Audio Tutorial

Sound Forge Manual

Presented by Course Development & Web Services.

Audio Tutorial
Sound Forge Manual

Section 1: Recording in Sound Forge Notes

1. Click FILE > NEW to open the “New Window” window (Figure 1). Set
the following, then click OK.
a. Sample Rate is 44100
b. Bit-depth is 16-bit
c. Channels are stereo

Figure 1

2. Click the record button on the top left corner of the screen. This will
bring up the record window.

Figure 2

Note: Steps 3-6 will need to be adjusted accordingly regardless of order

3. Raise the faders on the “To Editor” channel (this is the audio signal going
into Sound Forge).
4. Raise the faders on the “EDIT” channel (this is the audio signal coming
out of Sound Forge to the mixer).
5. Raise the faders on the Main Mix on the far right of the board (this will
allow you to hear the audio).
6. Adjust the talents voice level by moving the faders up and down on the
appropriate “MIC1” and/or “MIC2” and/or “MIC3” channels. The audio
booth has 3 microphones, depending on which one and how many you
Audio Tutorial
Audio Tutorial: Sound Forge Manual 2/9

use will determine which channel(s) to adjust. The talents microphone is Notes
labeled with the microphone number that corresponds to the microphone
number on the mixer.
7. When satisfied with the audio levels start to record by clicking the record
button on the left side of the record window.
8. When done recording click the “stop” button and close the record
window. This will display what was just recorded.
9. To save the recorded file click FILE > SAVE AS to bring up the “Save
As” dialog box. Save your recorded file in the high quality WAVE format.
To do this go to the “Save as type” dropdown box and select “WAVE”
format. Once done click SAVE.

Audio Tutorial
Audio Tutorial: Sound Forge Manual 3/9

Section 2: Recording from Sound Forge on to External Sources Notes

Recording on to MiniDisk
1. Open audio file in Sound Forge.
2. Raise faders on “TO MD” and “EDIT” channels.
3. Push the “5-6” buttons under the right and left channels of the “EDIT”
channel. NOTE: make sure 1-2, 3-4, 7-8 arenʼt pushed in.
4. Put the minidisc into minidisc player on deck.
5. Push the recor d button on the minidisc player to it into record/pause mode.
Click the play/pause button to begin recording to the minidisc.
6. Click the play button on Sound Forge directly after to begin recording the
audio in Sound Forge to the minidisc.
7. Once recording is complete push the stop button on the minidisc player.

Recording on to DAT Tape

1. Open audio file in Sound Forge.
2. Raise faders on “TO DAT” and “EDIT” channels.
3. Push the “7-8” buttons under the right and left channels of the “EDIT”
channel. NOTE: make sure 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 arenʼt pushed in.
4. Put the DAT tape into DAT player on deck.
5. Push the record button on the DAT player to it into record/pause mode.
Click the play/pause button to begin recording to the DAT tape.
6. Click the play button on Sound Forge directly after to begin recording the
audio in Sound Forge to the DAT tape.
7. Once recording is complete push the stop button on the DAT player.

Recording on to CDR
1. Open audio file in Sound Forge.
2. Raise faders on “TO CDR” and “EDIT” channels.
3. Push the “3-4” buttons under the right and left channels of the “EDIT”
channel. NOTE: make sure 1-2, 5-6, 7-8 arenʼt pushed in.
4. Put the CD-R into the left CD deck.
5. Push the Rec Mode button until “REC EXT MAN” is displayed. Press
Record on the CD recorder to begin recording.
6. Click the play button on Sound Forge directly after to begin recording the
audio in Sound Forge to the CD-R.
7. Once recording is complete push
a. the play/pause button on the CD recorder if more tracks are to be
added.
b. the stop button on the CD recorder if tracks are finished being
added.
8. Once completely finished with a recorded CDR, press the final button on
the CD recorder. Then press Record to begin finalizing the CD.

Audio Tutorial
Audio Tutorial: Sound Forge Manual 4/9

Section 3: Importing Audio from CD, MiniDisk, or DAT into the

Notes
Computer

Insert Media
1) A CD may go in either tray, label side up. The eject buttons are in the
center, above the display.
2) Insert a MiniDisk label side up with the arrow on the Disk facing the
player.
3) A DAT fits into the tray label side up, with the tape facing the player.
4) Insert a Cassette tape down with the side to be played facing out.

Set up the Mixing Board (see page 3 for diagrams)

1) Raise the faders on the two appropriate Player channels to the U mark on
the channels.
a. For a CD use channels 20 and 21, labeled C.D.R.
b. For a MiniDisk use channels 12 and 13, labeled M.D.
c. For a DAT use channels 10 and 11, labeled DAT.
d. For a Cassette use channels 16 and 17 labeled CASS.
2) Note the set of four, numerically labeled buttons to the right of each fader.
3) For both Player channels, depress the button labeled 1-2.
4) In the right most Master Section, raise the faders on the two channels
labeled TO EDITOR (master channels 1 and 2) to the U mark on the
channels.
5) Raise the fader labeled MAIN to the U mark on the channel.

Set up Sound Forge

1) Open Sound Forge, if not already running, by double clicking the Sound
Forge 5 icon located on the desktop. Close the tip window that appears.
2) Click the Record button, which is the red circle at the top left of the
screen, to open the Record dialog box.

Test the Set Up

1) Press Play on the appropriate player.
2) Once audio starts playing, notice green LEDʼs on the player channels,
and activity on the meter bars of master channels 1 and 2 and the main
channel.
3) Notice the digital meters in the Record dialog box in Sound Forge. The
levels should be consistently above 24 and below 6 to achieve the best
quality.
4) Use the faders on the Player channels and the TO EDITOR channels to
adjust the audio to a proper level.

Record Audio
1) Stop your Player and set it at the beginning of what you wish to record.
2) Click Record in Sound Forge.
3) Press Play on the CD, MiniDisk, or DAT player.
Audio Tutorial
Audio Tutorial: Sound Forge Manual 5/9

4) When recording is complete, click Stop and then Close in Sound Forge
and press Stop on the Player.
Notes
5) Choose File à Save As…
6) Navigate to the directory in which you would like to store your file, and
give it a name. Files should be saved using the Wave (.wav) format.
7) Choose Yes to open the file in Direct Mode.

Record Additional Tracks or Disks to a New File

1) Complete steps 1-7 under Record Audio.

Test the Recording

1) Raise the faders labeled EDIT (channels 14 and 15) to the U mark on the
board.
2) Click Play in Sound Forge.
3) Hear your file.

Please lower all faders, un-press any buttons used on the board, and power down
the equipment when finished.

Audio Tutorial
Audio Tutorial: Sound Forge Manual 6/9

Section 4: Adjusting the Volume of a File in Sound Forge

Notes
1) Open the file you wish to edit.
2) Choose Process à Volume…

3) Use the presets from the pull-down box or use the slider to adjust to your
desired volume.

4) Use the preview button to hear your changes. When happy with the
volume, choose OK.

5) Save your file

Audio Tutorial
Audio Tutorial: Sound Forge Manual 7/9

Section 5: Converting File Formats in Sound Forge

Notes
1) Open the file you wish to convert.
2) Choose File à Save As…

3) Browse to your destination folder.

4) Click the Save as Type pull-down box.

a. Choose the format you wish.

Audio Tutorial
Audio Tutorial: Sound Forge Manual 8/9

5) For additional options, click the Format/Template pull-down box.

Notes

a. Choose the options you wish.

6) Name your file and choose save.

Audio Tutorial
Audio Tutorial: Sound Forge Manual 9/9

Section 6: Ripping Music from an Audio CD Using Sound Forge

Notes
1) Insert your CD into the computerʼs CD-ROM drive.
2) Choose Tools à Extract Audio from CD…

3) Select the tracks you wish to extract.

a. To select multiple tracks in succession, click the first track, hold
SHIFT, click the last track.
b. To select multiple tracks not in succession, hold CTRL while
clicking on each track.
c. To copy the entire CD, click the radio button for Read Entire CD.

4) Click OK.

5) When ripping is complete, save your files.

© 2003 Course Development and Web Services at the University of Central Florida. This document has been designed to
assist in the training of faculty, staff, and students at UCF and may be freely distributed as long as proper credit is given.