Subject:Sound Forge 6?

Posted by: DjXSoundz

Date:6/7/2002 3:30:34 PM

i've been using Sound Forge XP 4.5 forever and its stable and works. should i really upgrade? i herd about the shure mic modeling thing and was wondering if it was any good.
-XDZ

Subject:RE: Sound Forge 6?

Reply by: rraud

Date:6/7/2002 9:04:50 PM

In my opinion, SF-5 was a waste of $. If you are editing large files then SF-6 is the way to go. It also comes with some good SF plug-ins. But CD-A will not run on SF-5 or 6.
Other than that, SF-6 is good.

Subject:RE: Sound Forge 6?

Reply by: TeeCee

Date:6/11/2002 2:05:58 PM

SF5 was a waste of money if you didn't need to work with 24 bit files. Maybe you forgot about that feature...

TeeCee

Subject:RE: Sound Forge 6?

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:6/11/2002 5:09:51 PM

"Need"? I haven't "Needed" to ever work with 24 bit files, but some may prefer 24 bit.

Subject:RE: Sound Forge 6?

Reply by: TeeCee

Date:6/12/2002 8:46:57 AM

If I use 16 bit files, each operation will introduce errors in the range of audio that will end up on CD. To prevent noticeable loss of quality as I work on my wave files, I "need" to use 24 bit files.

TeeCee

Subject:SF 6 works with Win98 SE????????

Reply by: ady_tabacaru

Date:6/12/2002 3:34:53 PM

SF 6 works with Win98 SE????????

I tried to install but he told me that he must install DirectX 8-can I do that?Is not gonna crash my win98SE???

Subject:RE: SF 6 works with Win98 SE????????

Reply by: Edin

Date:6/12/2002 4:25:43 PM

Yes, you can install DirectX 8, and no, it is not going to crash your system :-)
To get the DirectX version 8.1 for Windows 98 and ME , go here:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/Install/8.1/W98Me/EN-US/DX81eng.exe

Subject:RE: Sound Forge 6?

Reply by: Edin

Date:6/12/2002 4:30:11 PM

TeeCee, you are mixing apples and oranges! Sound Forge works with 24-bit processing (or even higher) whether you use 8, 16, or 24-bit files!
So, even if you work with 16-bit files, SF will use 24-bit processing on them. No need to make 24-bit files, unless you are working in a professional studio with a lot of high-quality files!

Subject:RE: Sound Forge 6?

Reply by: TeeCee

Date:6/13/2002 1:01:18 PM

Edin:
Get all you apples out and look at them.

If you have a 16 bit file and you do some work on it, especially something like a gain increase (normalization or compression), you will loose info. If you work on a 24 bit recording, you will also lose info but it will be in the lower 8 bits that will eventually end up in the bit bucket when you go to CD.

TeeCee

Subject:RE: Sound Forge 6?

Reply by: Edin

Date:6/13/2002 1:38:03 PM

I agree 100% with that, I just say that I will not hear any difference with the quality of recording that I have now. Also, my noise floor is somewhere around -40 to -60dB (if I'm lucky). If I worked on a higher quality recording, I would definitely listen to your advice.
I am also apologizing for making my comment earlier! You weren't mixing apples and oranges (too bad, a good fruit juice would help a lot :-) ).

Subject:RE: Sound Forge 6?

Reply by: TeeCee

Date:7/17/2002 12:17:42 AM

Sorry for the late response. No problem with the apples-oranges comment. Hopefully you will one day be working with a better sound card. If and when you do, I'm sure you'll be working in 24 bit.

TeeCee