Topic: SF 6.0 vs SF 7.0 & WL 4.0 vs WL 5.0 ??

[Gordon]

so I have soundforge 6.0 and wavlab 4.0.  any major differences in 7.0 and 6.0?  and in 5.0 and 4.0?  I only use both for 16/44 or 16/48 so no need for 24 bit stuff.  any reason to upgrade??  thoughts etc.

[sygdwm]

stay away from sf7. its no upgrade from sf6. the only diff b/w wavelab 4/5 is the ability to create dvd-a's. stick w/ what you got it all you need is 16bit. fwiw, sf6 is more stable for me in the field than wavelab 4/5 were even though the wrote straight to the hd. w/ sf6 i have to save afterwards but its worth it to have the whole show w/o restarts.

[F.O.Bean]

i have never used them in the filed, but i always used sf 7.0, never owned 6.0, its resampling w/ the anti-alias filter was really nice

but overall, for post-editing, like resampling and whatnot, i like wavelab 5.0 the best, no errors w/ dither and it resamples a TON faster than sf 7.0, but thats because the wavelab doesnt use anti-alias filtering for resampling

also, if ya need to post-show dither, wavelab 4/5 has the uv22hr and uv22 from apogee

theres pros/cons of each, but mainly lately, i use wavelab 5.0a if i need to use anything

[Gordon]

I should have said I only use them to transfer etc.

[nic]

after having used SF7(and SF6 for the year+ before that) for the past year, I really like it moreso than SF6, especially recording on-site.
they are both very stable...the biggest change I can see between SF 6 and 7 is that 7 offers automation and different metering options.
resampling(w/ anti-alias filter) is the slowest process in SF.

saving in SF is superfast and easy if you have the SF temp folder on the same drive you want to save on.
if the temp folder is on a different drive/partition, when you click save it has to effectively copy the raw data to the new location...otherwise, when you hit save, its saved, immediately!

besides being 2 channel only, the only thing I wish SF had was the ability to use VST plugins and to natively support SDII files(w/ Apple resource forks).  if you use Vegas or Acid, then you have to love the integration between SF and the rest of the Sony apps.

havent used WL4...been experimenting with WL 5 lately...so far so good.
if only I could figure out the "montage" thing...talk about NON intuitive!

[sygdwm]

good info there. +t. i can possibly help you w/ wl5 montages as they pertain to dvd-a's, but thats the extent of my expertice.