Topic: Wavelab 6 vs Sound Forge Pro 11 vs Samplitude Pro

[rockymtnryan]

Been using Wavelab for a while, but Sound Forge Pro 11 came with my new DR-70D, and also still have Samplitude lying around but don't think I've ever used it.

Any thoughts on which is best for mastering of 2 and 4 channel recordings?  I don't normally do a ton of tweaking when it comes to my recordings. Processing might include normalization/gain adjustment, slight EQ if necessary, 24 to 16 bit / 48kHz conversion and dither.  Windows system.

Noticed when using Sound Forge recently that processing/saving times seemed to be higher than when using Wavelab.  Curious if you guys have a favorite, and why.

[Gordon]

I haven't used soundforge on pc in years. as you mentioned render/save times are slow compared to wavelab. I would hope that's been improved some. I find 4 channel much easier in the montage in wavelab as well. I do use soundforge on my macbook but I do 99% of my processing on my pc.

[StuStu]

I haven't used soundforge on pc in years. as you mentioned render/save times are slow compared to wavelab. I would hope that's been improved some. I find 4 channel much easier in the montage in wavelab as well. I do use soundforge on my macbook but I do 99% of my processing on my pc.

Soundforge is faster than it used to be.