You could also make a selection on the timeline and select "Edit> 'Trim/Crop" (Ctrl+ T key shortcut) and 'Save as' to create a new file. There are also options to open the file after 'Save as' or remain on the same timeline.
Adding 'Markers' (M key shortcut) or 'Regions' (R key shortcut) facilitates ID'ing and selecting sections.
As @SP. stated, extracting 'Regions' is fast if there are multiples.

btw, welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users forum @GhostTrain.
FYI, this is a users group and no one here is a Magix employee including the moderators.

PS- I also used Syntrillium's CoolEdit Pro way back when, but abandoned it in favor of Sound Forge and .. Vegas (which was initially a (audio-only) multi-track DAW).

@GhostTrain If I have a single big file with many sounds I just use the Auto-Region feature and export every region into a single fine. This just takes seconds.

Like I said, i do this manually. Auto works ok but its not always reliable.

@rraud thanks for the welcome.
 

You could also make a selection on the timeline and select "Edit> 'Trim/Crop" (Ctrl+ T key shortcut) and 'Save as' to create a new file. There are also options to open the file after 'Save as' or remain on the same timeline.
Adding 'Markers' (M key shortcut) or 'Regions' (R key shortcut) facilitates ID'ing and selecting sections.
As @SP. stated, extracting 'Regions' is fast if there are multiples.

Im familiar with these. I actually used to use the Trim method in CoolEdit too before realizing Save Selection was quicker. It did cross my mind since trying out Sound Forge. While not as fast it might still be the next best method.
I personally feel the other methods are not worth the time and trouble unless I had no other options.

Ideally Id want to not slow down the current process. I did send a message to support in hopes they'd pass it to the devs. Never know. Sometimes they listen and add features.

Thanks anyway for the suggestions.

Sound Forge can save selected regions as a project file if saving the selected areas are important to you.

I'll throw the method I use in SF your way, where you can check it out to see if this works for you.

To do what you described, I have always made the selection that I needed in the main open wave file window, just as it sounds you are doing in AA. I then just drag and drop that selection outside of that main window, and SF will create a new window with just that selection, and then I save that new window as a separate file. This sounds like what you are trying to achieve and it may not be obvious but has always been a pretty slick feature I've really liked in SF over AA since drag and drop was easier for me then continually going to a menu item.

If that isn't quite as efficient as you prefer, Sound Forge also supports scripting where I would be surprised if there wasn't a script out there of save selection as a new file, where script icons can be created so you just need to click on a button to run that script. However, I'm just used to doing it the above method way, where I prefer it over the AA method because I always enjoyed the drag and drop functionality in SF over going to the menus to create separate files from selected portions.

To do what you described, I have always made the selection that I needed in the main open wave file window, just as it sounds you are doing in AA. I then just drag and drop that selection outside of that main window, and SF will create a new window with just that selection, and then I save that new window as a separate file.

Learned something again - elegant, simple and practicable.
Thanks!

Sound Forge can save selected regions as a project file if saving the selected areas are important to you.

I'll throw the method I use in SF your way, where you can check it out to see if this works for you.

To do what you described, I have always made the selection that I needed in the main open wave file window, just as it sounds you are doing in AA. I then just drag and drop that selection outside of that main window, and SF will create a new window with just that selection, and then I save that new window as a separate file. This sounds like what you are trying to achieve and it may not be obvious but has always been a pretty slick feature I've really liked in SF over AA since drag and drop was easier for me then continually going to a menu item.

If that isn't quite as efficient as you prefer, Sound Forge also supports scripting where I would be surprised if there wasn't a script out there of save selection as a new file, where script icons can be created so you just need to click on a button to run that script. However, I'm just used to doing it the above method way, where I prefer it over the AA method because I always enjoyed the drag and drop functionality in SF over going to the menus to create separate files from selected portions.

That sounds interesting, but also like a lot of extra work, which defeats the purpose. I just wanna make my selection, press the hotkey to save it, then move on to the next. The feature just does not exist in SF (yet). I did pass this on to support and they said they agreed it should exist and forwarded it to the devs, but we'll see if anything ever comes of it. Till then, im not worried about it. CoolEdito Pro 2 still works and still out muscles the clunky current gen audio editors when it comes to quick performance, fast simple edits and actions. SF comes close though. Thanks anyway for the pointers.