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I think it's a soundcard problem or the wires.

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Originally posted by deepshadow Free. Just goto the "store."

Once you have downloaded it - wat do you open it with ?

Cheers

I am using 'BitTornado-0.3.7' to handle the *.torrent files from the site so that I can download the applications.
Download that and install it.

then click on the [SoundForge7]*.torrent file that you downloaded and the download of the soundforge7 application will initiate.

Wow. I bought the Inport external soundcard and its amazing ! Honestly the sound quality of my mixes has improves 100%. Especially the mid and low frequency of the mix. Very clear and crisp. I also noticed the improvement in sound via the internal grounding feature in the soundcard. I no longer hear faint buzzing noises in the set.The level monitor for the LP recorder is much more accurate than what I was using before.

Only shitty thing is that is doesnt include an MP3 encoder. It only records the file as a wav. Im still using Roxio to encode my MP3's.



Any recommendation for MP3 encoders?


Will soundforge be the best option?


P.S.

Fuck , I wish I had this external sound card before. My mixes would have sounded so much better.

no, soundforge is infact a terrible mp3 encoder...

my suggestion, go over to download.com and search for CDex. it is easily one of the best MP3 decoders with a wide variety of options. it is also great because it was built especially around the LAME MP3 encoder which you will find is among the best encoder of WAV files without loosing any fidelity.

I've heard that for best sound quality, it is better to encode an MP3 with a VBR betwee 128kbps and 320 kbps. VBR method 0, joint stereo.

i'm sure you can tons of information on this online, but CDex is the way to go for MP3 encoders...

that looks like a pretty cool recorder. simplicity at its finest.
keep up the good work with ur mixes!

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Originally posted by vswede keep up the good work with ur mixes!

Thank you for your support !

A new mix is up. Session 004

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Originally posted by SUNWmsf I am using 'BitTornado-0.3.7' to handle the *.torrent files from the site so that I can download the applications. Download that and install it. then click on the [SoundForge7]*.torrent file that you downloaded and the download of the soundforge7 application will initiate.

Cheers mate, Ive d/l bitTornado and soundforge to my desktop from the "store" but when I try to open the soundforge torrent file the computer tries to open it through windows media player -which it cant read and then closes.

Any suggestions?

Cheers.

maybe try to right-click on the file in file manager, then scroll to properties.
There will be a button called "change". Click on the 'change' button and see if 'bit tornado' is available in the file type list.

or...Maybe you can try to rename the file and append with the ".torrent" extension. You may have to change your 'folder view' to use 'details' and 'display extensions' or something like that.

just somethings to try....

i just re-read your post...

you might need Winrar to extract the sound forge binaries from the file you downloaded.

Get mixmeister, that will do the trick.

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Originally posted by liquidmist2001 no, soundforge is infact a terrible mp3 encoder... my suggestion, go over to download.com and search for CDex. it is easily one of the best MP3 decoders with a wide variety of options. it is also great because it was built especially around the LAME MP3 encoder which you will find is among the best encoder of WAV files without loosing any fidelity. I've heard that for best sound quality, it is better to encode an MP3 with a VBR betwee 128kbps and 320 kbps. VBR method 0, joint stereo. i'm sure you can tons of information on this online, but CDex is the way to go for MP3 encoders...

CDex is mainly a program for extracting Audio-CDs on your Computer and not for recording Live Sets. The Line-In record option is not very good and lacks Gaining and Editing functions. The only good reason for using Cdex is the Lame-Mp3-Encoding Support.

The best recording Software in my opinion is Soundforge too. But never found a good Recording directly into Mp3 Format...any ideas??

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Originally posted by SUNWmsf i just re-read your post... you might need Winrar to extract the sound forge binaries from the file you downloaded.

ok, I got winrar( but i think its the sony-self extractor that extracts it) and its extracts the torrent but when I go to open the extracted file it tells me - "this operating system does not support this aplication" - so I'm stuck again.

Wat ya think?? - just go and buy the proper thing lol

Cheers.

hey was just reading this thread n have been having the same problems. im using a mac though so its not a question of soundcard but when i listen to mixes ive recorded the bass in some areas "cracks". im not overpumping the audio output on my mixer or anything but i suspect that its the program im using to record..its called audio recorder.(lol sounds pretty budget). can you recommend me anything better. id also like to encode my vinyl into .wav. freeware or not..just whatever is good.

Andy- Maybe you should try and download another soundforge program. The soundforge program that I downloaded did not have the problem that you are experiencing.

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Originally posted by DjTurrican CDex is mainly a program for extracting Audio-CDs on your Computer and not for recording Live Sets. The Line-In record option is not very good and lacks Gaining and Editing functions. The only good reason for using Cdex is the Lame-Mp3-Encoding Support. The best recording Software in my opinion is Soundforge too. But never found a good Recording directly into Mp3 Format...any ideas??

i was asked about an MP3 encoder, not about MP3 recording...which is why i mentioned CDex, as it is an excellent MP3 ENCODER....i cannot fathom why you would record directly to MP3 before you burned the .wav file as an audio cd, you loose so much sound quality upon encoding to MP3, granted most people won't hear the difference, it might just be better to record it as .wav, burn it to an audio cd, and then encode it to MP3 using whatever encoder you want.

Thanks guys for recommending Cdex to convert my Wav files to MP3's. I downloaded the product and it works great.

Mix Session 007 ( which will be up shortly on http://www.musicv2.com/artist/davepiazza) was converted to MP3 using Cdex.


Cheers.

Dave

I have sound forge 5.0 and have just a couple of questions.

1. When I finish recording a mix do I save it as a .wav file?

2. If yes, when I go to play it back it does not sound quite as good as the original sound. Is this where I need to download a .wav to mpeg convertor? I have CDex. I have converted the .wav into a mpeg, but when I try to play it back in RealPlayer nothing is heard, yet it looks like its playing. I just can't hear anything. Other mpeg files play ok, its just these from sound forge that are not.

I'm just trying to understand. Sorry if this has already been answered here.

Save it as a wav file, make sure you are recording at 44 / 16 / Stereo.

Thank you.

Just needed that small little adjustment.

I recorded a 45 mix with those settings. Saved it as wav file and it was 544,xxx kb. Huge. So, I converted it to mpeg which brought it down to 44. This still seems large for someone to download over the net. Is this correct and just the way it is or should I adjust some settings?

MP3s are usually about 1MB per minute so thats about right for a set.

Re: how to record your mix??

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Originally posted by Dave Piazza ............ going into my laptop soundcard via the 3.5mm port.( no special soundcard; factory original).

the 3.5mm is a line in ?? i just discovered my laptop doesnt hve a line-in :| what about firewire port? can that be used for recording mixes ?

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Originally posted by Tiger777 Soundforge 6.0 will do the trick

sound forge is more for editing loops and small bits of track by adding effects and what not. not good for recording. another sonic foundry product is acid pro 3 or 4.0 which is much better for recording long tracks. if you want effects it can do that too but i don't know why youd want to do something in the studio that you couldn't do live. to me thats faking it. i like acid because it makes tweaking the audio levels really easy. fad ins fade outs. all really easy. also wavelab is nice although i haven't used it much.

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Originally posted by onceler Save it as a wav file, make sure you are recording at 44 / 16 / Stereo.

yes! save as wav file first then convert to mp3 if you have to. any master copy should be kept in a wav format because mp3's degrade overall sound quality.

Re: Re: how to record your mix??

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Originally posted by Infect_Insect the 3.5mm is a line in ?? i just discovered my laptop doesnt hve a line-in :| what about firewire port? can that be used for recording mixes ?

fire wire is like usb used to attach devices and stuff like that, so unless you get an external fire wire soundcard, no.

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