Sound Forge Audio Studio/Audio cleaning lab: The Audio Cleaning lab (22.2.0.53 - DP3) takes 40 seconds to launch. PC stats: windows 10, Intel dual core E2180, 2 gHz. Is this normal? Technical support has not answered.
Hi Mark,
SFACL 23.0.1.21
I don't think that you have SFACL. Do you have ACL (Audio Cleaning Lab) or AML (Audio & Music Lab Premium)?
SoundForge Audio Studio is a different program.
I don't know what it should be or could be, but on my old machine it took 26 seconds vs 15 seconds for its predecessor, Audio & Music Lab Premium (22.2.0.53). I find that long.
That, and there is no mono button under the recording dialogue - already reported - so I am not too enthused about this updated version of Audio & Music Lab.
SF Audio Studio 12.6.0.356 loaded in less than 10 seconds.
John CB
John:
I've got version 12, SOUND FORGE AUDIO STUDIO.
SOUND FORGE Audio Studio 12 and Audio Cleaning Lab are two separate programs, that were sold as a bundle for a while. In my poking through the windows 10 programs folders it appears that sound forge is an X64 program and audio cleaning is an X86 program. Sound Forge launches within a few seconds while Audio Cleaning Lab takes the lengthy 40 seconds.
I received an initial response from tech support. In an email the representative said: QUOTE: After generation 2013 of the Audio Cleaning Lab product line, it got broken up into two different products for different needs - the smaller version "Audio Cleaning Lab", and the more fully-featured "Audio & Music Lab Premium". Please note that your Audio Cleaning Lab (2017) is the less fully-featured edition. So, while it's a newer program than version 2013, it would in some regards be cut down, compared to your old version 2013, which would e.g. explain the lack of 24bit recording resolution, the lack of external plug-in support (and bundled plug-ins), as well as some other potential limitation. END QUOTE
So, the "stripped down" version of Audio Cleaning Lab in the package, that is lesser than gen 2013, records solely at 44,100 Hz 16 bits and is without the Energizer and the AM Track SE. Sound Forge has a sizeable menu of record rates and bit depths.
My primary use of Audio Cleaning Lab is recording 45 records to CDs. Before considering uninstalling the current Audio Cleaning Lab and reinstalling the 2013 version, I'll try a project with Sound Forge and hope that my purchase of this product wasn't a faux pas after being taken-in by unclear advertising.
Thanks,
Mark
Hi Mark,
I just tried recording from a tape deck into SF Audio Studio 12.6 - 24-bit, 44.1kHz. The only problem that I had was to get it to show up as everything was set up for my external audio interface. I went under Options, System Options, Audio Setup and changed the driver to WDM. Then in the Recording window, I found the correct line-in. I also set it to mono, as the recording was in mono. I think that you'll be fine with SFAS.
I checked ACL and it took 26 seconds to open.
And yes, Magix split ACL into ACL and AML, so I went with AML at the time. I recently purchased SFACL which is just a 64-bit version of AML with 8 tracks instead of 4. Unfortunately, Magix removed the Mono button so it only records in Stereo. I am still waiting for this to be fixed.
John CB