.0

Loading default window layouts

Sound Forge software comes with three built-in window layouts: a default layout, a layout optimized for Red Book CD authoring work, and a layout optimized for 5.1 video work. To load these layouts, choose Window Layouts from the View menu, and then choose Default, Red Book Authoring, or 5.1 Video from the submenu. You can also use the following keyboard shortcuts to load these layouts.

Layout

Keyboard shortcut

Default

Alt+Shift+D, D

 

 

Red Book Authoring

Alt+Shift+D, R

 

 

5.1 Video

Alt+Shift+D, V

 

 

Saving a window layout

Tip: Press Ctrl+Alt+D, release the keys, and then press a number on your keyboard (not the numeric keypad) to save the layout in that space.

1.Arrange the windows and docked windows as desired.

2.From the View menu, choose Window Layouts, and then choose Save Layout As from the submenu. The Save Layout As dialog is displayed.

Note: Choose Save Layout from the submenu if you want to update the current window layout. A bullet () is displayed next to the current layout.

3.In the Name box, type the name you want to use to identify the layout. This name will be used in the Organize Layouts dialog.

4.Choose a setting from the Shortcut drop-down list to set the shortcut that will be used to load the layout.

For example, if you choose 4, you could press Alt+Shift+D, release the keys, and then press 4 on your keyboard to load the layout.

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