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Introduction
- Introducing Sound Forge
- Sample files
- Full version of Sound Forge versus Screenblast Sound Forge
- Shortcuts
- System requirements
- Installing Sound Forge
- Getting help within Sound Forge
- About your rights in Sound Forge software
  - About Your Privacy
  - Proper Use of Software
Optimizing for Sound Forge
- Defragmenting your hard drive
- Increasing total buffer size
- Increasing preload size
- Turning off the playback cursor and record counter
- Turning off the play (output) meters
- Turning on passive updating for video and time displays
  - Turning on passive updating for time displays
  - Turning on passive updating for video displays
Learning the Sound Forge Workspace
- Using the mouse
- Using the mouse wheel
- The main screen
  - Main screen components
  - Floating and docking windows
- The data window
  - Displaying data window components
  - Playbar
- Toolbars
- ToolTips
  - Turning off ToolTips
- Command descriptions
- Meters
- Controls
- Stereo files
  - Working with stereo files
  - Selecting data in stereo files
Getting Started
- Creating a project
- Getting media files
- Working with video files
- Playing a file
- Creating a new data window
  - Active data windows vs. inactive data windows
  - Copying data to a new file
- Saving a file
- Editing audio
- Using undo and redo
  - Using the Undo/Redo History window
- Selecting status formats
  - Experimenting with status formats
  - Configuring the Measures & Beats format
- Rendering files
- Exporting to Net MD devices
- Exporting to CLIÉ handheld devices
- Recovering files after a crash
  - Recovering files
  - Deleting recovered files
Navigating, Zooming, and Selecting
- Setting the cursor position
- Previewing audio with pre-roll
- Using the overview bar
- Zooming and magnifying
- Selecting audio using start and end values
  - Using the Set Selection dialog
- Selecting audio during playback
- Fine-tuning a selection
- Understanding snapping
- Creating and using views
  - Displaying the Views toolbar
  - Creating views
Changing File Attributes and Formats
- Editing file attributes
  - Editing attributes in the Properties dialog
  - Editing attributes in the status bar
- Changing the sample rate
- Changing the bit depth
- Converting mono/stereo channels
- Converting file formats
  - Save as type
  - Template
- Adding summary information
Using Markers, Regions, and the Playlist/Cutlist
- Why use markers, regions, and the playlist?
- Using markers
- Using command markers in streaming media files
- Using regions
- Using the Regions List
  - Displaying the Regions List
  - Working with the Regions List
- Using the playlist
Recording, Extracting, and Burning
- Recording audio
- Extracting audio from CDs
  - Previewing CD tracks
  - Refreshing the Extract Audio from CD dialog
- Burning CDs
- Proper use of software
Editing, Repairing, and Synthesizing Audio
- Crossfading, overwriting, and replicating
- Repeating an operation
- Using drag-and-drop
- Finding and repairing audio glitches
  - Locating glitches
  - Repairing audio
- Synthesizing audio
Processing Audio
- Applying presets
  - Using presets
  - Creating presets
  - Deleting presets
  - Resetting parameters
  - Managing presets
- Previewing processed audio
  - Setting custom preview parameters
  - Preview parameters
  - Bypassing a process while previewing
- Sound Forge processes
- Auto Trim/Crop
  - Using Auto Trim/Crop
  - Auto Trim/Crop controls
- Bit-Depth Converter
  - Converting a file’s bit depth
- Channel Converter
  - Using the Channel Converter
  - Channel Converter controls
- DC Offset
  - Estimating DC Offset
  - DC Offset controls
- EQ
- Fade - Graphic fade
  - Creating a graphic fade
  - Creating a custom graphic fade
  - Graphic Fade Controls
- Fade - Fade In
- Fade - Fade Out
- Insert Silence
  - Inserting silence into a file
  - Insert Silence controls
- Invert/Flip
- Mute
  - Muting an audio selection
- Normalize
  - Normalizing Audio
  - Normalize Controls
- Pan/Expand
  - Creating a pan
  - Creating a custom pan
  - Pan/Expand controls
- Resample
  - Downsampling audio
  - Upsampling audio
  - Resample controls
- Reverse
- Smooth/Enhance
- Swap Channels
- Time Stretch
- Volume
  - Increasing the volume of a selection
  - Volume control
Applying Effects
- Adding an effect
  - Saving effect settings as a custom preset
- Adding a chain of effects
- Managing effects
- Automating Effect Parameters
- Adjusting envelopes
Using Acoustic Mirror and Wave Hammer
- What is Acoustic Mirror?
  - The acoustic signature
- Adding an acoustic signature to an audio file
  - Adjusting the acoustic signature
- The Acoustic Mirror dialog
- Creating impulse files
- Using impulse files in creative ways
- Troubleshooting Acoustic Mirror
- What is Wave Hammer?
  - Displaying Wave Hammer
- The Wave Hammer dialog
  - Compressor tab
  - Volume Maximizer tab
Working with MIDI/SMPTE
- What is MIDI?
- MIDI triggers
- Sound Forge and MIDI timecode synchronization
Sampling
- Samplers
  - External samplers
  - Internal samplers
- Configuring the Sampler Tool
- Creating a sampler configuration
  - Open loop versus closed loop
- Saving sampler configurations
- Sending and receiving samples
- Using the MIDI Keyboard
- Setting up MIDI/SDS hardware
- Troubleshooting MIDI/SDS with open loop
- Setting up SCSI/SMDI hardware
- Troubleshooting SCSI/SMDI
Looping
- Loops
- Looping techniques
- Editing loops
  - Editing a loop without the Loop Tuner
  - Editing a loop with the Loop Tuner
- Crossfading loops
  - Using the Crossfade Loop tool
- Creating loops for ACID
- Using the ACID Loop Creation Tools toolbar
- Editing loops for ACID
- Saving loop points
Working with Video
- Viewing video
- Attaching video to an audio file
- Detaching video from an audio file
- Setting video options
  - Video file properties
  - Configuring your video settings
- Saving a video file
Using Spectrum Analysis
- Working in the frequency domain
  - Fast Fourier Transform
- Using a spectrum graph
- Using a sonogram
- Adjusting Spectrum Analysis settings
  - Saving spectrum graph settings
Shortcuts
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Mouse wheel shortcuts
  - Additional mouse shortcuts
Microsoft Audio Compression Manager
- Audio data compression and decompression
- Transparent playback and recording of non-hardware supported audio files
SMPTE Timecode
- SMPTE 25 EBU (25 fps, Video)
- SMPTE Drop Frame (29.97 fps, Video)
- SMPTE Non-Drop Frame (29.97 fps, Video)
- SMPTE 30 (30 fps, Audio)
- SMPTE Film Sync (24 fps)
Using CSOUND, MTU, IRCAM, BICSF, and EBICSF Files
- About IRCAM files
- About BICSF and EBICSF files
- Opening files
  - BICSF and EBICSF files
  - IRCAM, CSOUND and MTU files
- Saving files
Index

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MIDI triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Playback versus triggered playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Triggering file playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Triggering region playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Triggering playback from additional internal/external MIDI devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Advantages of external MIDI controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Sound Forge and MIDI timecode synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Playing regions using MTC from a sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Playing regions using MTC from an external device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Using Sound Forge to generate MTC for a MIDI sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Using Sound Forge to generate MTC for an external device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Sampling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Samplers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

External samplers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Internal samplers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Configuring the Sampler Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Creating a sampler configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Open loop versus closed loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Saving sampler configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Sending and receiving samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Sending a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Receiving a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

MIDI unity note and Fine tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Using the MIDI Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Displaying the MIDI Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Turning on the MIDI Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Configuring the MIDI Keyboard output port and channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Troubleshooting the MIDI Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Specifying instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Generating chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Setting up MIDI/SDS hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Troubleshooting MIDI/SDS with open loop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Setting up SCSI/SMDI hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Troubleshooting SCSI/SMDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

Conflicting SCSI IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

Periodic transfer failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

Sampler is recognized but does not transfer reliably . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

Looping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219