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 The latest version of Sound Forge™ Pro 10 continues to gather accolades. "Sound Forge Pro 10 is a high performance digital audio editing and mastering tool packed with powerful real time editing and mastering effects, ideal for audio/video producers." – Stephen Lupo, Geek.com.
Read the full review "Sound Forge Pro 10 continues to thrive with a bevy of new features that keep you wondering how you ever worked without them." – Jeffrey P. Fisher, Digital Media Net. Read the full review Don't have your copy of Sound Forge Pro 10 yet? You've got until October 31 to take advantage of special prices on upgrades and purchases – don't miss out on these special offers. Upgrade from any version of Sound Forge Pro today and save $100 Upgrade from any version of Sound Forge Studio today and save $50 Purchase Sound Forge Pro 10 and you'll get US$100 off instantly Plus you'll get your choice of a Premium Loop Library or the Sound Forge Pro 10 Seminar Series (each US $99 MSRP), and you can take advantage of a $50 mail-in rebate. Save up to US $250 on the entire package! New in Sound Forge Pro 10:
  Vegas™ Pro 9 continues to receive notice as a fast, elegant solution for working with RED files. Want to learn more? Attend the next session of REDucation, Oct 12 - 18. Vegas Pro 9 demos will be given on Community Day, October 15. Learn more and register at: http://www.reducation.net/  Blu-print, Blu-code encoder, and on-Q Create for Blu-ray Java are the most powerful applications available for Blu-ray disk production. Special pricing is available on these applications through December 31, 2009. To help you get started with Blu-ray production, we're offering three FREE Blu-ray titles to qualified trials. Visit http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/bluoffer to find out more and how to qualify to trial Blu-print, Blu-code, or on-Q Create and receive your choice of three Blu-ray movies. From our sponsor:
Audio Stretching in Sound Forge Pro 10 by Craig Anderton  The latest version of Sound Forge Pro offers outstanding pitch- and time-stretching. Being able to control pitch and timing independently opens up all kinds of creative possibilities, as well as solves problems. If what's supposed to be a 30-second radio spot clocks in at 32 seconds, no problem—use time compression (as opposed to dynamic range compression) to make it hit 30 seconds exactly. DJs can use time compression to match the tempo of two songs with different tempos, or an entire track can be transposed up a semitone to match a singer's voice. Click here to continue Craig Anderton is Editor-in-Chief of www.harmony-central.com and Executive Editor of EQ magazine. He's played on, produced, or engineered over 20 major label releases, and is currently working on a classical guitar CD by Margarita Escarpa.  Anthony Casuccio Producer Anthony Casuccio has a hit on the UK Music Week Upfront Club Chart, mastered in Sound Forge. Barton's single "On the Beach" is at #9 with a bullet! Anthony writes, "I used Sony Sound forge to do the mastering. What made this job unique was that the single included various remix versions done by different people such as Anton Bass, Craig C, Alex Santer, and Hybrid Heights. "My job was to make sure that there was continuity across all the versions without losing the remixers' individual sonic visions. I also had to make sure that these tracks translated onto different mediums for playback. These mixes were going to be released on CD, sent to several digital delivery companies for downloading and had to sound great live in a dance club setting. "I used Sound Forge's metering to zero in on the level and make sure I was getting a loud enough mix without hurting the overall sound quality." You can check out that sound quality yourself by catching a bit of Barton's "On the Beach at: http://bit.ly/barton_itunes_on_the_beach. And learn more about Anthony's work at www.xtreamaudio.com  Lucifer Rising One of the most influential cult films of all time, Kenneth Anger's Lucifer Rising, also has one of the most controversial soundtracks. That soundtrack has been remastered and released in a deluxe vinyl box set by White Dog Music. Producer Bob Ferbache describes the remastering process using Sony Creative Software products: "Here's the path I took for the Lucifer Rising box set; first, I digitized the original tapes. The transfer was tape deck to Rosetta200 A/D to Sony Sound Forge at 96/24. The first process was to de-hiss using the Sound Forge Noise Reduction plug-in. On two of the tracks I created a noiseprint for noise reduction. Then each track was EQ'd to taste with VST plug SSL oxford console EQ , and any problem areas were notched EQ using VST plug UAD Cambridge (very precise). "For the room ambiance Acoustic Mirror™ was used as per Bobby's (Beausoleil, composer and performer) direction. This is one of his favorite programs and was used extensively in the process. "The last phase was to master with the VST plugs UAD precision series (multiband, EQ, limiter). "All the resampling and bit depth converting was done for the various formats 48/24video 48/16film 44.1/16cd, mp3, aiff ect in Sound Forge. I used 48/24 for LP. That's a basic overview of the project - thanks! Big Bad Bob." Visit White Dog Music to learn more about this historic restoration. Working with the Vegas Pro digital signage tools by Gary Rebholz  These days, digital signage is everywhere. Undoubtedly you've seen it, although you may not have identified what you saw as digital signage. What is digital signage? Simply put, it's any form of electronic display that presents advertising or other information to an audience. You see it on the tradeshow floor, in-store advertising displays, information centers, corporate lobbies, and just about everywhere else where targeted, dynamic, and easily changeable messaging is needed. Click here to continue Gary Rebholz is the training manager for Sony Creative Software. Gary produces the popular Seminar Series training packages for Vegas Pro, ACID Pro, and Sound Forge™ software. He is also co-author of the book Digital Video & Audio Production. Gary has conducted countless hands-on classes in the Sony Creative Software training center, as well as at tradeshows such as the National Association of Broadcasters show. |
