Everyone of these questions that you asked are explained in
the Vegas Manual, I highly suggest that you print up a copy
and read a chapter before going to bed each night. Your
lack of frustration will thank yourself for it in the long
run, and so will tech support.

Aaron Carey wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>1. Are the Track FX, such as Vegas Compression, only
>>>>functioning during playback?
>>
>>Yes, DX fx are on playback only. Vegas has no control
over
>>your sound card's volume, so a compressor on vegas' input
>>wouldnt keep the soundcard from getting digital overs.
>>Remember these are software fx
>>
>>
>>>>2. What is a common situation where I would want to use
>>the
>>>>assignable FX instead of Track FX?
>>
>>Track fx are very much like the INSERTS on a mixing
>>console, similar to sticking in an effect between your
tape
>>recorder output and your console's tape return input, but
>>remember in Vegas you can order these anyway you'd like
>>
>>Assignable fx are like the FX sends on your mixing
console.
>>you still have a direct sound as well as the effected one
>>
>>In other words, Track FX are in SERIES, IN your audio path
>>Assignable FX are in PARALLEL, WITH your track fx
>>
>>commonly track fx would be used to insert a compressor to
>>compress a certain track, where assignable fx would be
used
>>to put in a revern that all the tracks could send to
>>
>>
>>
>>>>3. What is the difference between FX and the "Track
>>>>Optimized FX" that appears in the Plug-in chooser? Are
>>>>these the same plug-ins? Are they optimized for use
>>>>directly in the track?
>>>>
>>
>>
>>Not too sure here, though I think the optimized ones are
>>more efficient to use with vegas, or dont contain tails
or
>>something..never mind I will shut up
>>
>>>>4. I have 4 to 8 tracks of mono audio that I am mixing
to
>>>>stereo. Is there an easy way to do the fade-out at the
>>end
>>
>>render your mix and make one fade at the very end
>>
>>
>>>>5. One of my tracks is at a lower level. Is there any
>>easy
>>>>way, other than using Sound Forge, to normalize the
level
>>>>to -6 or -3 dB? Or, is there any way to get the
waveform
>>to
>>>>appear 'taller' on the display, as I can do in Sound
>>Forge?
>>
>>Do you actually want to make it louder? if so, normalize
it
>>
>>Do you want to make it taller to edit easier, but not
>>louder? if so select the event, hold down shift and hit
>>your right arrow
>>
>>
>>>>6. In the Audio Preferences Help, the "Normalize Peak
>>Level
>>>>(dB)" control is explained as, "Use the slider to
change
>>>>the default Peak Level settings." Could I have that a
>>>>little clearer please? I have tried changing the
setting
>>
>>
>>As far as I know, that is the level it will normalize
>>to...there are many reasons for this, but for the most
>>part, I would set that to -0.3 dB
>>
>>

Brian Franz wrote:
>>Everyone of these questions that you asked are explained
in
>>the Vegas Manual, I highly suggest that you print up a
copy
>>and read a chapter before going to bed each night. Your
>>lack of frustration will thank yourself for it in the
long
>>run, and so will tech support.
>>
>>Aaron Carey wrote:
>>>>


dont harp on him too hard, most of these people read
the "pro multitrack recording software" thingy on the box
and everyone thinks they got a studio on a disk

But you are right, those functions are self explanatory to
anyone used to a mixing console

About time someone just writes a book assembling the
threads in this forum :)

Brian Franz wrote:
>>Everyone of these questions that you asked are explained
in
>>the Vegas Manual, I highly suggest that you print up a
copy
>>and read a chapter before going to bed each night. Your
>>lack of frustration will thank yourself for it in the
long
>>run, and so will tech support.

I beg to differ that every one of these questions are
answered in the manual. Nothing I found in the manual, and
I admit I may have missed it, was as succinct and to the
point as the comparison to inserts and effects sends. Look
for FX or Effects in the Index to the Audio 2.0 manual. I
finally found something under Plugins but am still looking
for something about the FX that seem to be optimized for
Tracks.

I have full copies of both Vegas Audio and Vegas Video
2.0b, along with the printed, and clearly used manuals. I
have read the entire manual, I took it on a trip where I
was in training for most of a week and its content was
refreshing compared with the details of implementation of
Content Management on an enterprise internet. (Also, in a
prior career I was an author and developer of technical
training manuals so I believe in RTFM, partially because I
used to WTFM :-)

I have been using Sound Forge for years, but the paradigm
is different in Vegas Audio/Video and reading the one
combined manual paid off.

If you are familiar with previous Sonic Foundry manuals,
you know that much of the content from the manual is
duplicated verbatim in the on-line Help files. I suggest
you use the on-line Help files for Vegas and note the
highly detailed, succinct information provided there about
Assignable FX, etc. It is pretty weak at this point. Track
optimized FX isn't even found and the FX packages is not
clearly explained. You have to use trial and error to
figure out that very powerful feature.

Frankly, I agree that the content of these threads is a
great addendum to the manuals, especially when it comes to
Tips, Tricks shortcuts and real world experience.

Wayne Munn, ASPP