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@Roberto-Kirst If you registered Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 with Sony, you can use the same login credentials (e-mail and password) at Magix.com and download it there. Regarding version 17, you can now only get old stock licenses from third party

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 3/16/2026

RE: Subscription

@Jimrin After Magix acquired Vegas, Sound Forge and Acid from Sony, it originally wasn't planned to update Sound Forge or Acid anymore, but they decided otherwise. Over the last couple of years, Sound Forge and Acid were maintained by the Samplitude

Movie Studio

One answer, on 1/17/2026

RE: [Closed] Stopped working. Reinstalled and now won't take Activation code

What version is your MSP?. If it is a Vegas version (up to 17. 18 and later are Magix versions) you need to go to the Vegas forum https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/news-forum/ If it is a version released years ago by Sony Creative Software

ACID

2 answers, most recent on 2/26/2026

RE: acid pro 8.0 activate serial number

Bonjour j'ai acheté music studio 7 je les réinstaller après avoir refait mon ordi le souci je veux l'activer en ligne pour recevoir le code de validation mais apparemment sony n'excite plus donc je me retrouve avec un logiciel sans pouvoir en

SOUND FORGE

6 answers, most recent on 12/13/2025

RE: Reactivation of SF 10 after upgrade to SF18

@Pinhas-Shpater If you are trying to use your activation code for SF18 to activate SF10 that will not work. The activation code is different for each version. If you still have access to your activation code/serial key for SF10 please read

Movie Studio

One answer, on 2/5/2026

RE: [Closed] Can't register Sony Movie Studio Platinum

@Karen-Fritz Please read this post on the Magix Vegas forums and follow its advice. Also, please read this pinned post and follow its advice to post any further questions to the Vegas forums. Thank you. This thread will be closed. JeffForum Moderator

Movie Studio

One answer, on 2/22/2026

RE: [Closed] I need my serial number!

@Yusuf-AlSanad Go to your Magix account https://www.magix.com/us/support/my-service-center/. Hopefully under My products you will find your MSP13 and its serial number. There were two releases of MSP13 - the original Sony Creative Software one and a

Audio Cleaning Lab

11 answers, most recent on 2/24/2026

RE: Need 2 files from Audio Cleaning Lab 10 cd distribution

I started with ACL 3, then 10, then 15 and bought Sony Noise Reduction 2.0 through Magix. Sony Noise reduction has the best click and scratch remover, but the ACL version is probably second best. I sampled many programs and used their demos on the

SOUND FORGE

3 answers, most recent on 3/12/2026

RE: Butch Vig Vocal Plug-in can't be loaded into plug-in chain

Yesterday I was on the Waves (maker of the Butch Vig Vocals plug-in) website and I found that only an earlier version of that plug-in would work with Acid. I’ve used the Sony, now Magix, music software, ACID, Vegas and Sound Pro for ages. After I

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 2/19/2026

RE: Can't activated Sound Forge Audio Studio 9

Some versions of SF-9 (AS or lite) were included with Sony turntables and were different in terms of activation and may not work with the 'new' procedure. I do not have one of those unique versions to test and I do not know if Magix support can help

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 3/24/2026

RE: Goodbye Sound Forge

Just please do not ask me to uninstall previous versions, or anything like that. Everything there was to uninstall - has been uninstalled, everything that failed uninstall - has been deleted or cleaned up from the registry, yet the problem still

SOUND FORGE

6 answers, most recent on 3/14/2026

RE: Missing dll file

@robert-watson1528 Your post has nothing whatsoever to do with the question asked by the original poster and so is considered as hijacking. If you wish to receive advice and help from fellow-users (there are no Magix staff present here and personal

Photostory

15 answers, most recent on 1/28/2026

RE: 2026 Manual doesn't agree with program - Split Photostory, etc.

@doane HI . . . . the AVCHD, doesn't play back on my home BlueRay player . . . When I click to play either story it starts with the music playing and the first image, but won't advance to the next photo. I'm using the HD Static-General-Blue Grid

SOUND FORGE

7 answers, most recent on 3/13/2026

Sound Forge Audio Studio 17

Very annoyed at Magix. Yet again, one of their products has failed. There is zero point in contacting "support" as they just ignore tickets. Disfunctional company. Sound Forge Audio Studio 17 keeps causing my PC to restart with "kernel mode heap

Movie Studio

One answer, on 1/17/2026

[Closed] Getting a new authorization code for Vegas 12 for a new computer

My old computer went toast, so moving my Sony Vegas over to the new computer: Ive followed all the steps, downloaded the latest version of Vegas 12 from the MAGIX web page, using my working serial number, installed the 3.5 version of .NET. Found my

ACID

267 answers, most recent on 4/2/2026

RE: Feedback on ACID Bugs

@Djronrella There was a comment from a Vegas developer some months ago that they never maintained Sound Forge and Acid after they went from Sony to Magix. All new versions were apparently made by the Samplitude team (which now works for Boris FX).

SOUND FORGE

6 answers, most recent on 12/13/2025

RE: Reactivation of SF 10 after upgrade to SF18

Thank You Jeff.I am using the original SF10 Serial #, purchased many years ago.I have used the same Serial # for SF18 upgrade I have purchased recentlyI have registrated the SF 10 originaly on Sony Sight.But On Magix the SF 10 is not registrated.I

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

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

SOUND FORGE

8 answers, most recent on 3/9/2026

RE: Trying to justify buying Sound Forge 17 Pro

I originally purchased Soundforge when it was owned by Sony. It worked well. I purchased 17 when I also purchased a new computer, because for some reason I couldn't reinstall on the new machine. Immediately there were problems. I reported the

Movie Studio

One answer, on 1/23/2026

[Closed] Unable to Register - Problem

I have owned product Sony Movie Studio Platinum Suite 12.0 for several years and swear by it. It has been a great product. Recently my older computer needed to be replaced and this product was installed into this newer computer. (windows 11) I was

Movie Studio

16 answers, most recent on 12/23/2025

RE: No video only sound

@Odd-Aagesen Hi Please confirm what the Windows 10 pc CPU is - Intel or AMD? . . . . open the AVI files with windows mediaplayer on a widows 10 computer, no problem everything OK. . . . Odd . . . . Media Player being able to play the files on the

SOUND FORGE

2 answers, most recent on 5/6/2026

SF Audio Studio 10 won't finish install.

I got a new computer and have had one hell of a time trying to get SF reinstalled in this new system. I've only today found out about the whole Sony to Magix swap, but was under the impression my software would still work. I tried installing as a

Audio Cleaning Lab

11 answers, most recent on 2/24/2026

RE: Need 2 files from Audio Cleaning Lab 10 cd distribution

Yeah $99 seems to be the price for SFACL4 but it is on Ebay for $90. Yes, but is there a future for ACL? I was incontact with a folk recording seller in Canada who used some of the features of ACL to create CDs that he legitimately marketed to folk