Why in Sound Forge Pro 18 is there two version of Channel Converter?

Paul-Millen wrote on 6/22/2025, 8:32 PM

I'm using Sound Forge Pro 18. When I use Channel Converter from the Process tab it allows me to map 8 sources. I created a couple of User presets that converts 7.1 to 5.1. They work fine from the Process tab. But when I run "Channel Converter" in a script so I can apply Channel Converter to a bunch of open files, It opens up a different and looks like an older version with my User presets missing. This older version only allows 6 sources but 8 outputs. Does anybody know what is going on? Why are their two versions of Channel Converter? And how do I run the version in Process tab in a script? Is the version from Process tab called something other than "Channel Converter"? If so does anybody know what it's called? This is really frustrating. I'm also running on the same computer Sound Forge Pro 10. It has the same problem but it will run the User 7.1 to 5.1 scripts. Thanks.

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rraud wrote on 6/23/2025, 10:09 AM

I have no idea, You can contact support but there probably is no logical reason.
FYI,, there are also two MP3 encoders. The dumbed-down default encoder is a little faster but the legacy encoder has more settings. The legacy encoder can be enabled in the (hidden) 'Internal' menu.

Paul-Millen wrote on 6/23/2025, 1:24 PM

Thanks again for your help. I ended up re-creating the presets from the Channel Converter in Processes into the second version used in my script. But the second one still can't handle more than 6 Sources. So for those I have to use Sound Forge Pro 10. Dumb!