Topic: SoundForge 9.0b now supports FLAC!

[mmedley.]

Didn't see any mention of this yet, pretty cool....


http://sony-696.vo.llnwd.net/dspcdn/releasenotes/soundforge90b_readme.htm

Notable fixes/changes in version 9.0b

    * An Update loop bar on Mark In/Out check box has been added to the Editing tab in the Preferences dialog
      - Select this check box if you want want to update the loop bar in a data window when you mark the beginning or end of a selection.
      - When the check box is cleared, the loop bar isn't updated until after you've marked both ends of the selection.
    * A Seek Cursor on Playback command has been added to the Options menu. When this command is selected, playback will restart when you position the cursor.
    * The keyboard shortcut for saving and recalling views has changed. The new shortcuts are Ctrl+Shift+<number> to save a view and Ctrl+<number> to recall a view.
    * You can now press the 0-9 keys (not numeric keypad) to move the cursor to the corresponding marker or select the corresponding region.
    * The FLAC file format plug-in has been added to allow you to open and save FLAC files.
    * Little-endian AIFF files are now supported.
    * Meters now stretch to fit their windows.
    * Fixed a bug in Spectrum Analysis when Real Time Monitoring is enabled.
    * Fixed a bug that could cause Sound Forge to crash when dragging selection to the desktop when Kjaerhus automated effects exist in the chain.
    * Fixed a bug that prevented Crossfade Loop from previewing correctly.
    * Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when undoing and repeating a Mix operation.
    * Fixed a bug that could corrupt Audio preferences when the Windows Classic Wave Driver was not available.
    * Fixed a bug that prevented you from changing the sample rate of a new or empty data window.
    * The Mix/Replace dialog now preserves the previous preset.
    * Fixed a bug that could cause Process > Reverse to insert silence in certain cases.
    * Fixed a bug that prevented Mark In/Out from working during playback.
    * Fixed a bug that prevented audio plug-ins from inserting tails.
    * Automated plug-ins in the Plug-In Chainer window now reflect the cursor position.
    * Fixed a bug that caused the Normal Zoom preference to be ignored.
    * Fixed a bug that could cause the Video Strip to lose frames at different zoom ratios.
    * The Lock Length button in the Normalize dialog now updates properly after undo.
    * Tempo is now maintained when the ruler format is changed.
    * Loop pre-roll is now applied when dragging the start of a selection.
    * Playback no longer jumps with Scroll Playback turned off.
    * Various improvements for ASIO devices.

[dactylus]

Didn't see any mention of this yet, pretty cool....


http://sony-696.vo.llnwd.net/dspcdn/releasenotes/soundforge90b_readme.htm

Notable fixes/changes in version 9.0b

    * An Update loop bar on Mark In/Out check box has been added to the Editing tab in the Preferences dialog
      - Select this check box if you want want to update the loop bar in a data window when you mark the beginning or end of a selection.
      - When the check box is cleared, the loop bar isn't updated until after you've marked both ends of the selection.
    * A Seek Cursor on Playback command has been added to the Options menu. When this command is selected, playback will restart when you position the cursor.
    * The keyboard shortcut for saving and recalling views has changed. The new shortcuts are Ctrl+Shift+<number> to save a view and Ctrl+<number> to recall a view.
    * You can now press the 0-9 keys (not numeric keypad) to move the cursor to the corresponding marker or select the corresponding region.
    * The FLAC file format plug-in has been added to allow you to open and save FLAC files.
    * Little-endian AIFF files are now supported.
    * Meters now stretch to fit their windows.
    * Fixed a bug in Spectrum Analysis when Real Time Monitoring is enabled.
    * Fixed a bug that could cause Sound Forge to crash when dragging selection to the desktop when Kjaerhus automated effects exist in the chain.
    * Fixed a bug that prevented Crossfade Loop from previewing correctly.
    * Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when undoing and repeating a Mix operation.
    * Fixed a bug that could corrupt Audio preferences when the Windows Classic Wave Driver was not available.
    * Fixed a bug that prevented you from changing the sample rate of a new or empty data window.
    * The Mix/Replace dialog now preserves the previous preset.
    * Fixed a bug that could cause Process > Reverse to insert silence in certain cases.
    * Fixed a bug that prevented Mark In/Out from working during playback.
    * Fixed a bug that prevented audio plug-ins from inserting tails.
    * Automated plug-ins in the Plug-In Chainer window now reflect the cursor position.
    * Fixed a bug that caused the Normal Zoom preference to be ignored.
    * Fixed a bug that could cause the Video Strip to lose frames at different zoom ratios.
    * The Lock Length button in the Normalize dialog now updates properly after undo.
    * Tempo is now maintained when the ruler format is changed.
    * Loop pre-roll is now applied when dragging the start of a selection.
    * Playback no longer jumps with Scroll Playback turned off.
    * Various improvements for ASIO devices.

Excellent - Up to revision 9.0c now...

+T

[sleepypedro]

    * The FLAC file format plug-in has been added to allow you to open and save FLAC files.

pretty cool, but unless they also have introduced the ability to cut 16/44 files on proper sector boundaries, this could lead to trouble if folks aren't aware of what they're doing.

but that said, i'll look forward to upgrading just as soon as i can!

[F.O.Bean]

    * The FLAC file format plug-in has been added to allow you to open and save FLAC files.

pretty cool, but unless they also have introduced the ability to cut 16/44 files on proper sector boundaries, this could lead to trouble if folks aren't aware of what they're doing.

but that said, i'll look forward to upgrading just as soon as i can!

it helps folks like me who are continually short on HD space, and to save HDD space, I flac all of my 24-bit edited(add gain) and unedited(raw 722 files) before I have the chance to burn them as 24-bit data wavs in their own wav24 folder. then I encode to flac and save the untracked.flac24's so I have two backups of the uncut wavs on DVD-R. I know its very reduntant, but whaveter. I only have one chance to make as many backups as possible before it gets deleted off of my INHDD