Good advice but I doubt too many people will follow it <smile>, I don’t know how many recordings I’ve heard ruined by Noise reduction when the thing wasn’t necessary to be used in the first place or applied in the wrong way.
> On 6 Jul 2015, at 9:52 pm, tim cumings <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, gary. If by noise suppression you mean noise reduction, any noise > reductions has to be used sparingly no matter what program you are using. > > On 7/5/2015 12:11 PM, Gary Petraccaro wrote: >> The first thing would be called noise supression and the second might be >> called peak hold. It's useful when you don't want to guess how loud a >> recording gets. Not having a check makes it easier to set the levels for >> maximum to what really happens in a recording that you want to transfer. >> >> Thanks. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "tim cumings" <[email protected]> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2015 3:24 PM >> Subject: Re: Review: Sony Creative Software Sound Forge Pro 11 - Studio >> Daily >> >> >>> Hi, gary. I don't mean whatyou mean by quieting. >>> >>> >>> You can check your levels in goldwave. >>> On 7/4/2015 12:19 PM, Gary Petraccaro wrote: >>>> Doesn't have quieting is a killer for me. Goldwave has that but all the >>>> talk said that it was inferior when I was buying. The other issue was >>>> level tracking which SF did better than Goldwave back then. Has it >>>> caught up? >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "tim cumings" <[email protected]> >>>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 8:00 AM >>>> Subject: Re: Review: Sony Creative Software Sound Forge Pro 11 - Studio >>>> Daily >>>> >>>> >>>>> If you are looking for a program on the pc side that is a good editor I >>>>> use golswave. Despite opinions to the dcontrary, you can make just as >>>>> tight edits in goldave as ou can in sound forge. I think a lot of it is >>>>> simply what hyou are used to in terms of an editor. Jonathan Mosen, for >>>>> example, who used to be a big proponent of sound forge, told me recently >>>>> that on the pc side he now uses studio recorder for most of his pc >>>>> editing needs. Now studio recorder doesn't have all the bells and >>>>> whistle that sound forge does, noise reduction, ability to use plug-ins, >>>>> etc, but for just plain editing it apparently works very well. >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> On 7/1/2015 12:48 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>>>>> I don't know whether we're talking along the same lines but I know that >>>>>> I can write each channel of a surround-sound recording to different >>>>>> files. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 1/07/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: >>>>>>> All though Reaper can open surround sound files right? Can you break >>>>>>> them with it too like with SF? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>>>>> Dane Trethowan >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 8:50 PM >>>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>>>>>> Subject: Re: Review: Sony Creative Software Sound Forge Pro 11 - >>>>>>> Studio Daily >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The other problem here also seems to be blind loyalty - pardon the >>>>>>> pun -, people buy a product - in this case Sound Forge -, they've >>>>>>> spent so much money on the product so therefore they're hoping beyond >>>>>>> hope that everything will work as it did in Sound Forge 4.5 and >>>>>>> they're not looking to try anything new even though times and software >>>>>>> are a changing and that's unfortunate as those people miss out on >>>>>>> anything that actually works. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sony Creative Software have never been interested in accessibility and >>>>>>> I doubt they ever will be whereas other products have come along where >>>>>>> the developers are interested in accessibility and take note of user >>>>>>> feedback, there's a lot of competition out there. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A classic case in point is Sonar, I know someone who spent literally >>>>>>> thousands over time on Sonar this and Sonar that, upgrades and all the >>>>>>> rest of it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I encouraged him to try Reaper and.. well.. he wished he'd known about >>>>>>> it earlier and he's furious with himself for spending a fortune on >>>>>>> Sonar, of course its not his fault but I do give him credit for having >>>>>>> the courage to try another product and just not blindly follow on. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Finally, I doubt whether 99% of Sound Forge Pro users - whether Blind >>>>>>> or Sighted - would even use a quarter of the functions offered so >>>>>>> we're back to square one, why spend so much money? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 29/06/2015 5:34 PM, Brian Hartgen wrote: >>>>>>>> I agree that Amadeus Pro is ideal on the Mac side, I've used it and >>>>>>>> it works very well. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Windows, in terms of serious audio production without vision, >>>>>>>> there is nothing that beats Sound Forge V8 if you can get it, V9 and >>>>>>>> above have serious accessibility issues in my view and, despite me >>>>>>>> reporting these to Sony, they've not been fixed. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Windows, for multi-track work I use Sonar 8.5. Again, it's >>>>>>>> excellent and allows you to be very precise in terms of achieving a >>>>>>>> good overall balance of tracks. I like to be very precise with my >>>>>>>> editing, and Sonar does not quite give me the flexibility that Sound >>>>>>>> Forge does, but we do use Sonar a lot. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Brian Hartgen >>>>>>>> Hartgen Consultancy >>>>>>>> www.hartgen.org >>>>>>>> Phone UK: 02920-850298. >>>>>>>> Phone US: 415-871-0626 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> JAWS Certified, 2015. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>>>>>> Dane Trethowan >>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 4:55 AM >>>>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Review: Sony Creative Software Sound Forge Pro 11 - >>>>>>>> Studio Daily >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If you’re just relying on Sound Forge to record with a simple >>>>>>>> keystroke then you’re money is well and truly wasted<smile>, Total >>>>>>>> Recorder for example records at the touch of a keystroke, just type >>>>>>>> ctrl-r from within the Application or set up a global hotkey to >>>>>>>> record from anywhere. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I’ve not played with Sound Forge Pro for a very long time, Audio >>>>>>>> Studio does me so I’m wondering just how many of the “Visual” >>>>>>>> features in Sound Forge Pro 11 a person without sight can make use >>>>>>>> of? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If you want to know what my favourite audio package is - for >>>>>>>> recording, editing, multi track recording and just about everything >>>>>>>> else to do with audio - then its undoubtedly Amadeus Pro. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 29 Jun 2015, at 1:41 pm, Hamit Campos <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Epic, I've tried it. It's so easy to record with it. 1 keystroke and >>>>>>>>> you're capturing. >>>>>>>>> I love it. Can't wait for them to upgrade Audio Studio. >>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>>>>>>> Dane Trethowan >>>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 8:07 PM >>>>>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>>>>>>>> Subject: Review: Sony Creative Software Sound Forge Pro 11 - Studio >>>>>>>>> Daily >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://www.studiodaily.com/2013/10/review-sound-forge-pro-11/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ********** >>>>>>>>> Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ********** >>>>>>>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest >>>>>>>> of the halfwits in this world behind. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
