Sound Forge and Vegas

winrockpost wrote on 11/22/2004, 5:04 PM

I have used Vegas since Vegas 2 and have always done my audio completely in Vegas,
no complaints ,mix 75% of it myself. most of our videos are spoken voice with some background music. Occasional music video .Showing my ignorance ,again,what am I be missing by not using soundforge with vegas.
Thanks

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Control_Z wrote on 11/22/2004, 5:14 PM

Heh. I just logged in real quick while I'm rendering a copy of my audio channels 1&2 to Sound Forge, so I guess I better say something.

As with most of my live video, I'll center it, normalize it, and wavehammer it before going back to Vegas. Probably nothing I couldn't do on the timeline, but I like to do these things separately and have solid files to show for it.

kentwolf wrote on 11/22/2004, 7:24 PM

I don't use Sound Forge a lot, but I find it necessary sometimes if I need to do some effects work.

You're right; Vegas handles audio in a "regular" sense just fine; in many ways much better than Sound Forge.

I really miss the Vegas features whenever working in Sound Forge..maybe because I spend so much time in Vegas...

musicvid10 wrote on 11/22/2004, 7:27 PM

I learned digital audio in SoundForge, and instinctively go to it whenever I need to fiddle with my audio. Maybe I should take the time to learn to do it in Vegas . . .

JL wrote on 2/5/2005, 2:04 PM

I guess I have the same question as winrock as to why someone proficient with Vegas might add SoundForge to their toolbox. I see that Vegas doesn’t have noise reduction but SoundForge apparently has some NR plugs. Also, there is a standalone Noise Reduction 2.0. Is it different than what’s shipped with SoundForge? Can anyone clarify? Thx.

JL

Liam_Vegas wrote on 2/5/2005, 2:24 PM

You can buy NR 2 without Soundforge... and vice-versa. I got a package that includes them both.

NR2 works both in Vegas (as an FX plugin) or in Soundforge. Take you pick.

Stardust99 wrote on 2/5/2005, 5:14 PM

I needed Noise Reduction 2.0 and had been playing with Sound Forge Audio
Studio. I found a bundle of NR with Sound Forge and CD Architect and all for
less then anyone alone so........ I like the work flow in Sound Forge for audio
more then in Vegas, some do, some don't. Download the demo and give it
a try.

have fun ;') Terry

Spot|DSE wrote on 2/5/2005, 5:26 PM

For me, I like Sound Forge, as I'm very fast with it. It's just faster overall, especially for things like Noise Reduction and tweaking out a file, plus the psychological value of having just that one file with huge waveforms in front of your face has value. Most things you'd do in Sound Forge can be done in Vegas, but it's a heckuva lot faster in Sound Forge.