8

Technical Specifications (w/nhancements)
(Sound Forge 7 )


Processes


Auto Trim/Crop


Mute


Channel Converter


Normalize peak or RMS Level


Stereo Pan/Expand (supports mid-side mixing)


Graphic, Paragraphic, and Parametric EQ


DC Offset


Resample


Reverse


Graphic Fade with noise-shaping and dithering


Smooth/Enhance


Fade In/Out


Time Compress/Expand


Insert Silence


Volume


Invert/Flip


Bit Depth Converter (to 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit, or 32-bit)

Effects


--New---------- VST plug-in effect support


DirectX plug-in effects automation


DirectX Plug-in Manager


Real-time effects previewing


Modeless audio plug-in Chainer


Acoustic Mirror™ environment simulator


Amplitude Modulation


Chorus


Distortion


Delay/Echo (Simple and Multi-Tap)


Graphic Dynamics


Multi-Band Dynamics


Envelope


Flange/Wah-Wah/Phaser


Gapper/Snipper


Noise Gate


Pitch Bend/Shift


Reverb


Vibrato


Wave Hammer Compressor/Volume Maximizer

Automatable Effects


Amplitude Modulation


Chorus


Distortion


Flange/Wah-wah


Graphic Dynamics


Multi-Band Dynamics


Reverb


Simple Delay


Smooth/Enhance


Sound Forge® Pan


Sound Forge Volume


Vibrato

Tools


--New---------- Includes CD Architect 5.2 with CD Text support


--New---------- Direct file export to CD Architect software


--New---------- Application scripting


--New---------- Script editor window


--New---------- Batch converter functionality


Track at once CD burning


Drag-and-drop CD extraction


Spectrum Analysis™ tools


Clipped peak detection and marking


Vinyl Restoration™ plug-in


FM Synthesis with envelope


White, pink, brown and filtered noise generators


Simple synthesis sweep


Auto Region (using beats and measures, or peak detection)


Crossfade Loop


Extract Regions


Find Tool


Enhanced Preset Manager


Sampler Tool


Statistics Tool (Max, RMS, DC offset, Zero Crossings)


DTMF/MF Tone Synthesis

Editing/Workflow


--New---------- Audio scrubbing tool


--New---------- JKL keyboard commands for scrub


--New---------- Customizable keyboard mapping


--New---------- Windows XP theme support


--New---------- Save paths in rendered media


Real-time nondestructive editing


Simple drag-and-drop operations


Multitask background rendering


Media Explorer window


Undo/redo history


Docking windows

Recording/Playback


--New---------- ASIO driver support


Automated time-based recording


Audio threshold record triggering


Prerecord buffer


Auto calibration for DC Offset


Generate SMPTE/MIDI Time Code


Glitch/Gap Detection


Punch In option


Pre-roll to Cursor


Real-time record/playback meters (VU/PPM and standard)


Remote record function

Regions and Playlists


--New---------- Updated Regions List and Playlist windows


--New---------- Real-time editing of fields


--New---------- List sorting


Nondestructive playlist


Name markers, loops, regions


Trigger with sequencers


Trigger with MIDI event-generating devices


Trigger with time code-generating devices

Sample Editing


Pop-up MIDI keyboard to test samples


Sustaining Loop


Release Loop


Real-time loop tuning window


Generate/Receive MIDI Time Code


SCSI/SMDI or MIDI/SDS sample transfer


Sustaining Loop, Release Loop

Timing Basis


Absolute Frames


Measures and Beats


Samples, Time, Seconds


SMPTE Drop/Non-Drop


SMPTE EBU/Film Sync


Time and Frames

Encoding/Video Support


--New---------- Flash (.swf) format import


--New---------- Additional HD video options


Video saving and render options (fast video resizing, deinterlace, source video resampling, and video stretching)


Windows Media® 9 Series import and export


QuickTime® 6 import and export, RealMedia® 9 export


Support for 24fps DV video files


Option to compensate for non-square pixels in Video preview window


Display exact video frame animation above waveform


.MOV and MPEG-1 and MPEG-2* format import


Windows Media Video 9 format support


External monitor support using DV and IEEE 1394 devices


Maintain perfect sync while working with full NTSC and PAL video


Sound and video synchronization with sub-frame accuracy


Various video and audio compression options

Tools for ACID Software


Publish to ACIDplanet.com


Create loops for ACID software


Loop-editing toolbar


Assign root notes, number of beats, and tempo


* MPEG-1&2 support requires the purchase of the MainConcept MPEG plug-in.