Vegas Audio - What a pleasure

Rob Franks wrote on 7/13/2010, 5:18 AM
You just don't know how good it is until you try working in other programs. It accepts a huge number of formats. It's fast and efficient, (doing some FLAC work in Adobe Audition and it's slow in comparison)... and it's effective. There are of course some minor bugs but no where near the level of Pro Tools (what a joke that one is)

Lacking is the high volume of real time track effects, DTS-HD abilities and some other minor diddlies... but overall... I turned to it when no other could do a proper job.... and it was there for me.

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farss wrote on 7/13/2010, 5:48 AM
The audio side is certainly Vegas's strongest side. Makes sense as it is an audio application.
As my audio projects become more complex through the need for the features that the higher level apps bring to the table becomes increasingly obvious. Certainly they seem harder to get things done with on the simpler projects. Things Vegas desperately lacks to get the job done were done to death years ago in the audio forum.I would not rate the lack of DTS-HD as an issue as one can buy that as a 3rd party tool.

Bob.
musicvid10 wrote on 7/13/2010, 7:09 AM
Not everyone knows that Vegas started as an audio workstation.
farss wrote on 7/13/2010, 7:32 AM
I would say Sound Forge is a better fit to the term "workstation".
Vegas is more a "multitracker".

Bob.
AGB Productions wrote on 7/13/2010, 9:27 AM
Audio is what sold us. Since we do a lot of concerts, and use a LOT of audio tracks with each project, there's nothing better out there for the price (and many dollars more).

Just as an example: in one concert, there was a singer who probably sang for 30 seconds (out of 90 minutes). We miked her, and that one burst of sound made the whole video worth while.

Our motto: SOLVE THE SOUND PROBLEM FIRST. Then worry about where you might think of placing your cameras. Remember that the human brain processes sound before it processes sight. We almost never use on-camera microphones.

Geoff_Wood wrote on 7/13/2010, 4:55 PM
I use Vegas as a DAW ahead of Acid. Except for projects that require MIDI or softsynths.

Vegas has as many DX or VST effects as you care to install ! The basic included set is adequate, but the possibiities are endless.

geoff
UlfLaursen wrote on 7/13/2010, 10:18 PM
I really like the audio features too, its just awesome :)

/Ulf
pmooney wrote on 7/14/2010, 4:56 AM
I've been using Vegas in our audio studios for 6 years now, too. Really wonderful program, which is why the bug issues really annoy users when they get them...part frustration...part really WANTING Vegas to be the best program it can be.

I also use Acid for Midi music creation, but it would be awesome if Sony Vegas created a sort of "Acid-Plugin", like they did for Cinescore, or create a template workspace that would mimic the Acid interface and support midi from within Vegas.

farss wrote on 7/14/2010, 5:34 AM
"I also use Acid for Midi music creation, but it would be awesome if Sony Vegas created a sort of "Acid-Plugin", like they did for Cinescore, or create a template workspace that would mimic the Acid interface and support midi from within Vegas."

Wouldn't making Acid and Vegas Rewire compatible give you what you're looking for?

Bob.
pwppch wrote on 7/14/2010, 7:28 AM
[i]Wouldn't making Acid and Vegas Rewire compatible give you what you're looking for?[/I]

There is one problem here: ReWire is not 64 bit, neither is ACID. Yes , ACID being 64 bit is our problem, but getting ReWire to be 64 bit is up to the Propellerheads. While it is possible to do a 'wrapper' for ReWire 32 bit, it would be a far from ideal solution.

We are always looking at these issues.

Peter