• Music Maker

  15 answers, most recent on 4/7/2026

  RE: installation failed
  @gimigitara That's because you registered the Free Edition of Music Maker 2023 and 2024 (version 31 and 32). They don't have serial numbers. Only Premium and Plus Editions have serial numbers. You can download the latest version of Music Maker 2024
• SOUND FORGE

  31 answers, most recent on 4/17/2026

  RE: Sound Forge alternatives
  SF has had the 'proxy' option for as long as I can recall and the default was always disabled. According to my experience and other user reports, it was usually not necessary until the later versions, starting around 14, 15 or 16? I would surmise
• ACID

  16 answers, most recent on 4/27/2026

  RE: ntdll.dll - ACID doesn’t start
  @Szymon-Barabach, what might help would be installing the latest V14 of Visual C++: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-supported-redistributable-version (X86 & X64) Hi,the same thing
• Music Maker

  15 answers, most recent on 4/7/2026

  RE: installation failed
  @gimigitara Hi Check that the Vita and other instruments are in the folder:- C:\Users\Public\Documents\MAGIX\Common\ This is my folder you should have the indicated items If the folderpath is different for Instruments and/or Soundpools what is the
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 1/12/2026

  RE: Video Deluxe 2026 - Access Violation Code - Program Crashes
  @SHANE-KOHUT, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-supported-redistributable-version (X86 & X64) Have you tried installing the latest v14 of Visual C++ Redistributable? That might fix the
• ACID

  19 answers, most recent on 1/21/2026

  RE: WAVES VST Plug-in inssue
  OK, so everything is back to normal and it's not crashing anymore... To help keep stay on the same page, let me add in screenshots of my folder setup.   Let me know if this helps 🙏
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 2/27/2026

  RE: MPEG4
  @David-Thompson2175 Hello Dave and welcome to the forum. I was the one who suggested you come here. Early Magix editors don't handle MP4s as well as the later versions but you never know your luck. The new versions are very much improved over MEP 14
• ACID

  16 answers, most recent on 4/27/2026

  RE: ntdll.dll - ACID doesn’t start
  @vdl-user-v19 what might help would be installing the latest V14 of Visual C++: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-supported-redistributable-version (X86 & X64) After 8 months of being
• Other products

  30 answers, most recent on 1/16/2026

  RE: Topo maps broken in latest TRAVEL MAPS update
  @Theuns-Serfontein Hi Theuns, I downloaded and opened your png file in Travel Maps and quickly added 20 locations. No problems encountered. If you want to get together on Google Meet, send me a PM with the code. I'm in Eastern Canada (Quebec), so
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 12/30/2025

  Voiceover Gate zeroes out the audio
  I just upgraded from 16 to 17. I have some pretty standard things I do for a podcast and using the Gate on Voiceover settings is one of them. If I do it in 17, after applying the waveform is a silent flat line. When I do it in 16 the VO gate applies
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 2/25/2026

  Sound Forge Audio Studio works incorrect with VST3 plugins
  I updated my Sound Forge Audio Studio 14 to version 17 yesterday. I did this because version 14 was not working correctly with 45 out of 170 of my VST3 plugins. For example:- Melda Dynamic EQ: the processed file is 40 ms longer than the original;-
• Rescue Your Videotapes!

  7 answers, most recent on 12/19/2025

  Lines in digitized VHS
  Operating system: Windows 11 ProDevice: Magix Video Saver! 2022 (8546KA1)When I digitize old VHS cassettes. The quality is poor. Espesially in blue sky there is lines (see screenshot).When I watch same cassette with same VHS recorder from TV there
• Music Maker

  3 answers, most recent on 4/3/2026

  Installation Gets Stuck
  I have recently purchased Music Maker 2026 Premium edition and downloaded its setup exe from my products section. When I run it it gets stuck at Stage 2 of 11 forever (Left it overnight and it was sill at the same position next morning). Some info
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 2/25/2026

  RE: Sound Forge Audio Studio works incorrect with VST3 plugins
  @tolkachovaa We had some success by installing the free trial version of Music Maker 2026 and copying and pasting the
• ACID

  16 answers, most recent on 4/27/2026

  RE: ntdll.dll - ACID doesn’t start
  @NappeR Just in case, have you also tried earlier versions or only version 14? I currently don't know which one is needed by Acid Pro 11 but Acid Pro 10 needed the C++ Redistributables from 2013 (Version 12). And make sure you restart after you
• Movie Studio

  32 answers, most recent on 4/2/2026

  RE: Export quality from RTX Ti3060 far inferior to UHD770
  @me_again @AAProds @johnebaker @vdl-user-v19 I'm not sure if my contribution is relevant or not as I'm still using MMS 2024 and VPX 14 but I'm not having any quality issues with hardware encoding at 4K or HD at any frame rate from 60 down to 25fps
• Video Pro X

  One answer, on 1/4/2026

  [Closed] Render Output Options Missing in Vegas Pro 23
  I previously have used Vegas Pro versions 15 and 19 and there are multiple render options including (among many others) MainConcept MPEG-1, Sony AVC/MVC, and many more render formats including 720p and 1080p. Considering upgrading to version 23 and
• ACID

  7 answers, most recent on 4/25/2026

  RE: Purchased a New Waves Plugin now no Waves Plugins Work in Acid 11
  Thanks! Now I'm not entirely sure it's ACID 11 that's the issue. I opened Reaper and couldn't find any of the Waves plugins. I contacted Waves too so I'll try to figure this out. I'm not great at tech stuff at all and I'm not sure if I can revert
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 1/12/2026

  RE: Video Deluxe 2026 - Access Violation Code - Program Crashes
  @SHANE-KOHUT Hi In add ition to @emmrecs comment "ntdll.dll" issues can be caused by drivers for, among other hardware items, the GPU. . . . . Nvidia 3080ti. . . . I have uploaded the latest drivers . . . . There is an issue with the latest
• Photostory

  17 answers, most recent on 6/9/2026

  RE: Unable to start Photostory de luxe 2025 and 2026 after changing comput
  @bdesha Hi Without more information on your computer specification, try re-installing the latest v14 of Visual C++ Redistributable available from here. If you computer has an Intel or AMD processor install both the x86 and x64 versions. If that does
• SOUND FORGE

  13 answers, most recent on 3/16/2026

  SF11 is stable - SF13, 14, 16 fail.
  I have been struggling with SF for years, I can no longer test if SF18 fixes issues or not but I am on SF16. When I've upgraded to new versions the bugs have not been fixed and have given up paid upgrading.I've just discovered that all the versions
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 2/26/2026

  RE: [Closed] Video deluxe 2026 Plus
  @bruce-m Hello Bruce, it would have been ideal to start a new topic so others will easily spot your question. All you need to do is locate your image in the media pool and then drag it down onto the timeline below your video and title (as you are
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 4/21/2026

  Play head disappearing in SF18 Pro
  Occasionally, when I launch SF 18 Pro, the play head disappears. If I quit SF and re-open it, it's still gone. Nothing short of a PC reboot seems to solve it and I don't want to do that every time I want to use SF (I keep my PC in sleep mode when
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 1/12/2026

  RE: Video Deluxe 2026 - Access Violation Code - Program Crashes
  @SHANE-KOHUT Welcome to the Magix user to user forums. Your screenshot shows that the error is being caused by a problem with "ntdll.dll" which is a Windows core file, so not a problem with VdL directly. You need to have your Windows installation