RRP Pricing :

• Academic
• Full Product
• Upgrade

Downloads :

Sound Forge Audio Studio Trial Version

Links :

• Sony Media Software
• ACID Planet

Reviews

• Video Camera Magazine March 2006

Sound Forge^® Audio Studio^TM

Audio Editing and Production Software

Your Home Studio for Audio Production

Sound Forge Audio Studio software is everything you need to edit and master professional-quality audio on your home computer. Record live instruments and vocals, edit and restore audio, apply studio-quality effects, and convert files with lightning speed. You can even create your own karaoke tracks with the Vocal Eraser tool. Best of all, Sound Forge Audio Studio software is easy to use. With a few basic commands such as cut, copy, and paste, you can produce high-fidelity audio on your PC.

Audio Production Made Easy

Capture Your Performance

To record live audio, simply plug a microphone or instrument into your computer's sound card and click Record. Easily capture instruments, vocals, keyboards, and more. You can also import audio from your own CDs and MP3s, or use the Vinyl Recording and Restoration tool to record audio from LPs and cassettes. Recording and Editing

Enhance Audio with Effects

Customize your projects with more than 30 built-in audio effects such as EQ, delay, chorus, and reverb, as well as 1,001 sound effects. DirectX® and VST support expands the number of effects you can apply and increases your mastering flexibility.

Make Your Own Karaoke Tracks

Sound Forge Audio Studio 9 software includes the Vocal Eraser plug-in. Easily remove vocals from most recordings or isolate vocals. You can also use this plug-in to extract vocals from songs for remixing. The Vocal Eraser plug-in contains presets for various recording situations.

Edit Like a Pro

Simply drag and drop to expertly balance sound levels, trim unwanted sections, and synchronize audio with video. You can also use Sound Forge Audio Studio software to create your own music loops and samples to use with ACID Music Studio software.

Integrated CD Burning

CD burning is fully integrated into Sound Forge Audio Studio software so you can easily create professional-sounding CDs. Burn one track at a time or choose disc-at-once (DAO) to burn a disc with full control over the pauses between tracks.

Encode Audio and Video

Quickly convert audio files to MP3, WAV, WMA, and other formats including QuickTime® and RealMedia® formats for the web. Such extensive audio support makes it easy to create your own podcasts and streaming media or export audio to MP3 players and other portable devices.

Learn as You Go with Amazing Tutorials

Our exclusive Show Me How tutorials guide you through the entire creative process. Whenever you need help, just click the Show Me How button and choose your tutorial topic. Helpful text dialogue boxes, pointers, and guides will actually show you what to do and where to click.

Recording and Editing

Easy Live Recording

To capture audio from almost any source, simple plug a microphone or instrument into your computer's sound card and start recording. Visually monitor audio levels in real time for accurate mixing. With Sound Forge Audio Studio software, it's easy to:

• Capture instrument and vocal performances
• Digitize and restore old recordings
• Record voiceover tracks for your videos
• Create custom audio effects and textures

Vinyl Recording and Restoration

Convert records, cassettes, and other analog sources into digital format easily with Sound Forge Audio Studio software. The Vinyl Recording and Restoration tool steps you through the recording process, and even creates new tracks when it detects pauses, for ease-of-use.

Extract Audio from CDs and MP3s

You can use Sound Forge Audio Studio software to extract songs from your own CDs and MP3s for immediate mixing and editing.

24-bit, 96kHz Audio Support

Sound Forge Audio Studio 9 software now supports high-resolution 24-bit files and sound cards for the ultimate in audio fidelity. With this feature you can capture the subtle overtones and nuances of instruments, vocals, and effect changes for better sounding mixes.

ASIO driver support

ASIO driver support provides users with low-latency playback and recording capabilities, plus access to additional sound cards and audio devices.

Easy Drag-and-Drop Editing

Perform precise, real-time editing of audio files with simple drag-and-drop operations. Expertly balance sound levels, remove noise, trim unwanted sections, and synchronize audio with video.

Hear Changes Instantly

Just like professional audio editing tools, Sound Forge Audio Studio software lets you cut, copy, and paste audio in real time so you can hear the results immediately. Create your own music loops and samples to use with ACID Music Studio software. Sound Forge Audio Studio software includes more than 30 built-in effects and processes to enhance your audio projects.

Extensive Video Support

Sound Forge Audio Studio makes it easy to synchronize audio with video for video scoring. Import popular video formats including Windows Media, QuickTime, and Flash animations.

Effects Processing

Studio-Quality Effects

Enhance your audio with effects. Sound Forge Audio Studio software includes more than 30 built-in professional effects and processes such as EQ, delay, reverb, and chorus. Simply drag and drop to apply effects to your mix, and hear the results immediately.

DirectX® and VST support

Sound Forge Audio Studio software natively supports DirectX and VST audio plug-ins, expanding the number of available effects you can apply to your audio.

Vocal Eraser plug-in

Sound Forge Audio Studio 9 software includes the Vocal Eraser plug-in so you can easily remove vocals from most recordings. You can also use this plug-in to extract vocals from songs for remixing.

Exclusive Sound Effects

Included with Sound Forge Audio Studio software is our exclusive 1,001 Sound Effects collection, loaded with audio samples to provide you with unending creative content.

Encoding and Sharing

Encode Audio and Video

Quickly convert audio files to MP3, WAV, WMA, and other formats including QuickTime® and RealMedia® formats for the web. Such extensive audio support makes it easy to create your own podcasts and streaming media or export audio to MP3 players and other portable devices.

Create the Perfect Podcast

Whether you're narrating, reporting, or creating an audio blog, Sound Forge Audio Studio software has everything you need to make your podcast more enjoyable for your listeners. Edit your recordings precisely and efficiently. Remove dead air, fix problematic audio, normalize volume levels, and more. Enhance your podcast with built-in audio effects or the included 1,001 sound effects.

Built-in CD Burning

CD burning is fully integrated into Sound Forge Audio Studio software so you can easily create professional-sounding CDs. Burn one track at a time or choose disc-at-once (DAO) to burn a disc with full control over the pauses between tracks.

One-click Publishing to ACIDplanet.com

Want to get heard? ACIDplanet.com is the premier internet site for musicians and content developers. Join ACIDplanet.com to upload and share compositions, remix songs from major-label artists, and collaborate with other members on a wide range of music and video projects.

Show Me How Tutorials

Amazing Tutorials

Show Me How tutorials go beyond the booklets and basic tutorials that other solutions provide. These extraordinary helpers are built right into the software — just click Show Me How to access simple, interactive help on 15 topics. Exclusive to Sony Media Software products, Show Me How tutorials help you spend less time learning and more time creating!

1. Click on the Show Me How button

2. Choose your tutorial topic

3. Follow the pointers and guides

4. Click Next to move on to the next step

Features

General

• New! 24-bit/96kHz audio support
• New! Microsoft® Windows Vista™ support
• New! UI customization
• Show Me How interactive tutorials
• Simple editing and navigation
• Easy drag-and-drop functionality
• Real-time nondestructive editing
• Multitask background rendering

• Media Explorer with automatic file previewing
• Automatic left and right mono to stereo merge
• Fully customizable toolbars
• Mix, paste, and crossfade
• Automatic file mixing and conversion
• Unlimited Undo/Redo
• Over 30 built-in effects & processes
• System and user-defined function presets
• Enhanced Preset Manager

• Crash recovery
• Mark-in, mark-out, drop markers in real time
• Embed URL flips within audio and video stream
• Mono and stereo sound files
• Real-time play and record meters
• Full support for 4 GB and larger files
• Standard keyboard commands, mouse shortcuts, and toolbars
• Compress sound files for 8-bit distribution

Processes

• Bit Depth Converter (to 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit)
• DC Offset
• 10-band EQ
• Fade In/Out
• Graphic Fade
• Multiple fade curve types
• Insert Silence
• Invert/Flip
• Mute
• Normalize
• Pan
• Resample
• Reverse
• Smooth/Enhance
• Swap channels
• Time Compress
• Volume

Effects

• New! Vocal Eraser plug-in
• DirectX audio plug-in support
• VST audio effect support
• ASIO driver support
• Amplitude Modulation
• Chorus
• Delay
• Distortion
• Dynamics
• Envelopes
• Flange/Wah-Wah
• Noise Gate
• Pitch Bend
• Reverb
• Stutter

Tools

• New! Disc-at-once (DAO) CD burning
• New! Vinyl Recording and Restoration Tool
• New! JKL scrubbing
• New! Gracenote® MusicID™ CD album identification
• Track at once CD burning
• Drag-and-drop CD extraction
• Express FX™ Vinyl Restoration Tool
• Statistics Tool
• Simple Synthesis with sweep
• DTMF/MF Synthesis

Audio and Video Support and Encoding

• New! ATRAC™ .aa3 Format Support
• Flash (.swf) format import
• Save files to popular multimedia and Internet file formats
• Windows Media® 9 import and export, RealMedia® 9 export
• QuickTime® 6 import and export MPEG-1&2 import*

• Export to Sony NetMD™ players
• Adjustable video frame rate and frame size
• Video frame display above waveform
• Edit AVI files with multiple audio streams
• Maintain perfect sync while working with full NTSC and PAL video

• Audio and video synchronization with sub-frame accuracy
• Various video and audio compression options
• Support for 24fps native DV video files
• Video preview window

Tools for ACID® Software

• Create loops for use in ACID software
• Loop-editing toolbar
• Assign root notes, number of beats, and tempo

Sample Editing

• Sustaining Loop, Release Loop Recording
• Real-time record meters
• Remote record function

Regions and Playlists

• New! Updated marker and region ruler with selection snapping
• Regions List
• Name markers, loops, and regions

Timing Basis

• Absolute Frames
• Measures and Beats
• Samples, Time, Seconds
• SMPTE Drop/Non-Drop
• SMPTE EBU/Film Sync
• Time and Frames

Supported Formats

Opens: AA3, AIFF, AU, AVI, SND, DIG, SD, IVC, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2*, OGG, OMA, PCA, QuickTime®, RAW, SFA, VOX, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV

Saves: AA3, AIFF, AU, AVI, DIG, IVC, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2*, OGG, RealAudio®, PCA, RAW, RealVideo®, QuickTime, VOX, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV

* MPEG-1&2 support requires the purchase of the MainConcept MPEG plug-in from Sony Creative Software. Note: Product requires online registration

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System Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows® XP or Windows Vista™
• 900 MHz processor
• 256 MB RAM
• 150 MB hard-disk space for program installation
• Windows-compatible sound card
• DVD-ROM drive (for installation)
• Supported CD-Recordable drive (for CD burning)
• Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later (included on disc)