Sound Forge
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| Sound Forge | |
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 Sound Forge 8 |
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| Developed by | Sony Media Software |
| Latest release | 9.0.0.441 or 9.0e (Build 441) / February 7, 2008 |
| OS | Microsoft Windows |
| Genre | Digital audio editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Sony Sound Forge: Product page |
Sony Sound Forge, formerly known as Sonic Foundry Sound Forge, is a digital audio editing and creation suite aimed at the professional as well as the semi-professional market.
A limited version sold as Sound Forge Audio Studio provides an inexpensive entry-level digital audio editor; it was formerly known as Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge LE.
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[edit] Features
- Real-time sample level wave editor
- Stereo and Multichannel Recording
- High resolution audio support: 24-Bit, 32-Bit, 64-bit (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 synchronisation of audio and video
- Support for a wide variety of file formats
- DirectX and VST plugin support. Version 9 includes a vinyl restoration plug-in and Mastering Effects Bundle, powered by IZotope.
- CD Architect 5.2 software which 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
[edit] Supported formats
- HD video 720p and 1080i
- 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
[edit] See also
- Sony Acid Pro
- Audacity - Open Source alternative audio editor
