User Guide

CHP. 2 WHAT’S NEW?

Updated playbar

The playbar that appears at the bottom of each data window has been updated to streamline and simplify

Sound Forge playback options.

Looped Playback mode

In previous versions of Sound Forge, you used the Play Looped button ( ) to play a file or a selection in a

continuous loop. In this release, you can play audio in Looped Playback mode regardless of which playback

mode (Play Normal, Play Plug-In Chainer, Play as Cutlist, or Play as Sample) is selected in the playbar. Click

the

Loop Playback button ( ) on the transport bar to turn Looped Playback mode on and off. For more

information, see Playing in Loop Playback mode on page 56.

Note:

Play Normal is the only mode available

in Sound Forge Studio.

Play Plug-In Chainer mode

The playbar now has an Open Plug-In Chainer button ( ) that opens the Audio Plug-In Chainer window.

Once you open the chainer, the

Play Plug-In Chainer button ( ) appears. With the Play Plug-In Chainer button

selected, you can preview audio through the plug-ins shown in the open Audio Plug-in Chainer window. For

more information, see Adding a chain of effects on page 168.

Play as Sample mode

The Play as Sample button ( ) now appears only when a sample loop is defined. For more information, see

Creating a sustaining loop on page 212.

Customizable toolbars

The many toolbars available in Sound Forge 6.0 are now customizable. You can add any available button to

any toolbar in any order. For more information, see Customizing a toolbar on page 35.

Play Device toolbar

Now you can choose a playback device on the fly using the Play Device toolbar. For more information, see

Play Device toolbar on page 44.

Updated file support

Support for files larger than 4 GB

While Sound Forge 5.0 supported formats that supported greater than 4 GB files, its data windows still had a

limit much smaller than that. Sound Forge 6.0 now truly supports files of all sizes (using NTFS file system).