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Subject:Read FAQ's& Acoustic Mirror? Posted by: Rednroll Date:2/2/2001 10:05:00 AM Hey, I finally got around to reading the FAQ section on the beta 5.0 release. For those of you worried about the batch converter, it says there, that it is being redesigned and will be included in the final release. For those of you worried about CD architect not being in the menus anymore, that will remain as is :-(. No CD architect. Something about a redesign of the sound engine for sound forge. I believe it's more like, CD architect won't work with 24 bit files, as it shouldn't since it's a CD mastering software and CD's are 16 bit, but I figure it will probably cause problems with morons trying to open 24bit files and then complaining about the program crashing. So Sonic Foundry probably took the safe route and just eliminated the potential problem by not including it, so their tech support wouldn't get bombarded by these morons trying to shoot themselves in the foot. Bad for us pro users who know better, good for every other moron out there. One other thing that I noticed since installing both the Beta 5.0 and Sound Forge 4.5 on the same system. Acoustic mirror which is included with version 5.0, now shows up in my direct X plugins in v4.5. Will this also expire when this beta expires, or did I just acquire some free plugins? Also as a side note. The Spectrum Analyzer has been, and always will be useless as a mastering tool. This needs to be updated or just dumped all together. If you want a good spectrum analyzer where you can actually read it and find out where problem frequencies are I recommend Sonic Foundry look at "Spectral Lab" on the PC side or Waves PAZ frequency Analyzer on the MAC side. Currently I can get more information by playing a wave file using Siren's different Skin Views then this bad attempt at a frequency analyzer in sound forge. Yours Truly, Brian Franz
Subject:Re: Read FAQ's& Acoustic Mirror? Reply by: PipelineAudio Date:2/2/2001 10:35:00 AM >>Also as a side note. The Spectrum Analyzer has been, and >>always will be useless as a mastering tool. This needs to >>be updated or just dumped all together. If you want a good >>spectrum analyzer where you can actually read it and find >>out where problem frequencies are I recommend Sonic check out penguin audio meter too, a whole chunk of useful tools :)

Hey, I finally got around to reading the FAQ section on
the beta 5.0 release. For those of you worried about the
batch converter, it says there, that it is being redesigned
and will be included in the final release. For those of
you worried about CD architect not being in the menus
anymore, that will remain as is :-(. No CD architect.
Something about a redesign of the sound engine for sound
forge. I believe it's more like, CD architect won't work
with 24 bit files, as it shouldn't since it's a CD
mastering software and CD's are 16 bit, but I figure it
will probably cause problems with morons trying to open
24bit files and then complaining about the program
crashing. So Sonic Foundry probably took the safe route
and just eliminated the potential problem by not including
it, so their tech support wouldn't get bombarded by these
morons trying to shoot themselves in the foot. Bad for us
pro users who know better, good for every other moron out
there.

One other thing that I noticed since installing both the
Beta 5.0 and Sound Forge 4.5 on the same system. Acoustic
mirror which is included with version 5.0, now shows up in
my direct X plugins in v4.5. Will this also expire when
this beta expires, or did I just acquire some free plugins?

Also as a side note. The Spectrum Analyzer has been, and
always will be useless as a mastering tool. This needs to
be updated or just dumped all together. If you want a good
spectrum analyzer where you can actually read it and find
out where problem frequencies are I recommend Sonic Foundry
look at "Spectral Lab" on the PC side or Waves PAZ
frequency Analyzer on the MAC side. Currently I can get
more information by playing a wave file using Siren's
different Skin Views then this bad attempt at a frequency
analyzer in sound forge.

Yours Truly,
Brian Franz