Enabling MIDI Input

Available only in Sound Forge

Ctrl+F7

Options Menu

From the Options menu, choose MIDI Input Sync/Trigger to enable triggering from MIDI commands received through the MIDI input port.

When this option is selected, dialogs that specify MIDI triggers will also accept input from the MIDI input port, allowing easy entry of MIDI note and controller values. When this option is not selected, the MIDI triggers, Regions List triggers, and Playlist triggers specified will be ignored.

You can specify a MIDI Input port on the MIDI/Sync tab in the Preferences dialog.

What do you want to do?

Synchronize playback with MIDI timecode

You can use MIDI timecode to synchronize Sound Forge playback to another device.

  1. From the Options menu, choose Preferences, and click the MIDI/Sync tab.

  2. On the MIDI/Sync tab, choose the device to which you want to synchronize from the Input drop-down list and click the OK button.

  3. From the Options menu, select MIDI Input Sync/Trigger to enable MIDI input.

  4. From the View menu, choose Toolbars. Select the Regions/Playlist check box and click the OK button. The timecode is displayed in the Regions/Playlist toolbar when you start your MIDI device.

  5. Create a region that includes the sound data that you want to trigger.

  6. Add your region to the Playlist.

  7. Double-click the Playlist region to open the Edit Playlist dialog.

  8. In the Edit Playlist dialog, choose SMPTE: Play at Time from the Trigger drop-down list and enter the time at which you want to start playback in the SMPTE time box.

Synchronize recording with MIDI timecode

You can use MIDI timecode to synchronize Sound Forge recording to another device.

  1. From the Options menu, choose Preferences, and click the MIDI/Sync tab.

  2. On the MIDI/Sync tab, choose the device to which you want to synchronize from the Input drop-down list and click the OK button.

  3. From the Options menu, select MIDI Input Sync/Trigger to enable MIDI input.

  4. Click the Record button .

  5. In the Record dialog, click the Sync button.

  6. Select the Enable MTC/SMPTE Input Synchronization check box.

  7. Select the Start check box and specify the time you want to start recording.

  8. Select the End check box and specify the time you want to stop recording.

  9. Click the OK button.