Save As

 

File Menu

Use the Save As command to save the current sound data in a different file and/or file format.

  1. Click anywhere in the data window to select it.

  2. From the File menu, choose Save As to display the Save As dialog.

  1. Select the folder where you want to save the file:

—or—

  1. Type a name in the File name box, or select a file in the browse window to replace an existing file.

  2. Choose a file type from the Save as type drop-down list.

    If you know that the file format is unsupported, select Raw File and click the Save button to display the Save raw data file dialog, where you’ll be able to specify format parameters.

The Macintosh Resource (SND) format is not supported for saving. If you need to export sound files to a Macintosh, use the Macintosh AIFF format.

  1. Choose a sample format from the Format drop-down list.

    Sound files are most often saved in the PCM format. However, other formats are often used for compression purposes. If you have the Microsoft Audio Compression Manager (ACM) installed, you can save files in a variety of compressed formats including the Microsoft ADPCM format.

The Format drop-down list is unavailable for RealMedia, Windows Media Format, MP3, and Raw file types. You can specify a format for these types after clicking the Save button.

  1. If the selected file type supports it, you can choose an encoding template from the Template drop-down list, or click the Custom button to create a new template.

  2. Choose a setting from the Attributes drop-down list to specify the sample rate, bit-depth, and whether the file is stereo or mono.

When you convert from mono to stereo, the data will be stored in both channels. When converting from stereo to mono, the data from both channels will be mixed to a single channel.

  1. Choose an option from the drop-down list to specify how Region and Playlist information in your file will be saved:

    Option

    Description

    Do Not Save Regions or Playlist

    Saves your file and ignores any defined playlist or region information.

    Save Regions and Playlist in .wav/.avi files

    Embeds the data in the sound file.

    Save Regions and Playlist as .sfl file

    Saves the data in an external Sound Forge playlist file.

    Save Regions only as Session 8 .rpm files

    Saves the data in an external playlist file for Digidesign's Session 8.

    Save as Windows Media Script .txt files

    Saves the data in an external text file that conforms to the script table format for Windows Media Format files.

  1. Select the Save summary information in file check box if you want to preserve summary information (specified on the Summary tab of the Properties dialog) in the saved file.

This option is available only for .wav, .avi, .asf, .wma, or .rm file types.

  1. Select the Save sampler information in file check box if you want to save sampler information in the .wav file.

  1. Click the Save button.