Sound Forge users

Spot|DSE wrote on 4/14/2006, 11:58 AM

I realize this is the Vegas forum, but there are probably a lot of SF users here that don't frequent there.
Get the update today. It'll fix your VST and other problems.
New version is 8.d

Comments

jvincent wrote on 4/14/2006, 12:25 PM

Hi, Thanks for the info.
Vincent

johnmeyer wrote on 4/14/2006, 2:07 PM

Good to know. I never updated to 8 given all the negative things I heard.

Spot|DSE wrote on 4/14/2006, 2:18 PM

I updated, but like a few others, found myself working more in 7 than in 8. However, I've been mastering in audio all morning, and running great in 8, with VSTs and regions.

johnmeyer wrote on 4/14/2006, 4:23 PM

Now I have to decide whether I need the new features. I just went back to the release notes, and these are the new features in 8.0:

What's new in version 8.0

Customizable keyboard mappings.
VST effect support.
ASIO audio driver support.
Data window scrubbing.
Application scripting with an integrated Script Editor window.
Batch processing and file-format conversion via the Batch Converter script.
Ability to save a project path in a rendered file and edit a rendered file's source project.
You can now choose the Ruler Format and Level Format for data displayed in the Statistics window.
You can copy the contents of the Statistics window to the clipboard for easy comparison of multiple files.
Integration with CD Architect.
Macromedia Flash (.swf) format importing. (ActionScript, motion video, and audio are not supported.)
You can use the Display tab in the Preferences dialog to adjust the icon color saturation and icon tinting.
HDV™ project and rendering templates (AVI, MPEG-2, and Windows Media Video) have been added.

I don't spend as much time with Sound Forge as I did three years when I was doing all sorts of audio restoration. However, as I look at those features, it is hard to believe they constituted enough features for a whole new release. The only things useful would be the keyboard mapping and the batch facilities, but I already have "Batch Manager" that seems to do what is promised.

Now that I've looked at it, I guess I'll stay with version 7, which is pretty awesome and which provided the instantaneous Ctrl-X cutting that I always wanted.