Hello people and welcome! We will see here how to use
very few and easy steps!
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Sound Forge Pro
going into deep in audio production.
soundtracks
audio projects with multitracks. Let's have a general overview.
The workspace is composed by four main parts. On top you have the
where you find all the options the software has, the quick buttons of the
to manage and edit fast, the
sound in output, and the rest is your
windows in general.
To
window showing the
project, go to
These windows are managed normally. You can move, close, or minimize them.
Windows minimized are put in the bottom left corner, whereas a maximized one can
be ruled using the buttons in the top right corner. Let's go into deep.
Each window opened is a
that
see here two different parts: on top you have a full
that characterizes your project, and more at the bottom where you are going to work
and
You can
and using your mouse wheel, to see better the waveform
As you zoom, the upper waveform shows you where you are looking at. Click on and
drag to move through the sample waveform. Expand the edges to set the zoom.
At the bottom you have two different
the end points of a part or the whole waveform for different purposes. At the bottom left
corner you have the
playing the waveform and stopping when it finishes. This can be done fast using
your keyboard.
instant sets the position of the
When you play normal, the player starts
Play as Sample
Sustaining Loop
played in the whole part that is inside this region
The
it going to
properties as well.
Below you have the
means normal speed.
will play the track slower. A
The
orange triangle
Let's edit the track. There are different
found in the list of quick buttons more on the right.
You can browse them clicking besides the
the track as you wish. Click to fix the
Region,
that is
Drag the edges to change its length. As you can see,
waveform shown.
These are called
This is a
as
a waveform in full.
You can select either a single channel or all of them.
If you click and drag right below the Sustaining Loop Region, you will create a
Region
channel, you will select
If you change mind, you can click on the left to select or deselect channels.
If you right-click on the selected part, you can cut it to
fixing the playhead first and then right-clicking.
after the playhead.
The next button is called
particular part of the waveform. Click once to zoom out in full.
The
as the Edit Tool. As a
track.
When you start editing it, it won't be compact anymore, so the
pretty useful
as it is.
An
into two different events, that you can select and locate just with the
Each event starts with a
and drag it to
If events get overlapped, a
to the second one in a smooth way. Right-click and go to
of the crossfade. Moreover, you can drag the edges to shorten or extend the event.
Drag from the yellow corner to set a
type right-clicking on it.
Approach the upper side of an event and pull it up or down to set its
in case you want the event to be less loud. Right-click on an event to
paste
What to do if you mistake? You can simply
CTRL+Z
Then, if you want to fix instants of time or parts of the waveform, you can use the
markers
You can further analyze the
to
versus the frequency band, measured in
update the spectrum live.
Let's see how to edit this track. While in
The
the Envelope are revealed if you play normal, but
The
Volume Envelope
or down to set the corrent value. Double-click to fix a
Multiple points can help you to
to change the kind of line between two points, or simply delete the point interested.
If you don't see the Envelope line on your track
Chain window
View section
that you can add clicking on
right-clicking and going to
effect in full in a second window.
Let's see quickly the
to be applied.
be applied on the whole track of the project. There are two kinds of effects. The ones
used to
kind. All of these are distributed between the
can distort, reverse the waveform or the peaks, and so on. Try them out!
To improve sound quality you can use the
options you can find in between of the
Even if Sound Forge is not a software to make videos, you can still attach frames to
your track. Simply go to
This will be added in the
video in any way. If you need to go pro,
for you.
Last thing to know, is how to save. Go to
project selected in your workspace. In this way you will
.frg
name, used to save copies of the source files used. Without these, the project can't
work properly in the future.
Whereas, if you need to render the track just built or edited, just
go to
audio format. If your track has video frames attached, make sure to select a video
format instead. Remember that you need to save your project first, or you won't be able
to render your track.
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