Developer(s) | Magix Software GmbH |
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Stable release | 12.1 Sound Forge Pro July 2018 [1] 13 Sound Forge Audio Studio January 2019 [2] / August 13, 2018; 14 months ago |
Operating system | Windows Vista or later Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite or later |
Type | Digital audio editor |
License | Proprietary |
Website | Sound Forge: Family page |
Sony’s Sound Forge is a professional sound editor software for Windows PC’s. Sound Forge has everything you need, from producing music loops, digitizing and cleaning up old recordings, to modeling acoustic environments, the creation of streaming media and CD burning. Tracks the train set game free download.
Sound Forge (formerly known as Sonic Foundry Sound Forge[3], and later as Sony Sound Forge[4]) is a digital audio editing suite by Magix Software GmbH, which is aimed at the professional and semi-professional markets. There are two versions of Sound Forge: Sound Forge Pro 12 released in April 2018 [5] and Sound Forge Audio Studio 13 (formerly known as Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge LE) released in January 2019[6]. Both are well known digital audio editor and offer recording, audio editing, audio mastering and processing audio.
In 2003, Sonic Foundry, the former parent company of Sound Forge, faced losses and tough competition from much larger companies; and, as a result, agreed to sell its desktop audio and music production product family to Sony Pictures Digital for $18 million.[7] The software initially had Windows 3.x support, but after version 3.0 all support for 16-bit Windows was dropped. Additionally, Windows 95 support was dropped after Sound Forge 5.0.
On May 20, 2016 Sony announced that it would be selling the bulk of its creative software suite, including Sound Forge Pro, to Magix GmbH & Co. Magix announced via facebook that their first new version of Sound Forge Audio Studio (Sound Forge Audio Studio 12) was released August 2017. [8]
- 1Features
Features[edit]
- Multi-channel or multitrack Recording
- Voice activity detection using artificial intelligence [9]
- Disc Description Protocol export [10]
- High resolution audio support: 24-Bit, 32-Bit, 64-bit[11] (IEEE float) 192 kHz
- Video support including AVI, WMV, and MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 (both PAL and NTSC) for use in frame by frame synchronization of audio and video
- Real-time sample level wave editor
- Ultra-high fidelity
- Support for a wide variety of file formats: DSF (DSD), AA3/OMA (ATRAC), GIG (GigaSampler instrument), IVC (Intervoice), MP4 (including Apple Lossless), MPEG‑2 transport stream and PCA (Sony Perfect Clarity Audio). For working with audio‑for‑video, Pro 12 includes versatile video file support AVI, WMV, MPEG‑1 and MPEG‑2 (in PAL or NTSC) file formats [12]
- DirectX and VST3[13] plugin support. Version 12 includes a vinyl restoration plug-in and Mastering Effects Bundle, powered by IZotope.
- Floating Plug-in Chain window for non-destructive effects processing
- CD Architect 5.2 software that allows Disk-At-Once (DAO) CD burning.
- Batch conversion functionality
- Spectrum analysis tools
- White, pink, brown and filtered noise generators
- External monitor support for DV and FireWire (IEEE 1394) devices
Supported formats[edit]
- Macromedia Flash (SWF) format open only
- RealMedia 9 (RealAudio and RealVideo) - export only
- Windows Media 9 Series (WMA and WMV) (i)
- Microsoft Video for Windows (AVI) (i)
- AIFF (AIFF, AIF, SND)
- MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
- MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3)
- OggVorbis (OGG)
- Macintosh AIFF
- NeXT/Sun (AU)
- Sound Designer (DIG)
- Intervoice (IVC)
- Sony Perfect Clarity Audio (PCA)
- Sony Media Wave 64 (W64) (i)
- Sound Forge Project Files (FRG)
- Dialogic (VOX)
- Microsoft Wave (WAV)
- ATRAC Audio (AA3, OMA) (i)
- CD Audio (CDA)
- Dolby Digital AC-3 studio - save only (i)
- Raw Audio (RAW) (i)
- Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
(i): Supported multichannel format
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^https://www.magix.com/us/music/sound-forge/sound-forge-pro/new-features Sound Forge Pro New features
- ^https://www.magix.com/us/music/sound-forge/sound-forge-audio-studio/new-features Sound Forge Audio Studio New update
- ^https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/65072/sony_buy_sonic_foundry_desktop_software_line/ Sonic Foundry news
- ^https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/news/pressreleases/2016/sony-creative-software-sell-products-to-magix Sony press release
- ^https://www.provideocoalition.com/acid-pro-and-sound-forge-pro-updated/%7Cdate=2018-04-26 }} ACID Pro and SOUND FORGE Pro updated - Provideo coalition
- ^https://www.magix.info/us/forum/release-sound-forge-audio-studio-13-the-all-around-audio-editor--1220804/%7Cdate=2019-01-15 }} New release announcement Sound Forge community
- ^http://www.pcworld.com/article/110570/sony_buys_sonic_foundry_products.htmlArchived 2009-01-26 at the Wayback MachineSony Buys Sonic Foundry Products - PC World. Accessed 2008-12-08
- ^'about' page with link to main homepage'What is ACIDplanet?'. ACIDplanet .. your world of music. Retrieved 26 November 2005.
- ^https://www.magix.com/us/music/sound-forge/sound-forge-pro/new-features Sound Forge Pro July 2018 update
- ^https://www.magix.com/us/music/sound-forge/sound-forge-pro/new-features Sound Forge Pro July 2018 update
- ^https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/magix-sound-forge-12 SoundonSound product review
- ^https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/magix-sound-forge-12 SoundonSound File Format Frenzy
- ^https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/magix-sound-forge-12 SoundonSound product review
External links[edit]
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Magix introduce new look, functionality, edit modes, plug-ins, meters and more
Magix, having taken over the former Sony Creative Software portfolio, have now released the latest update to Sound Forge Audio Studio. The Windows-only version 12 supplies tools to record, edit, enhance, and deliver high-resolution audio, claim developers. Its many new features make it suitable for digitisation, audio repair work, restoration of vinyl and tapes, creating podcasts, mastering audio, burning CDs, and rendering to all popular audio formats for streaming or playback on portable media players.
Sound Forge Audio Studio 12 is built on a 64-bit platform to supply more editing power, more processing power, and a more powerful workflow. The recording workflow has also been updated and redesigned to offer easy access to all the settings and controls you need.
New non-destructive editing modes, Slice and Soft Cut, let you respectively tweak your edit even after you’ve made your cut and create automatic, user-adjustable crossfades for smooth transitions. The elastic audio editor also allows you to tune vocals with precise control.
Spectral editing tools included in the latest version, offering frequency-based noise removal than allows you visually identify offending noises and remove the frequencies that make them up. A new Visualization window also presents several ways to analyse and track audio output including Peak meters, Phase Oscilloscope, Correlation meter, Direction meter, Spectroscope, Spectrogram, Bit meter, Oscilloscope, and Tuner.
Further repair tools include DeClicker/DeCrackler, DeClipper, DeEsser, DeHisser and DeNoiser. Most of these are employed in the software’s vinyl recording and restoration workflow. This makes it easy, say Magix, to record vinyl LPs and tapes, remove crackle, pops, and hiss and burn to an audio CD or burn a set of audio files to a data CD or DVD in formats such as MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, or AAC. Additionally, if you need to enhance and repair audio from video, Magix have this covered and indeed support various popular video formats.
For mastering tasks, Magix have teamed up with iZotope to include Ozone Elements 7 (with $129.00 value), a plug-in with a set of 75 professionally crafted presets, along with macro controls to fine tune the EQ and Compression to achieve full, rich, and loud final masters.
“Throughout the development cycle of this new version of Sound Forge Audio Studio, the engineering team has kept their focus on the phrase ‘Define the edge‘ ”, said Gary Rebholz from Sound Forge. “Our goal: take the existing audio production powerhouse to the next level with cutting-edge tools and processes. We think you’re going to love Sound Forge Audio Studio 12. ” Sound Forge Audio Studio 12 is compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 10 and is available now costing $59.99, with upgrades from previous versions costing $29.99.