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drbam wrote on 2/13/2005, 12:54 PM
>>I was just curious if there are any advantages to switching to Vegas 4, 5, or even eventually 6 from a pure audio standpoint.<<

Not unless you aren't interested in automation, buss tracks, buss to buss routing, punch on the fly. . . just to name a few. And although Vegas is 5 is fairly stable, Vegas 3 still remains the most solid on my systems.

drbam
waynegee wrote on 2/15/2005, 8:30 AM
don't do it...Vegas 3 is the most stable. I could never get Vegas 4 or 5 to run without gapping, crashing and much latency...no matter what driver I used. Never, ever had a problem with Vegas 3...like a rock (to quote a wise man...)

Ben  wrote on 2/15/2005, 9:07 AM
Not true. Vegas 5 is absolutely rock-solid here, and for many others. Vegas' audio features have moved along a fair way since version 3; zillions of reasons to upgrade. See this:

http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/products/showproduct.asp?PID=914&FeatureID=7542

Ben
brandondrury wrote on 2/21/2005, 11:52 AM
It seams to me like it's not worth it to me.

It would be nice to go from Bus A into Bus B sometimes, but other than I don't see much benefit.

With just a few small exceptions, Vegas 3.0 has been very stable and reliable for me.

Brandon
Rednroll wrote on 2/21/2005, 3:40 PM
The upgrade to 5.0 is a worthy step. Here's a list of audio features since v3.0 that have been added, also many other unlisted enhancements. Why don't you download the demo and try it out?

VEGAS 4.0
1-5.1 surround mixing tools
2-DirectX® plug-in effect automation
3-Over 30 real-time DirectX® effects
4-ASIO audio driver support
5-Recording input monitoring
6-Master, auxiliary, and assignable effects audio bus tracks
7-Enhanced audio time stretching
8-Improved effects bypass
9-Enhanced ripple editing model
10-Keyboard event trimming
11-Event shuffling
12-Split-screen effect bypass and clipboard previews
13-Split-screen A/B previewing when slip-trimming
14-Pre/post toggle for video event effects
15-Enhanced audio/video scrub speeds
16-Media markers and regions in events
17-Expanded scrub range
18-Preview the cursor position with pre-/post-roll
19-Joystick control of faders, surround panning, and the color wheel controls in the color corrector plug-ins
20-Select events that refer to a specific file in the Media Pool
21-Drag-and-drop transfer of bins between open copies of Vegas
22-AC-3 encoding (requires the Sony Pictures Digital AC-3 Encoder)
23-Application scripting
24-Windows Media 9 support, including surround encoding
25-RealMedia 9
26-Improved CD extraction, burning, and drive support

VEGAS 5.0
1-Support for control surfaces including the Mackie Control Universal.
2-Envelope automation recording.
3-Envelope point thinning.
4-Improved punch-in recording with automatic input monitoring.
5-Improved audio time stretching.
6-ACID loop support on the timeline.
7-ACID time stretching for ACIDized loops.
8-Support for 5.1-channel audio plug-ins on the master bus.
9-Film-style 5.1 surround panning.
10-Downmix monitoring so you can test your 5.1 surround project in different listening environments.
11-Pre/post volume for busses routed to hardware outputs.
12-Bus-to-bus routing.
13-Enhanced interface, including Windows XP theme support.
14-Multiple docking windows.
15-User configurable window layout.
16-Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
17-Subclip creation.
18-Real-time audio/video event reverse.
19-You can now drag the edit cursor to change its position in the timeline and Trimmer window when the Allow edit cursor to be dragged check box on the General tab of the Preferences dialog is selected.
20-A marker tool that you can use to move or delete multiple selected markers.
21-Automation recording for track envelopes and keyframes.
22-Audio volume/opacity event envelope changes are applied to all selected events.
23-Networked rendering.
24-Enhanced application scripting.