Vegas Pro Suite... DVD Architect 6?

AtomicGreymon wrote on 11/16/2012, 3:57 AM

Last night I received SCS November e-mail newsletter, which announced the upcoming "Vegas Pro Suite" bundle which includes Vegas Pro 12, Sound Forge 10, Vegas Production Studio 2, as well as a few other programs.

What really caught my eye was the mention of DVD Architect 6. As a user who already owned a DVD Architect 5.2 license but decided to buy the full Vegas Pro 12 upgrade as opposed to just the "Edit" package, I sincerely hope that the (apparently) upcoming DVD Architect 6 is a complimentary upgrade for those who've already purchased the full VP12 along with the outdated DVDA 5.2.

Considering the sluggish development of DVD Architect over the last couple years, a complimentary upgrade for users still on VP11 wouldn't be a bad move, either.

Personally, I feel DVD Architect 6 should have been released alongside VP12. Presumably its Blu-Ray burning features have been enhanced considerably, and it would've made VP12 feel like a more complete package from the get-go.

Comments

PeterDuke wrote on 11/16/2012, 4:41 AM

I wouldn't get too excited. It will probably have some new features that most of us don't want, and all the old bugs will still be there.

set wrote on 11/16/2012, 5:00 AM

I'll look forward for it too... DVDA 6 since I still authoring dvd a lot.
And hoping for better menu support of BD authoring, pop-up menu style.

Other topic on the newsletter is about Flixmaster.
Thought for this one?

[r]Evolution wrote on 11/16/2012, 6:31 AM

Curious about DVDA6 but I'm a hardcore Encore user as I've always found it to be more flexible and user friendly.

IAM4UK wrote on 11/16/2012, 9:21 AM

I also got that advertisement via email, and it was a bit offensive. But Sony can make it right by giving VP12Pro purchasers the DVDA6 update. And letting us buy "HitFilm" at the bundled software price, rather than stand-alone price.

Tech Diver wrote on 11/16/2012, 9:50 AM

My very thoughts.

Peter

D Coblentz wrote on 11/16/2012, 4:57 PM

I completely agree with you AtomicGreymon. I complained to Sony Creative Software for charging the same thing for Vegas Pro w/ DVDA, when DVDA didn't change from 5.2. In my eyes it's not right to pay the same thing as previous releases where both softwares advanced in number, when DVDA has not for 2 years. Of course, no adequate answer from them for such a move. So giving us DVDA 6 for free needs to happen.

Spectralis wrote on 11/18/2012, 6:23 PM

The Suite includes Sound Forge that I have no interest in. I can do most of my audio editing in Reaper and Audacity. Does anyone still use audio editors?

I hope there is an upgrade path that just includes Hitfilm 2, DVDA 6 and Production Assistant 2 (which I don't really need either - I've got Ultimate S Pro.) If you've bought it already, 3rd party software that winds up being bundled with VP over the years is pretty annoying.

Hitfilm 2 includes some extra 3D models, FX and sound clips atm so I hope Sony rolls out the upgrades asap.

John_Cline wrote on 11/18/2012, 6:26 PM

"Does anyone still use audio editors?"

Yes, absolutely.

Geoff_Wood wrote on 11/18/2012, 7:08 PM

" I can do most of my audio editing in Reaper and Audacity. Does anyone still use audio editors"

Yes people still use audio editors. I do regularly.

But if you are not going for what can be done in SF or similar, then what are you doing in Reaper or Audacity that you can't do better at home in Vegas ?

geoff

autopilot wrote on 11/18/2012, 9:31 PM

Audio editing? Cool Edit Pro 2, here, almost every day.

Spectralis wrote on 11/18/2012, 10:19 PM

"But if you are not going for what can be done in SF or similar, then what are you doing in Reaper or Audacity that you can't do better at home in Vegas ?"

I don't believe SF has £250+ (incl. VAT) worth of advantages over Reaper ($60) and Audacity (free). If the suite upgrade price is going to be higher because SF is included then that will be very disappointing. I hope they have an upgrade price that doesn't include SF.

Reaper can do much more than Vegas as far as audio recording, editing and composing is concerned. I'd never use Vegas to record or compose music for video. It's useful for editing video sound recordings but even then I'd use 3rd party audio plugins rather than those that come with Vegas or Sound Forge (if I used it.) Once I learnt Reaper's workflow and what it's capable of I stopped using Vegas Pro and ACID Pro to produce music for video.

PeterDuke wrote on 11/18/2012, 11:40 PM

CoolEdit 2000 is still my audio editor of choice for simple stereo editing, but it is a bit clunky under XP or Win 7. I use Audacity sometimes and GoldWave less often, but I prefer the CoolEdit interface. iZotope RX2 has a similar interface too, but strangely, it has no pause button!

I recently bought Reaper for multichannel recording with my Zoom R16 as an audio interface, because I didn't like the bundled Cubase LE. I tried Sound Forge but it seemed a bit problematic (I forget details now) and Audition, but I couldn't set the sample rate with the latter. The driver/control panel that comes with the R16 is a bit simplistic.

Spectralis wrote on 11/19/2012, 9:57 AM

Wavosaur is another free editor that has a similar workflow to SF apparently. I haven't had the need to use an audio editor for a long while. Sony seem to be following Adobe's lead by bundling an audio editor with their video products.

I can see that SF or some other audio editor is useful as a one stop shop for editing individual audio tracks, creating Redbook CD's or for compiling samples for Kontakt 5 or some other sampler. It probably makes sense to stick with SF for someone who's used it for years but I'm not in that group. I also have Audition CS6 but never use it preferring to keep everything in Reaper using a video guide track and then transferring the final audio master to Vegas.