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suppose you have a lot of plugins. have you try to sort them? steinberg products makes for all product-plugins a separate folder, even in the menu too!! soundforge is a complete desaster. confused all plugins. someone in folders, someone without. the effect is a long list effects and you must scroll, scroll, scroll if you choose a plugin with a name e.g. xaudio or paudio. yes, you can organize the list, but this feature seems from the last century and it is heavy work.
Now comes the kicker: if you add a new plugin, soundforge doesn’t find this. you must klick fxfavorite->recreate by plugin-name and… all your laborius created and organized folders in fxfavorite are knackered. you can start your organize adventure once more. and if you install a new plugin…. enjoy the pitchfork
I am a musician preparing Pro Recording Software his home studio. I am debating which to buy between the two software’s. So if you have any experience with either please let me know by your opinion which is the best software to purchase.
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August 12th, 2010 at 11:14 am
I bought this to upgrade from Pro-Tools 8 Essential because the plugins on Essential are not that great and it is basic to the core. I’m doing Metal vocals and this program gives you more than enough audio tracks to work with. The plugins are satisfactory for what I need the program to do. It’s Pro-Tools, can’t go wrong with that. I’m a beginner with recording and Pro-Tools but I find the program easy to start with. I need to learn more though. I have Windows 7 64 bit and the product works just fine with it. It’s worth the buy.
August 12th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
I am running Pro Tools 8 with Windows 7 64-bit and it works great. Yes, there were a few MINOR bugs with the initial release, but Pro Tools has made it very clear that Windows 7 64-bit is not yet officially supported. Their latest update however works PERFECTLY with Win 7 64-bit. In fact, the application runs very smoothly with minimal stress on CPU and memory. I typically use a lot of tracks and plug-ins. To date, this is the best application I’ve used in terms of system stress and audio quality.
These bad reviews seems to come from rookies who aren’t quite sure how to use Pro Tools. Newer audio production apps are geared toward home studio/rookie musicians. Because of this, these same rookies pick up Pro Tools because it’s the “industry standard” and immediately go back to SONAR because it’s too complex for them. Just give it some time – learn the application and you’ll love it.
August 13th, 2010 at 11:45 am
If you are on a Mac, don’t waste your time and money on a solution that is tied to hardware and doesn’t give you what you need. Logic is a much better solution!
August 13th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Everyone was always telling me…how come you don’t use Pro Tools in your studio? (I was always a Logic man…even when it wasn’t call logic). Until a project came in and i had to buy Pro tools. Never had i experienced so many issues and disappointments! It freezes with just 3 tracks running(!!), it is obsolete, it is light years behind Logic 9. Now i have the box near the mixing console and at least no one asks me if i have Pro Tools…it is as near as i will ever get to use it again!
August 14th, 2010 at 11:10 am
Very easy to use, also lets you do cool stuff like hear the guitar and computer sound at the same time.
No latency, no complications, just plug it in and you’re ready to play.
August 14th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
I plugged this in and it worked seamlessly in both Linux and Mac OS X without installing any drivers.
Very pleased with the recording quality I got.
August 15th, 2010 at 11:27 am
Heads up to anybody buying this: IT DOES NOT SUPPLY PHANTOM POWER. I’m sure it will work really well – AFTER I’ve spent more money than I payed for it on a phantom power supply. This fact, furthermore, is not made clear in ANY of the reviews or product description. This is, obviously, very important, if you plan to use this for anything other than an odd-looking paperweight.
August 15th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Tascam advertises this as “class compliant” USB 2.0, and it is. I plugged it into my Ubuntu Linux machine and was ready to go. No messing with drivers, no clunky setup. The US-100 works and works well. The case is nice and sturdy, making it idea for mobile use. And it sounds good too. If you want to just plug and play, this is a great buy.
August 16th, 2010 at 11:15 am
Brought this software to edit a 20 year old personal VHS concert video. Original VHS audio recording was very poor more over was thinking of converting the video to Blu-ray. Had the audio in stereo format before getting into editing and having it converted to Dolby 5.1 format. Here are some steps to few of you who wish to edit using this software:
1. Open the stereo file.
2. Remove noices (Menu -> Tools -> Click and Crackle Removal).
3. Edit audio using graphic equilizer (Menu -> Process -> EQ – Graphic).
4. OPTIONAL – Sometimes you might need to resample depending on the output sample of 5.1 (Menu -> Resample – Resample). This stept could be opted even at a later stage.
5. Create FLFR Tack (Menu -> FX Favourites -> flfr… Choose “Taming the 60’s” from Preset).
6. If required do a compression to reduce and enhance FLFR controls (Menu -> FX Favourites -> Mastering Effects Bundle2…. -> Multiband Compressor).
7. Save this FLFR file
Execute steps 1 to 4 using original stereo file. Now go to step8:
8. Create CLFE Tack (Menu -> FX Favourites -> CLFE… Choose “Taming the 60’s” from Preset).
9. If required do a compression to reduce and enhance CLFE controls (Menu -> FX Favourites -> Mastering Effects Bundle2…. -> Multiband Compressor).
10. Save this CLFE file
Execute steps 1 to 4 using original stereo file. Now go to step11:
11. Create SLSR Tack (Menu -> FX Favourites -> sLsR… Choose “Taming the 60’s” from Preset).
12. If required do a compression to reduce and enhance SLSR controls (Menu -> FX Favourites -> Mastering Effects Bundle2…. -> Multiband Compressor).
13. Save this SLSR file
14. Create a new file (Menu -> File -> New). Sample rate: 48,000. Bit-Depth: 16. Channels: 6 (5.1 Surround).
Copy and paste FLFR to track 1 & 2, CLFE to track 3 & 4 and SLSR to track 5 & 6. Make necessary audio levelling if required. Save in AC3 format. Now you can edit this to Blu-ray video using any video editing software like Vegas Pro or TMPGenc Authoring tool etc.
August 16th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
I had an older version of Sony Sound Forge and it was good. This version is better. I don’t do a lot of audio for professional use, but the little I do using this product makes life very easy. It does so many things and does them very well. The built in wizard is great. You can keep the wizard on top of everything and do all your steps while reading the directions in the wizard. It also steps you through procedures using bright boxes around the place where you have to click or make an entry. It is also very intuitive. If you want to do something and not use directions or the wizard, just try it and that’s usually the way it works. The drag and drop is great! You save your original and work off of copies or sections of the original that you copy and paste or highlight, drag and drop.
I tried a few other, higher priced, products before purchasing this one. I am very happy. It makes recording digital audio from a disk or Analog audio from an old camcorder very easy. Nothing beats working with digital audio from flash media. I am webmaster for a church and I put the music from the Sunday service on the church web site each week. This use to be a very hard task, but since I started using Sony Sound Forge, about 3 years ago, I can put all the music, or a sermon, or a speech on the web site quickly after church.
August 17th, 2010 at 10:59 am
This version of Sound Forge is very good at the kind of sound editing that I do. I especially like the batch processor since I often want to do the same things to all the tracks I am going to put on a CD.
August 17th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
I am using Sony Sound Forge in conjunction with a Sony RK-G136 Audio Cable and a Sony Walkman WM-FX290W to convert old cassette tapes to CDs by connecting the Walkman to my laptop.
Sound Forge makes it very easy for me to modify and improve the captured audio. You can easily change volume, equalize volume, add fades, remove areas, cut and paste portions of the audio etc. In addition, you can remove background noises such as swishes, and rumble with the built in noise reduction software. If you need to remove addition background noises then let me recommend Bias Sound Soap. This product is amazing when it comes to removing unwanted noise or sounds. I have used it to eliminate backgrounds voices which normally is nearly impossible.
Short Guide to converting a cassette tape to a CD.
First, plug in the RK-G136 cable into the headphone port on the Walkman, and the audio input port on your computer. Next, startup Sound Forge, and click on record and press play on the Walkman. Once you have captured the tape you can eliminate the long lead in by highlighting these areas and pressing delete. Now you can find an area on your audio that has noise and either use Sound Forge noise reduction or Bias Sound Soap to learn this noise and eliminate it throughout your audio. Finally, you are now ready to export your audio to a CD.
With these two software programs you can easily import, edit, cleanup and export clear, high quality audio to a CD in just a few minutes. These two products ability at removing rumble, swishing sounds, background noise, and talking is remarkable.
If you want to cleanup old cassette tapes these four products are indispensable.
Sony RK-G136 Audio Connecting Cord
Sony Walkman WM-FX290W
Sony Sound Forge Pro 10
Bias Sound Soap
August 18th, 2010 at 11:31 am
This book is great. It covers a little bit of everything, from building a home studio (interfaces, monitors, other hardware) to using the Pro Tools software. It walks you through the process of installing Pro Tools on your computer and how to manage and configure it. If you are lost in the world of computer recording this book is a great place to start. Best of all, it is easy to understand. I highly recommend it.
August 18th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Learn how to set up a home or project studio using Pro Tools with YOUR PRO TOOLS STUDIO, a survey of various digital systems, hardware capabilities, software interactions and, music objectives. There’s a range of options involved in installing and setting up Pro Tools software: YOUR PRO TOOLS STUDIO covers them all and is a pick for any library strong in music and computer applications for the musician.
Diane C. Donovan
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