SoundForge vs Cakewalk vs Cool Edit vs etc etc -Sound Forge - PC

Subject:SoundForge vs Cakewalk vs Cool Edit vs etc etc Posted by: DCameron Date:1/5/2004 1:01:57 PM Hello - What I want to do - Play a drum track. Then, as that plays back, play a rhythm guitar part over it and record them both. Then, play THAT back, and play (and simultaneously record) a lead part of it. I gather from reading this forum that Sound Forge is not the right product for me. Its more of a single track thing, to be used to edit a single track. So I have read that Vegas is the product that I should be using. How does it compare (functionalally) with Cakewalk, or Cool Edit Pro ? Or maybe Acid Loops - can it do what I am trying to do ? thanks for confirmation or refuting what I have written above
Subject:RE: SoundForge vs Cakewalk vs Cool Edit vs etc etc Reply by: jxbjxbjxb Date:1/5/2004 1:39:00 PM Sound Forge is not a multitrack program. You cannot do what you are talking about with Sound Forge. I don't use Cool Edit but I don't think it is a multitrack either. Vegas and Cakewalk can both do this. Cakewalk has Midi functionality, and Vegas has video editing functionality. So if you plan to do one of these two things, buy accordingly. They are both excellent programs. Acid is not designed as a multitrack program, although you can do multitracking with it. But it is not as versatile as Vegas, made by the same company. Acid is designed for looping clips and creating loop-based music, such as dance or hip hop. Jaxon
Subject:RE: SoundForge vs Cakewalk vs Cool Edit vs etc etc Reply by: Rednroll Date:1/5/2004 1:53:54 PM CoolEdit is a multitracking program, it also has a stereo editor in it like Sound Forge. You can consider CoolEdit to be similar as a combination of having Vegas and Sound Forge in one program. Although, having Vegas and Sound Forge is much more powerful and has a much better UI and both of these programs intergrate seemlessly with one another. All of these programs have demos, you can download to try them out.....at least I think CoolEdit might have a demo now, not sure since it's been bought by Adobe and is called Adobe Audition now. What you need to do the type of things you're trying to accomplish is a multi-track recorder/editor program. There's a vast list on the PC side which includes Cubase SX, Cakewalk/Sonar 3.0, Vegas 4.0, Nuendo 2.2, Samplitude 7.2, Adobe Audition, Protools, and Logic Audio Platinum (which has discontinued support on the PC side). My favorite is Vegas, followed by Sonar and Nuendo.
Subject:RE: SoundForge vs Cakewalk vs Cool Edit vs etc etc Reply by: Jessariah Date:1/5/2004 8:43:42 PM First of all, let me say that I own Vegas, Sound Forge & Acid and will have to be killed to be separated from any of them. They are all mazing, intuitive apps. That said...IMHO, Sonar has a bigger learning curve, but is quite potent -- especially when it comes to MIDI. You'd have to kill me to give that one up as well...

Subject:SoundForge vs Cakewalk vs Cool Edit vs etc etc

Posted by: DCameron

Date:1/5/2004 1:01:57 PM

Hello -

What I want to do - Play a drum track. Then, as that plays back, play a rhythm guitar part over it and record them both. Then, play THAT back, and play (and simultaneously record) a lead part of it.

I gather from reading this forum that Sound Forge is not the right product for me. Its more of a single track thing, to be used to edit a single track.

So I have read that Vegas is the product that I should be using. How does it compare (functionalally) with Cakewalk, or Cool Edit Pro ? Or maybe Acid Loops - can it do what I am trying to do ?

thanks for confirmation or refuting what I have written above

Subject:RE: SoundForge vs Cakewalk vs Cool Edit vs etc etc

Reply by: jxbjxbjxb

Date:1/5/2004 1:39:00 PM

Sound Forge is not a multitrack program. You cannot do what you are talking about with Sound Forge. I don't use Cool Edit but I don't think it is a multitrack either. Vegas and Cakewalk can both do this. Cakewalk has Midi functionality, and Vegas has video editing functionality. So if you plan to do one of these two things, buy accordingly. They are both excellent programs.

Acid is not designed as a multitrack program, although you can do multitracking with it. But it is not as versatile as Vegas, made by the same company. Acid is designed for looping clips and creating loop-based music, such as dance or hip hop.

Jaxon

Subject:RE: SoundForge vs Cakewalk vs Cool Edit vs etc etc

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:1/5/2004 1:53:54 PM

CoolEdit is a multitracking program, it also has a stereo editor in it like Sound Forge. You can consider CoolEdit to be similar as a combination of having Vegas and Sound Forge in one program. Although, having Vegas and Sound Forge is much more powerful and has a much better UI and both of these programs intergrate seemlessly with one another. All of these programs have demos, you can download to try them out.....at least I think CoolEdit might have a demo now, not sure since it's been bought by Adobe and is called Adobe Audition now.

What you need to do the type of things you're trying to accomplish is a multi-track recorder/editor program. There's a vast list on the PC side which includes Cubase SX, Cakewalk/Sonar 3.0, Vegas 4.0, Nuendo 2.2, Samplitude 7.2, Adobe Audition, Protools, and Logic Audio Platinum (which has discontinued support on the PC side). My favorite is Vegas, followed by Sonar and Nuendo.

Subject:RE: SoundForge vs Cakewalk vs Cool Edit vs etc etc

Reply by: Jessariah

Date:1/5/2004 8:43:42 PM

First of all, let me say that I own Vegas, Sound Forge & Acid and will have to be killed to be separated from any of them. They are all mazing, intuitive apps.

That said...IMHO, Sonar has a bigger learning curve, but is quite potent -- especially when it comes to MIDI. You'd have to kill me to give that one up as well...