Sound Forge 9
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| Product DescriptionMODEL- SNY-CD73679WI VENDOR- SONY CREATIVE SOFTWARE
FEATURES- Sound Forge 9- Full version
Professional Digital Audio Editing Production Suite!
Sound Forge software is the industry standard for media
professionals who want to create and edit stereo and multichannel
audio files with speed and precision, in the studio or in the
field. Acclaimed for its power, stability, and intuitive interface,
it's the fastest way to get from raw audio to finished master. New
version 9 is a complete audio production suite with included
software for CD design, effects processing, and mastering. The
Sound Forge 9 suite also has a host of new features including
multichannel audio recording and editing, and Dolby Digital AC-3
encoding.
Includes Application DVD, which includes Sound Forge 9.0, CD Architect
5.2, Noise Reduction 2.0 plug-ins, Mastering Effects Bundle powered
by iZotope, over 40 DirectX plug-ins, Acoustic Mirror environment and
microphone modeling software, and online help; Quick Start Manual;
Keyboard command shortcut list.
Precise Stereo and Multichannel Audio Editing
- Edit stereo and native multichannel audio files down to the sample
level in real time.
- Use familiar Windows commands to cut, paste, mix, and crossfade audio.
- Drag and drop to edit audio between channels
Professional Stereo and Multichannel Audio Recording
- Record straight into your sound card, use automated timebased
recording, or audio threshold record triggering.
- Start recording immediately, at a specific time, or when certain
parameters are met.
- Open and edit multichannel audio files
Powerful Effects Processing
- Apply over 40 professional studio effects and processes including
Normalize, EQ, and Delay.
- Supports VST effects including automation for increased mastering
flexibility.
- Increase the number of available effects by adding DirectX plug-ins.
Audio-for Video
- Import and save a wide variety of video formats including AVI, WMV,
MOV, and MPEG-1/MPEG-2.
- Synchronize audio and video frame-by-frame to create multimedia
productions.
- Export songs to MP3 for use with portable music devices
Pristine Sound Quality
- Full resolution 24-bit and 32-bit/64-bit float 192kHz support for
ultimate audio fidelity.
- Capture the subtle overtones and nuances of instruments, vocals, and
effect changes.
- Export files in Dolby Digital AC-3 and Windows Media multichannel
format.
Included with Sound Forge 9 (US $700 Value)
- CD Architect 5 software for designing, mastering, and burning Red Book
audio CDs.
- Noise Reduction 2 plug-ins to fix common audio problems such as clicks
and pops.
- Mastering Effects Bundle powered by iZotope, maker of world-class
mastering tools.
REQUIREMENTS- Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Home, or XP Professional
500 MHz processor
150 MB hard-disk space for program installation
128 MB RAM
Windows-compatible sound card
CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD only)
Supported CD-Recordable drive (for CD burning only)
Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or later (included on CD-ROM)
Internet Explorer 5.1 or later (included on CD-ROM)
Customer ReviewsReviewed on 2008-01-20  
Excellent and supports Vista 64-bit
Soundforge is excellent - I use it for LP/tape restoration as well as for mastering. The only major issue I have is that v9.0c will not install on Vista 64-bit.
-Update 2/24/08-
Version v9.0e installs fine now on Vista 64-bit and it is working fine with SP1. Overall, I appreciate Sony's schedule of frequenty releasing minor updates! At least 4 stars... |  | Reviewed on 2007-09-11
Sound Forge 9.0
I thoroughly enjoy using Sound Forge. It's intuitive and versatile, and has many applications. I don't have the experience the other reviewers have with sound editing, but I feel comfortable recommending it to someone who has reasonable computer skills. I can mix and manipulate existing sounds and music, or record my own. It's like having my own sound studio. | | Reviewed on 2007-07-20
see above
Agreed! as a long time professional musician, recordist, engineer -and now, finally- mastering engineer with a house payment i gotta give a big amen to Jon S for mentioning that with -"soundforge + waves plugins? ....full fledged mastering studio for the price of a few hundred dollars? ...incredible!"
TRUE!
i started out w/ Sonic Foundry (90) way before Sony ate them and have never (Acid-CD-Arch-DVDArch-Vegas Pro-etc) been let down, save a few times via update in the mid 90's, once.
i use Cubase for much of my recording and have at times Mastered a Disc using Pro-Tools (i dislike PTs), Logic, etc-- they are all quite nice, but for ease of use and intuitiveness, SF8 (buying 9 soon) cannot be beaten WHEN (as Jon S pointed out) paired with gold-standard plug-ins such as Waves Ltd
produces (and i use).
in the end a platform (SF9) is only as good as its Plug-Ins -- while the Sony Plugs are nice the Waves Ltd Plugs and their uber-easy interface with SF are a marriage made in heaven.
for Multitracking i often use the also wonderful, Sony Acid Pro, which, as you would expect is easily integrated with SF and Waves Ltd Plugs...
looooong story short --this is one helluva buy .. esp. in the "bang for yer buck" category! | | Reviewed on 2007-07-02
ah-hem...
appearantly the last reviewer doesn't understand the simplicity of what a fully featured "audio editing" program is.
as of soundforge 1.0, you could mix vocals into music, ...all you do is copy it onto the clipboard, ...and highlight the area in the audio you want to mix the vocals into, ...and move it also to the cliboard, ...then choose the "mix" setting on the clipboard, ...make any required adjustments inside the dialogue box, ....and click paste.
the cursor should still be left precisley at the point you extracted the audio segment to be mixed.
this is "not" a multi-track recorder.
this is an "audio editing program", ...mainly oriented towards sound designers, ...audio engineer "mastering" specialists. ...and people who use hardware and software samplers who want to get closer, spiritually with the essence of their samplers.
you 'can' sync to video, ...but vegas might be a better option.
soundforge 9 also excepts any VST plugins, ...an insane value if you are already into music production/recording/engineering.
not to mention "noise reduction", ...how else would you get all that vynil onto your hard drive, and capture its origional sound quality?
this editing program is by far more powerful than "ANY" editing program featured in any software multitrack recording program or DAW, ...as well as "ANY" hardware sampler.
although it is meant to "edit" with the entent of dispersing its results onto other working software/hardware applications.
don't get pissed cause you bought a high quality turntable needle, but can't be a full fledged dj without two turntables and a mixer.
the only competition is Steinberg Wavelab.
i haven't used it, ...but it costs twice as much, ...and steinberg has caught up to its features with surround sound mixing, ...video audio syncing, ...vst implementation, ...noise reduction 2.0, ....as well as CD Architect, ...what a great program to create RED BOOK STANDARD commercially professional cds?
soundforge + waves plugins? ....full fledged mastering studio for the price of a few hundred dollars? ...incredible! | | Reviewed on 2007-06-22
the three stars for unclearity of these types of products(ever)
Although this has some fancy bells and whistles, it seems, it does not indicate wheather you can grapht your own voice overs onto all of theses "professionally edited" recordings. ALso in some audio phyle's cases the voice mic use in a quality manner, is the ONLY purpose of this software, as microsoft's own media is of terrible quality. You need a mixer and quality mic recording software, the mixer needs to be user freindly(at least resonably so) and not go through uncessisary complicated steps to be utilize fully, the mixer and VO device are what make all this stuff work for the purpose of art and production of your own, and if sound software doesn't have these capablitiies, it's only an over priced karioke machine, and totally useless in my opinion! | |
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