Question: "How do I use SoundForge to record a DJ Performance, and break the recording into individual tracks for a Mixed CD?"

That question seems to come up semi-often in the DJing community, therefore this tutorial was written to answer that question! This tutorial should help with using Sony (Sonic Foundry) SoundForge to Record a live DJ mix, and break the full recording into individual tracks ready for burning in your favorite CD burning utility.

Question: "What is a VST Plugin? What does it do?"

The Virtual Studio Technology (VST) interface was developed by Steinberg and first released to the public in 1996. VST allows producers to create a virtual studio on their computer through the use of any VST capable Digital Audio Environment or Sequencer. There are many sequencers on the market that support VST integration. The most popular of these being Pro Tools, ACID Pro, Ableton Live, and Logic Studio

Question: "Keymapping Multisamples - What is it? How do I do it?"

It is commonly known that hardware gear (or real instruments) in most cases, far outperforms the sound quality, depth, and "tweakability" created by software synthesizers (soft-synths). Therefore, the urge by producers to have analog, real instruments, or other hardware sounds for use in their software production environment to capture that unique sound in a soft-synth environment is common! In order to properly do this you must step into the world known as Multisampling!

Phase Inversion is a technique of creating acapellas by using the original track, and the instrumental version to "phase out" the instrumentation, leaving only the vocals. Some say this is not possible! This video does a great job of showing that it is possible, and HOW to do it!