Record Options

From the View menu, choose Record Options to open the Record Options window. You can use this window to configure various options for recording in Sound Forge Pro.

TIP The top of the Record Options window displays the current record status, attributes, time recorded, and time left on your hard drive. You can also display the record status in the Time Display window by right-clicking the Time Display window and choosing Record Status from the shortcut menu.

Choose a recording methodClosed

Choose a setting from the Method drop-down list to choose what happens when you start recording:

  • Manual: Recording starts at the cursor position or selection. Use this mode for general-purpose recording, punch-in recording, or voiceover work. For more information, please see Creating a New Recording or Recording into an Existing Sound File.

  • Automatic: Threshold: Recording starts when the audio reaches a specified level and stops when the audio falls below that level for a specified duration. For more information, please see Recording Audio Automatically.

  • Automatic: MIDI Timecode: Recording starts when the specified timecode is received from the MIDI input device and ends at the specified timecode. For more information, please see Recording Audio Automatically. 

  • Automatic: Time: Recording starts at the date and time you specify and stops after the specified duration. For more information, please see Recording Audio Automatically.

Choose a recording modeClosed

Choose a setting from the Mode drop-down list to choose what happens after you stop (or pause) and restart recording:

  • Normal: Click the Record or Stop button to end recording, or click the Pause button to suspend recording and leave the recording device armed.

  • Create regions: A new region is created each time you restart or resume recording. If you're recording into a time selection with Loop Playback enabled, Sound Forge Pro does not create a new region for each loop. 

  • Create new windows: A new window is created each time you restart or resume recording.

NOTE

Notes:

  • When Create new window is selected, the Arm and Record buttons on the main toolbar are enabled even when no data windows are open. When Normal or Create regions is selected, the Arm and Record buttons are not available until you create a data window or open a file.

  • When Create new window is selected, punch-in recording is not available. For more information, please see Recording into an Existing Sound File.

Set up input monitoringClosed

Turning input monitoring on or off

Choose On,Off, or Auto from the Monitor drop-down list to toggle record input monitoring.

When Auto is selected, the input is monitored during pre/post-roll and during recording only.

Monitoring your recording input through the Plug-In Chain

Select the Monitor input through Plug-In Chain check box if you want to monitor the selected channels from your recording input through the Plug-In Chain.

NOTE

Notes:

  • On or Auto must be selected in the Monitor drop-down list to enable input monitoring.

  • This setting is used for monitoring only; the Plug-In Chain is not applied to the recorded data.

Monitoring unselected channels when recording

Select the Play unselected channels when recording check box to if you want to monitor additional channels while recording.

  • When the check box is selected, all unselected audio channels will play when you're recording into the selected channels.

    This setting is useful when you're recording to backing tracks. For example, if you have a four-channel audio file, you could place backing tracks on channels 1 and 2 and record into channels 3 and 4. Select channels 3 and 4, and select the Play unselected channels when recording check box. When you start recording, your audio is recorded into channels 3 and 4, and you'll be able to monitor channels 1 and 2 while recording.

  • When the check box is cleared, unselected audio channels will play only during pre/post roll.

Adjust for DC offsetClosed

Sound Forge Pro software can automatically adjust for any DC offset produced by your audio hardware during the recording process.

  1. Set up your hardware. For more information see Recording Setup.

  2. From the View menu, choose Record Options to open the Record Options window.

  3. Click the Arm button on the main toolbar.

  4. Ensure your recording input is quiet.

  5. Select the DC adjust check box.

  6. Click the Calibrate button.

If you change sound cards or are recording from different digital sources or at different sample rates, you should recalibrate the DC offset before recording.