Subject:Soundforge question!

Posted by: kpinks

Date:11/30/2001 8:07:54 PM

I realize Soundforge is an editing tool, but all I want to do is take a noisey, hissy mp3 song, which I downloaded off the Internet put it through Soundforge, clean it up and then re-save it as a new mp3 and then burn it to a CD , along with others. Will Soundforge do this or is it just for recording and editing music from a guitar, keyboard etc like Cakewalk?

Subject:RE: Soundforge question!

Reply by: MyST

Date:11/30/2001 8:32:59 PM

You can use Sound Forge for this. Use the effects to get a sound you prefer. You might not "physically" remove the hisses and scratches, but you can rework the sound of a particular song to your liking. Sound Forge has many different reverbs to help, along with other tools.
I know, I've done it with Bat Out of Hell. I thought the sound on the original was harsh, so I played with different tools, effects and reverbs, and I had something more enjoyable to listen to.
Oh, by the way, you realize those mp3s are copyrighted, and you should get permission before burning them to CD. ;)

HTH.

Later.

Subject:RE: Soundforge question!

Reply by: kpinks

Date:12/1/2001 4:14:20 PM

I am using Soundforge in Win 2000, why are there no drives available under the "Create CD" COMMAND.When I click on "Create CD", I get the following error:
Please select a CDR drive under the "CD Create Preferences", when I go there, there are no CD drives there to pick from. I tried re-installing the software, but still nothing?
Kev

Subject:RE: Soundforge question!

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:12/1/2001 9:16:58 PM

In Win2k, you need to have "Administrator" priveleges to the machine so that you can access hardware. If you don't have "administrator" priveledges then no hardware like a cd burner will be recognized.

Also, for removing things like hiss and clicks, Sonic Foundry makes a Noise reduction DX plugin, which can be used in sound forge. This will remove any hiss problems. Check out the Products section of this website for more info.

Subject:RE: Soundforge question!

Reply by: joetbn

Date:12/6/2001 3:27:22 AM

Yes you can, try the Sonic Foundry noise reduction plug in's for a start, then you might use an expander to increase the dynamic range, normalize it, ,then burn the CD. I do it all the time.

Subject:RE: Soundforge question!

Reply by: beetlefan

Date:12/6/2001 8:49:42 AM

To answer the original question. Yes, you can do this, but you need the Noise Reduction Plug-in to do this. It will run you...oh...around $299, or more.

BTW, you should save your mp3s as .wav files after processing if you are going to burn them on CD-R. Resaving to mp3 destroyes what sound quality is left from the original encoding. mp3 is a lossy compression format.