Sound Forge 7

Sound Forge audio editor from Sony Media Software includes a powerful set of audio processes, tools and effects for manipulating audio. Sound Forge software allows the learner to edit, record, encode and master nearly any form of digital audio including WAV, AIFF, MP3 and more.

• Introduction to Sound
• Sound Formats
• Identify the main tools and features
• How to open, play, save and close sound files
• How to record sound
• How to rip and burn CDs
• Introduction to the concepts of MIDI and SMPTE
• How to replace markers and regions
• How to repair glitches
• How to apply various processing methods
• How to mix sound files with sound effects to create unique sounds
• How to create and edit sound with video

• Overview of Sound
  • Introduction to Sound
  • What is Sound?
  • Analogue Vs. Digital
  • What is Digital Sounds
  • Sampling
  • Sound Formats
  • Planning for Sound
  • Post production Overview
• Introduction to Sound Forge
  • About Sound Forge
  • Why use Sound Forge
  • Case Study - Sound in the Film Industry
• The Sound Forge Workspace and Environment
  • Getting Started
  • Data Window
  • Toolbars
  • Meters
  • Controls
  • Opening and Playing a file
  • Creating a New Data Window
  • Saving files
  • Rendering files
• Basic Editing
  • Introduction to editing
  • Overview bar
  • Zooming and magnifying
  • Start and End values
  • Fine tuning and snapping
  • Cut, copy and paste
  • Delete, mix, trim, and crop
  • Crossfade
  • Undo and redo
• File Attributes
  • Introduction
  • Changing sample rate and bit depth
  • Mono and stereo channels
  • Summary information
  • Sound compression
• Recording, Ripping and Burning
  • Introduction to Recording
  • Sound Recording Overview
  • Sound Recording in Sound Forge
  • Ripping Audio from CD’s
  • Burning CD’s
• MIDI and SMPTE
  • MIDI
  • SMPTE
• Markers, Regions and the Playlist
  • Introduction
  • Creating markers
  • Editing markers
  • Positing markers
  • Introduction to regions
  • Editing regions
  • Using the regions list
  • Playlist display
  • Configuring the playlist
  • Cutlist
• Editing, Repairing and Synthesizing
  • Finding and repairing audio glitches
  • Synthesizing audio
  • Generating audio with frequency modulation
• Processing Audio Files
  • Introduction to processing
  • Dynamic processing
  • Processing terms
  • Equalizing
  • Mix special
  • Space processing - Reverb & Chorus
• Working with Video
  • Video introduction
  • Introduction to video files
  • Attaching a video to an audio file
  • Detaching video form an audio file
  • Frame settings
  • Animating the video strip
• Streaming Technology and Flash
  • Introduction to streaming and Flash
  • What is the streaming media?
  • Project Management - Streaming
  • Streaming Formats
  • Introduction to sound in Flash MX
  • Media Controls
  • Publishing and Exporting Movies