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Audioon 1/20/2007
Change from NUendo
If you liked Vegas 3 and all you needed was ASIO, then you'd probably be satisfied with the later versions. And yes, DX is still supported. However, if you read this forum in much detail, you'll see that Vegas has evolved into a video application with decent audio capabilities, especially editing. Vegas is missing a great many features that virtually all competitive audio apps now have and many audio only users have moved on to other pastures. Search the forum for details on this if you're interested. I'm still around because I'm addicted to the editing power of Vegas, and I'm used to the workflow and GUI. Frankly, I've been too lazy seriously explore other apps up to this point which is why here responding to your post. As always, the best advice is to download the demo and check it out.
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Audioon 12/31/2006
Vegas 7 and TC Powercore FW survey
Thanks Ed. I forgot that you can always be counted on to straigten out the rest of us on what's what in the industry and most importantly to keep the Sony banner waving. I too can make killer mixes without UAD or Powercore and do it regularly and its due to experience, skill and good outboard gear. I'd simply like to be able to utilize these units in my work and its frustrating that Vegas doesn't offer it, especially since UAD seems to work just fine with Acid 6. You and I both know that billybk uses 4 of them in his system so I'm not buying that its totally UAD's problem because it clearly isn't. Anyway, Happy mixing in 2007 with whatever many "cores" you keep upgrading too.
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Audioon 12/31/2006
Vegas 7 and TC Powercore FW survey
My experience is that I've been waiting for more than 3 years for Sony to do whatever is needed to make both the UAD-1 and Powercore work with Vegas so I can purchase one or both. These units have essentially become mandatory for any serious non-protools DAW studio and neither have shown to be friendly with Vegas (with the exception of UAD-1 with Vegas 5 which although worked, was glitchy and unpredictable at best). Not having support for these units as well as additional support for more external controllers (other than MCU) sure puts Vegas in a compromised, very limited positon if they want to continue marketing to the last few audio loyalists they have. Any serious VIDEO user who wants decent audio would certainly benefit from the powercore or UAD simply to preserve CPU power - not to mention that they sound wayyyyy better than virtually all native plugs. So much for my year end rant . . .
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Audioon 12/23/2006
UAD ?
I'd like to know this as well. From the UAD-1/Vegas users who USED to post here, it appears that Vegas 5 was the last version that worked with any success (there were rendering problems with 6 that were never fixed - don't know about 7). Its my impression from other forums that I visit that the dedictated UAD-1 users have moved on to othe apps, and rightly so. Since even the most recent UAD plugs seem to work fine in Acid 6, it really is frustrating that Sony can't or won't get it together for Vegas. I've been wanting to purchase these plugs for over 3 years but my addiction to Vegas's editing keeps me in this "well maybe next version it will work" mentality. I've been closely watching another app's development but the editing isn't quite up to par with Vegas yet. At some point it will be and I'll finally feel confident to get out of this ongoing frustrating. In the meantime, I'm working with Vegas 6 (purchased 7 but haven't even installed it yet), and continue to use outboard efx as they sound better than most of the plugs I have including most of Waves stuff. Its a tedious way to work though . . .
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Audioon 12/14/2006
AlphaTrack/FaderPort Support?
Thanks Peter. They do look cool! But your reply indicates that any potential support for these products is at least 8-10 months away – I need to decide something about a controller sooner than that. Oh well . . .
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Audioon 12/11/2006
Vegas 6 editing & dual monitor issue
Thanks New Hope. I think I've solved the issue by updating the video card driver. I've got a gig of ram now and soon am planning to upgrading my CPU and bumping ram to 2 gigs (will see what Santa brings). Thanks again. . .
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Audioon 11/30/2006
Multi Track recording
"Will those mixers allow me to record multiple tracks in Vegas 6?" Yes.
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Audioon 11/30/2006
Multi Track recording
Yes it has 1/4" inputs but these are line inputs. There are only 2 mic preamps (inputs), hence my question about the other 4 mics you intend to use. Unless you have 4 other mic preamps that you could route to the line inputs of the MAudio unit, this won't allow you to do what you want. It sounds like you might want to consider one of the firewire mixers by Alesis or Phonic instead of the MAudio.
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Audioon 11/30/2006
Multi Track recording
The 1814 has only 2 mic pres. How do you plan to route the other 4 mics into it?
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Audioon 11/8/2006
Vegas 7.0
I did the upgrade primarily to get DVD-A and surround sound capability for the limited $150 special price which I consider a very good deal. I probably would not have purchased it at the normal upgrade pricing though.
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Audioon 10/18/2006
Is Vegas REALLY robust enough for audio work?
" I've used some busses for the reverbs but it sometimes defeats the purpose. I like to use different reverbs on different tracks. I hate aving to settle for a stereo average reverb setting on my drums." Verbs and compressors are going to use a ton of CPU no matter what app you use. You've simply found out what your system's limit is. If you want all those different verbs, I suggest rendering some of tracks with the effects (submix) and keep the originals in case you want to change something later.
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Audioon 10/17/2006
Is Vegas REALLY robust enough for audio work?
"The bottom line: Vegas + UAD-1 performance currently sucks. We have a solution in mind for this problem, though it is a major overhaul that is typically the kind only released in a full version update. On the subject of Waves interacting with the audio engine: Some waves plug-ins don’t play nice with our multi-threaded architecture, and will crash. One solution is to disable track rendering. Another is to only use Waves plug-ins in the mixer. We are working with Waves to resolve this issue." Very discouraging indeed. I'm using Waves 5 and never plan to upgrade due to Wave's policies. Although I purchased Vegas 7, I haven't installed it yet. Does anyone know if there are problems with Waves 5 and Vegas 7?
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Audioon 10/16/2006
if I have Vegas do I need SoundForge
Sound Forge is indispensible for "surgical" levels of editing - like zooming in to an individual sample, fixing clicks and pops, etc. I also use it when I want to save some edit or create a copy of a track or event with efx and other processing. This being said, I use Vegas for about 80% of my editing in a multitrack session.
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Audioon 9/26/2006
No upgrade offers on Vegas7+DVDA4?
"I did in fact check my account first but there was no special offer, just the regular $234.95 upgrade path. The current special downloadable upgrade price is $100 cheaper, and there was no mention of that in the My Account upgrade information." Same here.
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Audioon 9/26/2006
No upgrade offers on Vegas7+DVDA4?
I haven't received any upgrade notice either. Maybe they are only going to video users? Also, someone posted a link to an upgrade offer about 2 weeks ago which I bookmarked, but when I tried it today, I got a "permission denied" notice. Weird stuff happening in Madison these days. . .
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Audioon 9/23/2006
Laptop Multitrack Recording
"Will I be able to leave my Echo Layla soundcard installed, or will the Alesis want to replace my existing card?" Probably best to contact Echo support on this. I have a Layla 24 and would be interested in what they say. Re: the Alesis mixer being friendly with Vegas (or vice/versa), why don't you post another message with that question in the title. drbam
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Audioon 9/22/2006
Vegas session export to ProTools
Thanks H2000 but I need to keep the project in 24 bit. And thanks again rraud. We won't be doing the mix in Nashville till early next year so I've got some time to work on this. I will definitely let you know how it unfolds. drbam
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Audioon 9/22/2006
Vegas session export to ProTools
Thanks rraud! I can render the tracks that have crossfade edits but the stereo file thing concerns me. Virtually every track in this entire project is stereo (synths, pianos, orchestra pads, etc). Have you had experience with this? Thanks again. drbam
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Audioon 9/17/2006
A thought about Vegas 7
"People seem to be missing the point alot of the time about what new and improved constitutes. " I find it curious and interesting that you're disappointed with some of us, but I think its fine if you want to defend the V7 release. However, I suggest that you speak for yourself about missing the point. The audio users' criticisms are valid and well established. Vegas started as an AUDIO app (perhaps you forgot). If you don't agree with mine or others' criticisms, then you don't agree, but you seem the be the one "missing the point" with your misguided and misinformed lecture here. If V7's enhancements work for you – great and I'm glad you're happy and are having fun with cinescore. But your comments infer that others may not be capable of determining what their professional needs are and I personally find that kind of BS to be arrogant and offensive – it certainly is disrespectful. Peace
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Audioon 9/15/2006
Appreciation for products
"So, thanks guys, for stable products that are innovative and set the standard." Well, setting a standard and staying current with today's standard are two entirely different things. I agree that Sonic Foundry set some standards a few years ago but sadly that is not the current state of affairs.
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Audioon 9/12/2006
Very poor update
"Actually, that might be the only reason I would consider upgrading. So I would get the extra DVD features by upgrading from plain-old Vegas 6 for $149?" Yes, as much as I would hate purchasing another version of Vegas at this point, DVD and 5.1 capabilities would be worth $150 to me. Anyone receive email re: upgrade price? The current upgrade price on the site is $235. drbam
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Audioon 9/12/2006
Very poor update
Pretty much what I was expecting although I still feel sad, disappointed and frustrated to finally see the actual description of V7. Its like losing an old friend – one that I hoped was going to make it throught a trying time. . . but eventually succumed to overwhelming circumstances. . . Bottom line is that the two feature improvements I see that might slightly enhance my workflow certainly aren't enough to justify the upgrade. I hate going through another learning curve but I guess its time to move on to something else. . . drbam
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Audioon 7/27/2006
MCU for audio only?
Peter: I really don't wish to get into a debate about this. These terms: "Compositing, Motion Blur, and Fade To Color" most likely jumped out at me like some flashing neon lights because I still feel resentful about how Vegas audio users were pretty much abandoned in order to pursue the video market. Right, wrong or indifferent, that's the way many of us feel and you of all people are keenly aware of it. In handsight, I see that I overreacted to the MCU overlay thing because it pushed a sore spot. Its clearly my issue and I apologize if I was inappropriate or offended anyone with my comments. Thanks again for clarifying the MCU question for me – I'll probably choose it when I'm ready to get into a controller. Peace, drbam
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Audioon 7/26/2006
MCU for audio only?
Thanks Peter. Obviously I mis-understood the overlay terminology, jargon, whatever. I looked at virtually every other overlay, and Vegas's was the only one that did not appear intuitive to me (most likely because of the dual-purpose buttons, regardless of whether they're clearly marked). Most all of the other overlays used terminology that immediate felt familiar. The weird irony is that I only use Vegas, SF & Acid, and am not familiar with any of the others apps that have MCU overlays. At any rate, thanks again for clarifying it.
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