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Chienworks wrote on 2/3/2009, 11:18 AM
Questions back at you ... why do you think you need to do that? What do you think you can do in sound forge that you can't do in Vegas? Can't you render your completed project right from Vegas' timeline as is, from the separate pieces?

Vegas doesn't care if all the pieces are separate files, separate events, or one big file. If it's on the track, Vegas will use it. You could render to a new audio file if you want all the pieces combined into one, but it's not necessary.

I'm wondering if what you're asking is really "how do i combine all those cut up pieces together so it sounds like a continuous soundtrack?" And if that is what you're asking then Sound Forge is a very poor tool for that. Vegas is the place to do this. There are a couple simple things you can do. One is to record "room tone", which is simply what the environment at that location sounds like without any of the sounds caused by the actors. Record a few minutes of it, or something similar, and loop it through the entire scene on a separate audio track. That will give some continuity even when the clips themselves change. Another thing to do is to add a music background which accomplishes the same thing.

To get a little fancier, turn off ripple edits and slightly drag out the edges of the audio only (not the video) so that you end up with all the audio pieces crossfading into each other. Combining this with either the room tone or music or both will create a much smoother audio track.
Pipwax wrote on 2/3/2009, 2:02 PM
Yes you are right. I am trying to make the change up much smother than what I have to this point. I thought that using sound forge I could accomplish this task. I guess that I could use the ungrouping feature to accomplish the audio cross fade. What plugin can I use to fix the distortion?

I have included a link to the video that will show my example.

http://www.vimeo.com/3007713
Strangeman wrote on 2/4/2009, 1:46 AM
Thanks for the room tone suggestion, chienworks. I have always worked the other way round with some of the stuff I do - I record a soundtrack first and then add additional video afterwards, but of course that is for a more 'documentary' style where I don't necessarily need the sound from individual shots.
Chienworks wrote on 2/4/2009, 3:18 AM
Is that distortion in the original video recording? If so, you're stuck with it and there's nothing you can do other than replacing the sound track completely with new material.

If the original recording is fine then you've got the volume levels in Vegas set too high. The output meters should never peak above 0dB. However, it doesn't sound like digital clipping, it sounds more like analog overdrive so it's probably happening when it's being recorded rather than in Vegas.
Pipwax wrote on 2/4/2009, 4:36 AM
Well as I looked at the video I think what happen is that during that section of the video I was directly under the speakers, because I noticed that on the long shot or ,crowd shot as I like to call it, the sound was just fine. I have he cd for that section. What I may do is substitute the actual Cd for the track, and try to blend it in.

It is a learning process. I wish that we had a forum for the video cameras just like this software forum. learning is everything.
MSmart wrote on 2/4/2009, 11:37 PM
I wish that we had a forum for the video cameras

While not here, there are forums for vid cameras. Here is one I frequent:

http://www.pana3ccduser.com/index.php
Pipwax wrote on 2/5/2009, 12:31 PM
Thanks A Million!