<p>If you are judging Vegas Pro audio editing on native effects than I don't think it has any edge over others.</p>

<p>I have been using the Pro version for about 18 months now and I find it pretty darn good overall. I am also learning Adobe Premiere and After Effects CS5.5, so far I think Vegas has the edge on the audio for sure.</p>

<p>However, are you aware that Vegas Pro audio editing has the ability to add as many audio tracks as your system can handle (stereo or mono), treat each track with a pan position feature, set individual volume (amplitude) envelopes for each clip, boost or buck the audio overall output of each track, name each track, size the vertical and horizontal view of the audio track as you see fit, record directly to any track, cut any audio clip any way you want, reverse an audio clip with two mouse clicks, and edit Dolby 5.1? And this is only a partial list of some of the built in controls available.</p>

<p>UPDATE: I omitted one feature that I really love, both audio and video tracks can have their order rearranged very easily. With a simple mouse click and drag, you can put that bass line near the drum track or move the voice-over above the music track. I like to move audio tracks as I am building them to keep it tiddy.
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<p>This list is not complete and does not include the native sound effects which as mentioned earlier are rather standard with any NLE: reverb, EQ, pitch shift, delay, etc. And yes, AFAIK, it can accept plugins but I have never needed any at this point so I am not aware what plugins are compatible.</p>

<p>I have both Vegas Pro 10 and the home version of Sony Sound Forge. I can export an audio clip to Sound Forge for further effects, it's sort of like Audacity on steroids. As far as I know you can render your audio portion to several formats and export to anything that has the same format. I haven't tried this, but I would think you could easily export your audio as a .wav to Audacity but I have never needed to export the audio for further processing except to test it with Sound Forge, and in that exercise, I just had to copy paste the clip--easy.</p>

<p>I have made video content with Vegas Pro that has had as many as 18 stereo tracks with no issues.</p>

<p>Remember Vegas was originally a multi track audio editor.</p>

<p>I think the best answer is for you to try the trail version of Vegas Pro 11 for free for 30 days and kick the tires and then take a spin:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/trials/vegaspro?keycode=64506" rel="nofollow">http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/trials/vegaspro?keycode=64506</a></p>

<p>Disclaimer:
I should mention that I sort of have one hand tied behind my back on this answer as it would be so much more useful to launch Vegas when answering this to review the features. My version of Vegas lives on a machine that is not accessible from the network for security reasons and that location is about 8 miles from where I am typing this.</p>

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what a great in depth answer! thanks a ton. I have used audacity with Vegas, which is good. I have used it for audacity's great noise removal which I think it does very well. I am still trying to understand the audio effects and editing which is my achilles heel. I thought of using sound forge, but I want to use Reaper as an audio editor to have complete power over the audio as well.
Vass
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as a side note, Vegas is actually built on the Sound Forge engine. Vegas grew out of the "watch an AVI thumbnail while cueing your soundtrack" feature in Sound Forge. As @filzilla said, the ability to export to SF for audio work is the real advantage of the two programs as a suite. AFAIK, the plugins are identical between Vegas and SF as well. It's a good integrated suite that plays together a lot nicer than others. (*cough* FCP/Avid/ProTools *cough*)
dwwilson66
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I still have a lot to learn with any editor, and Vegas has been nice to me, things are fairly logical and don't take too long to grasp. Thank you dwwilson66 for contributing--great foot notes on history.
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<p>I have read that from the NLE video editors Sony Vegas Pro is better than the competitors in terms of the audio editing capabilities. But using it there still seem to be a limited set. Mostly the editing is the addition of plugin effects or to open the audio in another editor. Am I missing something which the program allows?</p>

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What are the audio production capabilities in Sony Vegas Pro because I see mostly plug-ins only?
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# What are the audio production capabilities in Sony Vegas Pro because I see mostly plug-ins only?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-06-07)

I have read that from the NLE video editors Sony Vegas Pro is better than the competitors in terms of the audio editing capabilities. But using it there still seem to be a limited set. Mostly the editing is the addition of plugin effects or to open the audio in another editor. Am I missing something which the program allows?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-06-07. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

If you are judging Vegas Pro audio editing on native effects than I don't think it has any edge over others.

I have been using the Pro version for about 18 months now and I find it pretty darn good overall. I am also learning Adobe Premiere and After Effects CS5.5, so far I think Vegas has the edge on the audio for sure.

However, are you aware that Vegas Pro audio editing has the ability to add as many audio tracks as your system can handle (stereo or mono), treat each track with a pan position feature, set individual volume (amplitude) envelopes for each clip, boost or buck the audio overall output of each track, name each track, size the vertical and horizontal view of the audio track as you see fit, record directly to any track, cut any audio clip any way you want, reverse an audio clip with two mouse clicks, and edit Dolby 5.1? And this is only a partial list of some of the built in controls available.

UPDATE: I omitted one feature that I really love, both audio and video tracks can have their order rearranged very easily. With a simple mouse click and drag, you can put that bass line near the drum track or move the voice-over above the music track. I like to move audio tracks as I am building them to keep it tiddy.
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This list is not complete and does not include the native sound effects which as mentioned earlier are rather standard with any NLE: reverb, EQ, pitch shift, delay, etc. And yes, AFAIK, it can accept plugins but I have never needed any at this point so I am not aware what plugins are compatible.

I have both Vegas Pro 10 and the home version of Sony Sound Forge. I can export an audio clip to Sound Forge for further effects, it's sort of like Audacity on steroids. As far as I know you can render your audio portion to several formats and export to anything that has the same format. I haven't tried this, but I would think you could easily export your audio as a .wav to Audacity but I have never needed to export the audio for further processing except to test it with Sound Forge, and in that exercise, I just had to copy paste the clip--easy.

I have made video content with Vegas Pro that has had as many as 18 stereo tracks with no issues.

Remember Vegas was originally a multi track audio editor.

I think the best answer is for you to try the trail version of Vegas Pro 11 for free for 30 days and kick the tires and then take a spin:

<http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/trials/vegaspro?keycode=64506>

Disclaimer:
I should mention that I sort of have one hand tied behind my back on this answer as it would be so much more useful to launch Vegas when answering this to review the features. My version of Vegas lives on a machine that is not accessible from the network for security reasons and that location is about 8 miles from where I am typing this.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: what a great in depth answer! thanks a ton. I have used audacity with Vegas, which is good. I have used it for audacity's great noise removal which I think it does very well. I am still trying to understand the audio effects and editing which is my achilles heel. I thought of using sound forge, but I want to use Reaper as an audio editor to have complete power over the audio as well.  
> **username_2**: as a side note, Vegas is actually built on the Sound Forge engine. Vegas grew out of the "watch an AVI thumbnail while cueing your soundtrack" feature in Sound Forge. As @username_1 said, the ability to export to SF for audio work is the real advantage of the two programs as a suite. AFAIK, the plugins are identical between Vegas and SF as well. It's a good integrated suite that plays together a lot nicer than others. (*cough* FCP/Avid/ProTools *cough*)  
> **username_1**: I still have a lot to learn with any editor, and Vegas has been nice to me, things are fairly logical and don't take too long to grasp. Thank you username_2 for contributing--great foot notes on history.  

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