Chapter 3
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Getting Started
: The Sound
Forge@
Audio Studio™ digital audio editing tool
is
for users from
: all musical backgrounds. It
is
an
extremely deep program, containing
: features
that
may only be required by the most advanced or specialized
users. Nonetheless, a firm grasp
of
Sound Forge Audio Studio basics
is
essential. This chapter
is
designed
to
provide you
with
information on
Sound Forge Audio Studio fundamentals.
Opening a file
1. From
the
File menu, choose Open. The Open dialog
is
displayed.
2. Select
the
desired audio file.
3.
Click Open. The audio file
is
opened and a data
window
containing the
waveform
is
displayed.
Working
with
video files
The Sound Forge Audio Studio application
has
the
ability
to
open and
save
many video file formats. The video files cannot be edited
within
the
software,
but
this functionality allows you
to
attach, detach, and
edit
audio
for
the
video. Once you've edited
the
audio, you
can
preview the audio and
video together.
When you open a media file containing video,
the
data
window
displays
the
video
portion
in a video strip above
the
audio.
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