Vegas Audio LE... what is it, a demo?

reptile wrote on 8/18/2001, 1:52 AM
I recently bought Sound Forge 5.0 and was excited to try out the included Vegas Audio LE. One of the main reasons I bought the full Sound Forge was that I have found the XP version very useful and enjoyable to use. I often need 8 tracks, and that is all, and getting the LE version along with Sound Forge seemed like an ideal solution. Imagine my suprise to find the included software is really just a glorified demo of the full version. Half the options you click on whilst trying to learn the software brings up a window exclaiming how great the regular version is and do I want to upgrade now. NO!!! I don't want to upgrade now, why are the options even in the menus? Is this meant to be a demo or a stand alone product people can actually use? I find myself mentally avoiding certain menu options knowing that they will bring up one of these accursed windows. Come on... a demo is a demo and should be advertised as such on the box... "Vegas Audio Demo included". I feel this is a bit of a slick marketing ploy. Had I bought this LE version instead of having it included with Sound Forge I'd be pretty pissed. I think this is something of an underhanded scheme, being unusable without being pestered to BUY, BUY, BUY. It leaves something of a bitter taste with me. Be forewarned those who might buy this product separately to get some minimal 8 track editing... Don't waste your money unless you don't mind clicking the close button on pop up advertisments all day while trying to get some work done.

Comments

FadeToBlack wrote on 8/18/2001, 2:28 AM
MyST wrote on 8/18/2001, 11:40 AM
It's understandable that it is a lite version, because it came bundled with other software, not as a stand alone program.
I myself purchased Acid 3.0, and received it as part of a bundle.
The problem is Acid 3.0 was marketed as containing a lite version of Sound Forge, Vegas Audio, and XFX 1,2,3. Therefore, all these can be regarded as purchased programs.
I expect pop-up windows in demos and shareware/freeware versions of programs, but not purchased programs.
I also find this annoying, and I'v e-mailed Sonic Foundry to see if there is a way to disaible this. I'm waiting for a reply.

Later...
reptile wrote on 8/18/2001, 11:47 AM
Yes, I agree that this should be a version with less tracks and less features. That is what people expect in a light version. I used Sound Forge XP quite effectively to do simple audio editing and was never frustrated with the way it worked. If I like the way a product works, I will buy the full version when need the added functionality. The difference is the sneaky way of plastering advertisments in front of someones face by putting options in the menus that do nothing but open these advertisements. XP had nothing like this... Spectrum Analysis didn't exist, for example, so you couldn't get spammed by clicking on it. As it is, I don't really like the way Vegas LE works because it is frustrating to have to keep closing those windows and it is extremely annoying to try to figure out which menu items actually do something and which just spam me. That being the case, I don't use it, and so I can't ever get to the point where I can't live without it and want more features (like I did with XP).