Using an external audio editor

djkoble wrote on 7/14/2012, 10:26 PM

Hi,
I'd like to be able to use Sound Forge Audio Studio 10.0 as an external audio editor to Vegas Pro HD Platinum 11.0.
I am able to "attach" the audio editor to Vegas in the preferences but it baffles me as to how to "get" the processed audio "back" into the Vegas Project.
I can of course save off the processed audio track and load it back into Vegas but that seems to defeat the whole purpose of accessing the audio editor inside Vegas.
Isn't there some way to automatically import the revised audio track back into Vegas?
Thanks,
-Dennis

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 7/14/2012, 10:31 PM

If it works as designed, the newly saved version will automatically open on the Vegas Movie Studio timeline, when you close Sound Forge.

Chienworks wrote on 7/14/2012, 10:33 PM

You don't need to load it back again in Vegas. After you've saved the changes in Sound Forge they automatically appear in Vegas. If you "open in sound forge" then you've edited the actual media file and any saved changes are immediately in Vegas. If you "open copy in sound forge" then Vegas creates a new take for the new copy of the audio and places that as the active version of the audio on the timeline.

djkoble wrote on 7/15/2012, 1:38 PM

Thanks. :)

Tim L wrote on 7/15/2012, 2:06 PM

Althought I've never used Sound Forge, I'd just like to highlight Kelly's (Chienworks') point that if you "Open in Soundforge" you will actually be messing with your ORIGINAL audio files.

We often point out to new users here on the VMS forums that Vegas is a "non-destructive" editing program. When they are editing their videos -- cutting out pieces, altering the color balance, speeding up or slowing down, etc., -- that they aren't actually modifying their original video files. Those original files still exist, intact and unaltered, on their hard drives, and Vegas never harms them.

In this case, however, -- if I understand correctly -- it is worth pointing out that you DO run the risk of messing up your ORIGINAL files. If you send your file to SoundForge for editing, and you play with it and mess it up, you may have messed up your only, original file. (Maybe SF creates a backup file?)

"Open copy in sound forge" is probably the safest way to proceed. Or, make sure you keep a copy of your original files somewhere and work with a copy right from the start.

(Kelly or Musicvid -- please correct me if I've got this wrong...)

musicvid10 wrote on 7/15/2012, 3:53 PM

Tim,
You've got it right. "Open copy . . ." saves every take as a separate file, and you can revert to any previous take simply with a right-click.

I don't like recapturing to restore audio that's been destructively edited if it turns out I don't like it, so I always "Open copy" and go back and delete unwanted takes after I'm all done, mostly to reclaim folder space.