How do you use Sound Forge in your video editing?

RalphM wrote on 2/4/2009, 8:05 AM

I've agreed to demo Sound Forge at the next Washington-Baltimore Vegas Users' Group meeting (Feb21).

I think I've covered all the ways I use it, but would be interested in hearing what others do with it. The emphasis is on applications related to sound editing/sweetening for video..

Thanks,
RalphM

Comments

Steven Myers wrote on 2/4/2009, 8:42 AM

I wish Vegas gave me a selection of audio editors (the way, e.g., SONAR does), instead of making me choose one as the default.
Because noise usually is what I want to correct, I generally keep iZotope RX as my default.
Anyway, when I do use Sound Forge, it's usually something related to leveling, er ... levels!

kentwolf wrote on 2/4/2009, 12:42 PM

Normalizing event sound.
Removing unwanted "hiccups" in the event sound.
Applying 3rd party filters.
De-essing.
Removing plosives.

ChipGallo wrote on 2/4/2009, 1:29 PM

Compression -- love those iZotope plugs
cutting rumble; low end roll-off
matching room echo on added dialog

RalphM wrote on 2/5/2009, 8:22 AM

Thanks for all the replies. There are some in there that I have used but forgot about.

Sure wish those IZotope plugins weren't so expensive. they look great, but they're a little too many $$ for me to justify.

RalphM

ChipGallo wrote on 2/5/2009, 9:20 AM

When I upgraded to Sound Forge 9, Sony included at no extra charge an Izotope "Mastering Effects Bundle" that gave me some plugins for SF. That is what I was referring to.

Of course, I have one or two other products from their collection on my wish list.