User Guide
CHP. 7 CHANGING FILE ATTRIBUTES AND FORMATS
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1.
From the Process menu, choose Normalize.
The Normalize dialog appears.
Note:
The Normalize dialog pictured here is
from the full version of Sound Forge. If you
are using Sound Forge Studio, not all of the
controls pictured here will be available to you.
2.
Select the Peak level radio button.
3.
Set the Normalize to fader to 0 dB (peak) and
click
OK.
Applying compression and normalization
simultaneously
1.
From the Process menu, choose Normalize. The Normalize dialog appears.
2.
Select the Average RMS power radio button.
3.
Specify Apply dynamic compression in the If clipping occurs drop-down list and click OK.
Converting mono/stereo channels
The channels setting indicates whether a file contains one (mono) or two (stereo) channels. Sound Forge
can convert mono files to stereo or stereo files to mono.
Converting from mono to stereo
1.
Open the Voiceover.pca file.
Note:
This file is located in the same folder as
the application.
2.
Right-click the Channels status box and choose Stereo from the shortcut
menu. The Mono To Stereo dialog appears.
3.
Select the Left Channel radio button and click OK. Sound Forge places the
mono data in the upper half of the data window (left channel) and silence in
the right channel.
For more information, see Specifying the audio destination on page 90.
4.
Play the file. “Wow, sound editing just gets easier and easier” plays in only
the left channel.
Note:
If your sound card supports only mono
data, stereo files can be played by specifying
the Sound Mapper as the playback device. To
do this, choose
Preferences from the Options
menu. Click the
Wave tab and specify
Microsoft Sound Mapper from the Playback
drop-down list.