Instant Sound Forge

Put this graphical cookbook of techniques to work in producing great audio with Sound Forge. Carefully detailed screenshots and step-by-step directions illustrate how to use this powerful software in a concise, time-efficient way. Beginning with a review of the fundamental concepts, you get a complete guide to the audio production and post-production process with specific recipes for the most common challenges including getting rid of background noise, breaking large files into smaller chunks, and mixing music and voice together. Whatever your media; radio, TV, music, video, animation, Web design, and multimedia; you will find recipes that will suit your needs; with professional tips and techniques for efficient workflow and polish along the way.

As a learning tool or a handy reference - this guide is packed with useful, accessible information for novice and experienced users alike; from technical information not found in the manual, to creative suggestions for producing better projects.

Here are some of the topics discussed in this book:
- basic editing and recording techniques
- advanced editing, effects, file conversions, mixing, and recording
- editing music
f- ixing and sweetening
- restoration to solve severe noise problems
- finishing secrets
- mastering for CDs