I was wondering about "takes" and the proper role Sound Forge should play while editing an audio project in Vegas. I'm using Vegas LE for the first time (which came with my Sound Forge 5.0), and unlike my experience with Sound Forge, there's no one around to show me "the ropes."

So......about those "takes," I seem to accumulate a lot of takes because I often "open copy in Sound Forge" to make some minor (or major) adjustments to a sound file, and then hit "save" to put my new adjustments back into my Vegas project. I edit in Sound Forge because I'm familiar with it. (The function of the Trimmer escapes me at this point.) Am I making adjustments to these sound files correctly? - it seems a bit cumbersome to keep jumping back and forth from Vegas to Sound Forge as much as I do. Is this how it's done in "the biz?"

Also, once I have decided on my favourite "take," is it safe and proper to delete my unused takes? The broom in the Media Pool doesn't seem to get rid of 'em like I thought it would.

Any info on this subject would be luvly. And please forgive my harsh abuse of quotation marks.

- "pup"