• 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
• Other products

  One answer, on 5/17/2026

  [Closed] Crashing Vegas 20.0
  Each time I open Vegas 20.0 on my Win11 PC it crashes. I've tried all the things ChatGPT suggested - disabling the plyugin folder, fresh installs, trying to start Vegas in safe mode, etc... but nothing. The crash report says ntdll.dll is at fault,
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 1/17/2026

  [Closed] Another complaint for NVIDIA & MAGIX ruining Vegas Pro 22
  Just venting my frustration at NVIDIA and Magix for stuffing vegas pro 22. Massive pain in the ass that we have to run old drivers, especially with DLSS 4.5 being supported on the new drivers. Rolled the drivers back after a heap of time wastedd
• Music Maker

  3 answers, most recent on 4/4/2026

  RE: Disable VST plugin scanning??
  @ray-r Hi . . . . Is it possible to disable VST plugin scanning . . . No. Many programs, eg Cubase, Reaper etc, that use VST's rescan on startup, some, such as Musc Maker display a small info message while the scan is in progress. An 'extended'
• MAGIX

  10 answers, most recent on 3/30/2026

  RE: Service Status: Loops Unlimited #Solved
  @Neoblu63 this issue is still not fixed as of 12:12am Eastern Standard Time. US That is the early hours of the morning in Germany so no real surprise that the problem is not yet fixed. As I write this it's mid-morning in Germany so, hopefully, the
• 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
• SOUND FORGE

  15 answers, most recent on 1/2/2026

  RE: mouse won't click properly in sf 18 waveform
  since double-clicking doesn't work in 18 It does work.. sort of.. you just have to double-click really really fast. As I recall, this annoying issue started with SF-16 and was never addressed and adjusting the click speed in the OS settings does not
• SOUND FORGE

  2 answers, most recent on 5/12/2026

  Recording
  RecordingDuring the recording process, it suddenly stops and SOUND FORGE Audio Cleaning freezes. I mean, the program doesn't respond to commands. This happens every time I open the program and try to record. SOUND FORGE Audio Cleaning Lab
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 5/8/2026

  RE: Pixelan AnyFX is Free
  @emmrecs Hi Jeff Retested this morning on my laptop, the crash appears to be random, yesterday both VDL 2026 and VPX 17 were OK, this morning VPX 17 crashed first time, then OK, VDL worked fine. I suspected both initial crashes were caused by the
• Movie Studio

  14 answers, most recent on 3/26/2026

  RE: Hardware Rendering
  @Carl-Johansson when was the last time that you cleaned out the dust from everything inside your PC? Or replaced the CPU thermal paste with quality thermal paste? My computer specs are in my Signature below. I built my PC myself. I've been doing
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 1/7/2026

  RE: Unable to capture audio during Screen Recording -Video Deluxe 2026 Plu
  @browj2 Hi John. Or maybe the 'feature' was just dropped and not a bug but a planned cut, as Vegas can still do that. I personally think that the programs are being tiered more over time to separate their perceived value. The complete lack of Magix
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 5/11/2026

  License for iZotope Plugins
  It is my understanding we were to receive the license keys for the iZotope plugins that came with our purchase of SoundForge Pro 18. However, we received no email that included any license keys. We have tried in vain multiple times to contact
• SOUND FORGE

  9 answers, most recent on 6/4/2026

  RE: Is this the end of Sound Forge?
  @WhyB Sound Forge Version 12 works well. It is the version I continue to use, even though it lacks modern features such as ARA. Should Boris FX fix the remaining bugs in Sound Forge 2026, I will likely upgrade. However, since the company is
• ACID

  8 answers, most recent on 2/27/2026

  Acid Music Studio 11, Auto update failure.
  Every time I run Music Studio 11, im prompted to upgrade. So I have been trying but it always fails at installing the Microsoft Visual Studio redistributable . I have tried downloading the version from microsoft and running a repair, then installing
• Movie Studio

  16 answers, most recent on 2/25/2026

  RE: Can't get Red Text
  I know this isn't the purpose of this forum, but I need to repeat my question about Movie Edit Pro versions that I see being referred to on this website. Some time ago, I tried the "Easy" version, but it wasn't enough for me. 😐 So, is there an MEP
• Photostory

  15 answers, most recent on 1/28/2026

  RE: 2026 Manual doesn't agree with program - Split Photostory, etc.
  Tonight I burned three storylines to the DVD+RW disk using the same blue grid menu as before and it played back on my BD player this time. Extremely slow burning, but it worked. Is there anyway to use a custom menu image background or edit an
• SOUND FORGE

  11 answers, most recent on 4/14/2026

  Welcome window keeps popping up on startup
  I use SF 16.1. I got a -59 error code over the weekend. I fixed it by uninstalling and reinstalling the program. I record commercial VO's all day. Every time I open SF to record a new file, the welcome window keeps popping up with serial #, etc. I
• SOUND FORGE

  13 answers, most recent on 12/23/2025

  RE: Sound Forge Pro 18 - can't change bit depth to 32
  Thanks John. This client had me doing a bunch of work that involved pitch and time stretching audio that they recorded on their end. My general procedure before I use algorithms to manipulate audio like this is to upscale the audio, perform the
• SOUND FORGE

  2 answers, most recent on 4/24/2026

  RE: Buying serial number to activate SFAS 17
  @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
• Other products

  3 answers, most recent on 3/26/2026

  RE: GDIPlusExif Exception ocurred
  @S-H8086 Hi If this occurs for the same images every time you look at that images properties, the most likely cause is the data in the file header(s) is corrupt. When you click OK does the Properties' pane open correctly, and do you see any odd
• Music Maker

  One answer, on 1/27/2026

  RE: How can I record two channels at the same time, but independently.
  @Armando-Consuegra You can technically record in stereo and then manually split the recorded stereo audio object into two mono audio objects, which you can place on two separate tracks. But Music Maker can't record on more than one track at a time.
• Movie Studio

  12 answers, most recent on 4/9/2026

  RE: How to stop Magix trying to force me to install Travel Maps everytime?
  @Apollo89x No... "Travel Maps" is just an annoying spammy gimmick, which 99.999% of video editors have absolutely no use for! Lol No, it is not a spammy gimmick. You obviously have no clue about what it does or how to use it. I use it with most of
• 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

  14 answers, most recent on 3/26/2026

  RE: Hardware Rendering
  The project I used was my own, an older Disneyland trip from 2016, 32 minutes running time. Collection of video, picture collages and other effects. I have additional metrics, using the exact same project as in the above and below hence a relative