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Sound Forge

Audio editing software

Field	Value
name	Sound Forge
logo	Soundforge.svg
screenshot	SoundForge8Screenshot.jpg
screenshot size	300px
caption	Sound Forge 8
developer	Magix Software GmbH
latest_release_version	14 Sound Forge Pro April 2020
15 Sound Forge Audio Studio February 2021
operating_system	Microsoft Windows, macOS
genre	Digital audio editor
license	Proprietary
website	Sound Forge: Family page
latest release date

15 Sound Forge Audio Studio February 2021 16 Sound Forge Audio Studio January 2022 Sound Forge (formerly known as Sonic Foundry Sound Forge, and later as Sony Sound Forge) is a digital audio editing suite by Magix, 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 and Sound Forge Audio Studio 13 (formerly known as Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge LE) released in January 2019. 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 agreed to sell its desktop audio and music production product family to Sony Pictures Digital for $18 million. 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.

Features

Multi-channel or multitrack Recording
Voice activity detection using artificial intelligence
Disc Description Protocol export
High resolution audio support: 24-Bit, 32-Bit, 64-bit (IEEE float) 192 kHz
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
DirectX and VST3 plugin support. Version 12 includes a vinyl restoration plug-in and Mastering Effects Bundle, powered by IZotope

References

"New Features in SOUND FORGE Pro 14".
"Save 40% on SOUND FORGE Audio Studio 15 Steam Edition on Steam".
"Sony Creative Software Sells Majority of Products to MAGIX".
(2018-04-26). "ACID Pro and SOUND FORGE Pro updated".
(2019-01-15). "[Release] SOUND FORGE Audio Studio 13 – The All-Around Audio Editor".
"''Sony Buys Sonic Foundry Products - PC World''".
"What is ACIDplanet?". ACIDplanet ... your world of music.
"SOUND FORGE Pro {{!}} Innovations {{!}} Professional Recording, Editing & Mastering".
"Magix Sound Forge 12".

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