Sound Forge
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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 editors and offer recording, audio editing, audio mastering and processing.
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]
Features
- 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[11] 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
- DTMF/MF tone synthesis
- External monitor support for DV and FireWire (IEEE 1394) devices
Supported formats
- 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)
- Ogg Vorbis (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
- ACID Pro
- Samplitude
- Audacity
- Ardour
- FL Studio
- Steinberg Cubase
- Pro Tools
- REAPER
- Comparison of multitrack recording software
References
- ^ "New Features in SOUND FORGE Pro 14". Archived from the original on 2021-12-13 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Save 40% on SOUND FORGE Audio Studio 15 Steam Edition on Steam". store.steampowered.com.
- ^ 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.html Archived 2009-01-26 at the Wayback Machine Sony 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
- ^ a b 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
External links
- Sound Forge Product Family
- Sound Forge Pro
- Sound Forge Audio Studio
- Sonic Foundry website
- Sony press release
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