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Subject:Soundforge vs Audio Studio Posted by: Spastik Date:2/23/2009 6:27:48 AM wondering if anyone has played around with both.. I'm using Acid and need something to help cut up samples and loops and notice acid isn't too hot for that.. anyone know the difference between the two? There's a massive price jump and am just curious..
Subject:RE: Soundforge vs Audio Studio Reply by: rraud Date:2/23/2009 8:13:11 AM You are best suited to evaluate your software needs. That said, SF-9.0 comes with lots of extras, including Acoustic Mirror, NR-2 and CD-Arc. In addition, 9.0 integrates with Acid & has the loop tuner. I do not know if AS has the looping functions. http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/soundforge/compare
Subject:RE: Soundforge vs Audio Studio Reply by: Dave_B Date:2/23/2009 5:46:28 PM Spastik, This is a very small contribution since I'm a beginner at this stuff , but I've been playing with Movie Studio for a couple of months and the trial version of Sound Forge for a week or two. I've found two particular features in the Full version that are tempting: Normalization using RMS - Either due to lack of experience or old ears I have trouble balancing perceived (not peak) volume levels among different audio clips. Musicvid suggested RMS Normalization which works much better than the Peak method, but which is not included in the Studio version. LarryP suggested PSP Vintage Meter and Geoff Wood mentioned Wave Hammer. I'm still trying to get my head around Wave Hammer but I think both need more skill than I have yet. So I was looking at an upgrade for RMS Normalization. Hardware Meters - I often use headphones and they don't have a volume control, nor do I have any equipment with knobs on it. And I'm so lazy, fooling with the Windows Volume Control is a pain. So it was a big convenience to find that the full version has Hardware Meters whose only function is apparently to adjust the preview volume. Not a really big deal but at least I don't get that ringing sound anymore. Are these two minor things worth a $200+ upgrade ? Probably not, especially for a beginning amateur like me, but it's tempting, especially since my birthday's coming up :-) I'm sure some of the more experienced folks here can point out much more important technical differences. rroud is right about the comparison charts on the website; they are pretty detailed. I would also suggest downloading the Full version trial; for me, that's the best introduction. It won't interfere with your Studio version and all of the Sony trials I've tried were very well behaved when it was time to uninstall. Dave

Spastik,

This is a very small contribution since I'm a beginner at this stuff , but I've been playing with Movie Studio for a couple of months and the trial version of Sound Forge for a week or two. I've found two particular features in the Full version that are tempting:

Normalization using RMS - Either due to lack of experience or old ears I have trouble balancing perceived (not peak) volume levels among different audio clips. Musicvid suggested RMS Normalization which works much better than the Peak method, but which is not included in the Studio version. LarryP suggested PSP Vintage Meter and Geoff Wood mentioned Wave Hammer. I'm still trying to get my head around Wave Hammer but I think both need more skill than I have yet. So I was looking at an upgrade for RMS Normalization.

Hardware Meters - I often use headphones and they don't have a volume control, nor do I have any equipment with knobs on it. And I'm so lazy, fooling with the Windows Volume Control is a pain. So it was a big convenience to find that the full version has Hardware Meters whose only function is apparently to adjust the preview volume. Not a really big deal but at least I don't get that ringing sound anymore.

Are these two minor things worth a $200+ upgrade ? Probably not, especially for a beginning amateur like me, but it's tempting, especially since my birthday's coming up :-)

I'm sure some of the more experienced folks here can point out much more important technical differences. rroud is right about the comparison charts on the website; they are pretty detailed. I would also suggest downloading the Full version trial; for me, that's the best introduction. It won't interfere with your Studio version and all of the Sony trials I've tried were very well behaved when it was time to uninstall.

Dave