I've been using Sonic Foundry for several years now, primarily Sound Forge with CD Architect. As a songwriter/performer, I've spent many years in the porta studio domain and have made many fine audio productions on 8 track cassette. SF along with CDA was a god send, because it allowed me to finally master these analog recordings in non-linear splendor. The editing of these two-track masters in Sound Forge/CDA was intuitive and rewarding. I learned along the way that pain-staking micro editing eventually results in diminished returns and now know when to move on.
When I gradually invested into some better hardware, I moved on up to Vegas. I am still trying to match the audio quality I achieved with my Tascam 8-track. I find that within Vegas, I quickly reach a crowded saturation point that no matter what I do with it, to it, or where I put it, I can't make some things sound as tight as they did in the analog world. Normalize, compress, leave it alone, spectrum analysis, etc. Most evident is the recording of bass guitar. With my Tascam, I'd go line in, light compression, levels to -0, boom. Clean and tight. With Vegas, I seem to get lows that are all over the map, even after EQ'ing out all the ultra-low frequencies. I'm using a small basic mixer that plugs into various tube processors then a delta breakout box. I've recorded in 24 bit, 16 bit,...not much difference. Other than climbing back into the cellar with my old 8-track, any suggestions from the enlightened as to what baby steps I can make to acclimate to this world of unforgiving variables??
When I gradually invested into some better hardware, I moved on up to Vegas. I am still trying to match the audio quality I achieved with my Tascam 8-track. I find that within Vegas, I quickly reach a crowded saturation point that no matter what I do with it, to it, or where I put it, I can't make some things sound as tight as they did in the analog world. Normalize, compress, leave it alone, spectrum analysis, etc. Most evident is the recording of bass guitar. With my Tascam, I'd go line in, light compression, levels to -0, boom. Clean and tight. With Vegas, I seem to get lows that are all over the map, even after EQ'ing out all the ultra-low frequencies. I'm using a small basic mixer that plugs into various tube processors then a delta breakout box. I've recorded in 24 bit, 16 bit,...not much difference. Other than climbing back into the cellar with my old 8-track, any suggestions from the enlightened as to what baby steps I can make to acclimate to this world of unforgiving variables??