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Following
are some practice exercises so that you can familiarize yourself with
each of the tools.
Statistics:
This tool opens a window with statistics on your sound wave.
PRACTICE:
- Open a
sound file.
- Pull down
the Tools menu and select Statistics.
-
A
window with all sorts of statistics on the sound wave will appear.
It looks like this:
- Click
the Help button to see an explanation of the various statistics.
- When done,
close the Help file and click OK.
Synthesis:
This tool generates a simple waveform of a given shape, pitch, and length.
PRACTICE:
- Open a
sound file
- Go to
Tools then click on synthesis and
you will get three choices.
- Choose
DTMF/MF Tones. This option will allow you to add sound
of a phone being dialed into your sound file. It could add some really
neat sounds. The box that will appear will look like this:
There are
many options to choose from. Try out some of the options and click on
the Preview button to see what sounds you have created.
If you want to save your changes make sure you click on OK.
Extracting
Regions:
- From the Tools
menu, choose Extract Regions. The Extract Regions dialog
is displayed.
- In the Regions
to extract box, select the regions you want to extract. You can hold
the Ctrl or Shift keys to select multiple regions.
- In the Destination
folder box, specify the folder where the extracted regions will be saved,
or click the Browse button to choose a new folder.
- Enter a name in
the File name prefix box if you want add a prefix to extracted regions.
For example, enter Test to extract the files Test Region 001.wav, Test
Region 002.wav, Test Region 003.wav, and so on.
- Select the Use
long file names for destination file names check box to allow file names
of up to 128 characters including spaces. The files names will consist
of the value in the File name prefix box and the region name.
- When this check
box is cleared, file names will conform to the 8.3 naming convention.
These names consist of the first 5 characters from the File name prefix
and a unique three-digit number starting with the number specified in
the Start file counter index box. For example, if you have 4 regions
selected for extraction, and your prefix is set to PREFIX, the names
used will be PREFI000.wav, PREFI001.wav, PREFI002.wav PREFI003.wav.
- Click the Extract
button to extract the selected regions.
Always
remember that there is a help tool available for every option
in Sound Forge.
If
you have questions about a given effect, process, or tool
you should first access the help menu to
see if you are able find the answers to the questions
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