Subject:SF8 Stable/Good Enough For This??? Sonic Please Read

Posted by: keithos27

Date:3/28/2005 1:00:29 PM

I want to take on the massive project of archiving all of my records into MP3. I went out and bought SF8 to record my records into .WAV files. I've been reading many complaints about SF8 on this board, but honeslty am quite confused by the complaints. I don't really understand the SF8 software and how it works just yet. I just basically know that in order to archive my vinyl I need to...

Run a cable from Record Out (on my mixer) to Line In (on my Audigy 2 sound card). I then open up SF8, hit the record button, reset the monitor levels, start recording, hit play on the turntable. When the song is done, hit stop on the turntable, hit stop on the recording. Close the recording dialog box, edit out the silence before and after the song, and do a File/Save As to a .WAV file.

Is that process corret?

Is SF8 stable enough and good enough to do that process? Should I wait before starting to do all this for SF8a? Will any of those fixes affect what I am doing?

Cheers,
Keith

Subject:RE: SF8 Stable/Good Enough For This??? Sonic Please Read

Reply by: Sonic

Date:3/28/2005 1:53:19 PM

Yes, that will all work fine.

J.

Subject:RE: SF8 Stable/Good Enough For This??? Sonic Please Read

Reply by: sirshambling

Date:3/28/2005 1:57:15 PM

Yes that's roughly what I've been doing for a number of eyars with various incarnations of Sound Forge.

You'll need to check the recording levels via the Creative software as SF doesn't adjust the levels at all - it just accepts what it "hears".

You also might want to "clean up" the recording a bit as well - take out the clicks/crackles and hiss from the vinyl. There's a rudimentary noise reduction effect with SF8 which will do the job at a rough level. If you're fussy like me you'll want to get something more refined - but try the built in software first - you might find it satisfactory.

I hope you enjoy transferring your vinyl - I now have over 13,000 tracks recorded - only another 150,000 or so to go.

Good luck. John.

Subject:RE: SF8 Stable/Good Enough For This??? Sonic Please Read

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:3/28/2005 4:45:11 PM

Don't let the noise scare you away. There's always a lot of noise directly after a release and someone finds a problem. SF8 has been working really well on 2 of my PC's. Now maybe, my work flow isn't the same as everyone elses, so I'm not saying the bugs don't exist, but Forge 8.0 is highly useable. All the drama in these bug reports are not necessary. If you have SF7, you can have both 7.0 and 8.0 installed on the same system. You can also download the demo version, which is fully functional for 30 days before you decide to buy it. If you didn't do that, then shame on you. SF8.0 hasn't even been out for 30 days yet and people are complaining that they got ripped off because of a problem they ran across, which MIGHT not even be the problem of Sound Forge in the first place and could be hardware related or their system at large. These same people must buy vehicles without test driving them also and then complain it isn't what they expected.

Subject:RE: SF8 Stable/Good Enough For This??? Sonic Please Read

Reply by: keithos27

Date:3/29/2005 6:59:46 AM

Thanks everyone! Yes, I had used SF5 at a friend's house once to test it out. I knew I wanted to buy Sound Forge... and since 8 had just come out, that's the one I bought!

sirshambling, you say I need to check the recording levels via the Creative software? How do I do that? I had just done an install of the drivers only. Which software do I need insalled (that Creative Mediasource?). It's quite cumbersome on my PC resources so I usually just do an install of the drivers only. Can you please help elaborate on that for me?

Thanks everyone! It's nice to know these boards are active... I had posted quite a few topics with no replies... glad I finally got some! :-)

Cheers,
Keith

Subject:RE: SF8 Stable/Good Enough For This??? Sonic Please Read

Reply by: sirshambling

Date:3/30/2005 9:29:33 AM

Keith,

Use the Creative Sound Mixer - do install it if you haven't already done so. Check that "What U Hear" is the choice in the "Rec" column to the right and set the slider in that column to around 70% and see whether you get any clipping in SF8 when you record. If so lower the setting a bit - in other words do some trial and error to make sure that the recording level is correct.

Also make sure that you have the correct settings in Windows Control Panel/Speech & Audio Devices so that you are actually recording from the right input on your sound card.

Then record away!

John.