User manual SONY SOUND FORGE 8

[. . . ] After the Sound Forge software is installed and you start it for the first time, the registration wizard appears. This wizard offers easy steps that allow you to register the software online with Sony Pictures Digital Media Software and Services. Alternatively, you may register online at http://www. sony. com/mediasoftware at any time. Registering your product will provide you with exclusive access to a variety of technical support options, notification of product updates, and special promotions exclusive to Sound Forge registered users. [. . . ] ExpressFX Graphic EQ allows you to boost or attenuate the signal at ten pre-determined frequencies as well as configure the output gain. Fade - Graphic fade Graphic fade allows you to create custom fade envelopes to apply to audio data. You can use up to sixteen envelope points to create complex graphic fades. Creating a graphic fade 1. From the Process menu, choose Fade, and choose Graphic from the submenu. The fade's envelope displays in relation to the waveform in the graph. PROCESSING AUDIO CHP. 10 159 Full volume at start of selection Zero volume at end of selection 6. The specified fade is applied to the selection. Musicbed. pca with a -6 dB exponential fade out Creating a custom graphic fade 1. From the Process menu, choose Fade, and choose Graphic from the submenu. Edit the fade envelope using the following controls: · Click the envelope to create a new point. · Right-click an envelope segment and choose a new fade type from the shortcut menu. The custom graphic fade is applied to the selected audio. Graphic Fade Controls The following controls are located in the Graphic Fade dialog. Show wave The Show wave drop-down list provides several settings for drawing the current selection's waveform on the envelope graph. This function is available only for small selections. Reset Envelope Clicking the Reset Envelope button clears the envelope of all points except the original two. CHP. 10 PROCESSING AUDIO 160 Fade - Fade In The Fade In command is used to linearly fade a selection from a volume of -Inf. The fade is applied, and volume increases over the length of the entire file. Audio file fades in from -Inf. to 0 dB Fade - Fade Out The Fade Out command is used to linearly fade a selection from a volume of 0 dB to a volume of -Inf. The fade is applied, and the volume decreases over the length of the entire file. Audio file fades out from 0 dB to -Inf. Insert Silence The Insert Silence command allows you to place sections of silence in audio files. Note: You cannot insert silence into a single channel of a stereo file. Inserting silence into a file 1. From the Preset drop-down list, choose a preset that has been stored for the plug-in. -orb. Specify the length of silence that you want to add in the Insert box and choose a setting from the at drop-down list to specify where the silence should be inserted. Setting Cursor Start of file End of file Description Inserts silence at the current cursor position. Click the OK button Invert/Flip The Invert/Flip command inverts the audio selection at its baseline, in effect reversing its polarity. Inverting a file, while creating no audible difference, is occasionally useful for matching sample transitions when executing certain pastes, mixes, or loops. 1. The selection is inverted. Mute The Mute command forces the selection to a volume of -Inf. Create a selection in the data window. Create a selection in the data window 2. 10 PROCESSING AUDIO 162 Selected audio is muted Normalize The Normalize command maximizes the overall volume of a file without introducing clipping. [. . . ] This header contains standard information like the number of channels, sampling rate, and data format, but can also contain the name of the sample and comments. This format is used by the MTU system and these files are frequently referred to as MTU files. IRCAM files support two types of data formats: 16-bit linear PCM and floating point data. About BICSF and EBICSF files BICSF and EBICSF files (Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL Sound File or Extended BICSF) are extensions of the IRCAM format. Instead of using the standard IRCAM header, these files replace the first 28 bytes of the header with a standard NeXT/Sun header. [. . . ]