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Sorry, the Sound Forge is Cleaning Lab 3 and is not that old. There is a Cleaning Lab 4 out but I haven't got it. 3 works fine except for the 'Records Output' which just stopped working, I can select it but it will not record anything. I tried to

SOUND FORGE

2 answers, most recent on 9/2/2025

RE: install Problem

@Victor-HUGO7807 Can you upload a screenshot of the install program you downloaded and ran? Usually, Windows puts newly installed program visibly into the Start menu that opens after you click on the Windows button in the Windows task bar. Sound

Other products

One answer, on 2/26/2026

[Closed] Vegas Pro 22 - Surround Sound

I want to create a Surround 5.1 audio track(s) on my video, and I am having issues getting it to work. Are there any clear and concise directions printed anywhere that explains this? When I use the Pan tool I cannot get audio to route to my Center,

Music Maker

One answer, on 7/27/2025

RE: Serial do Sound Forge 18

@elton-r Você comprou a versão completa do Sound Forge ou está experimentando a versão de teste gratuita de 30 dias? Se você comprou o programa, deve ter recebido um e-mail de confirmação do pedido com todos os números de série. Verifique sua caixa

SOUND FORGE

14 answers, most recent on 8/29/2025

RE: where is spectralayers pro??

Yes checked thoroughly. All in the email are: Upgrade: SOUND FORGE Pro 18, iZotope RX 10 Elements, iZotope Ozone 11 Elements. Items listed as "Top features at a glance in their Exclusive Offer Upgrade are: Steinberg Spectralayers Pro 11,

Music Maker

One answer, on 8/30/2025

existing midi files

I just downloaded the free Music Maker 26 trial. Before I buy, I need to be able to load my existing midi files and be able to manipulate them, change key, add sounds, etc. When I open a project and select the midi file, it is fully loaded [all

SOUND FORGE

6 answers, most recent on 8/5/2025

RE: Having Problems With Sound Forge 17 Crashing Or Otherwise Not Working?

Here's the latest fault from Perfmon SourceSOUND FORGE Audio Studio 17 SummaryStopped responding and was closed Date‎8/‎5/‎2025 2:17 PM StatusReport sent DescriptionA problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.Faulting Application

SOUND FORGE

10 answers, most recent on 12/5/2025

RE: Error Code 24. Just bought and installed.

@Les-Wilkins The Magix Low Latency ASIO driver is simply old and has compatibility problems with modern Windows operating systems. I believe it is based on ASIO4ALL 2.13, which was released in 2015. At this moment, the newest ASIO4ALL version is

SOUND FORGE

8 answers, most recent on 2/4/2026

RE: Sound forge pro 18_plugin chain issue

I didn't had this issue with previous versions of SF. Only with SF 18.And this occurs on all PCs, since I'm teaching sound design, and all my students have the same problem on their machines.Another issue, is that the meters (true peak meter, ...)

Music Maker

11 answers, most recent on 2/16/2026

RE: No sound

@Djdj-17 Open the program settings under the File > Settings menu, then go to the Audio/MIDI tab. Here select the ASIO driver of your audio interface. If you don't have an audio interface you can use the Music Maker ASIO driver.. Then click on

SOUND FORGE

3 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

RE: Pitch Bending and Speed Distortion after closing file "Drunken VO"

Hmmmm....never knew there was such a thing. Are there quick step to post here that I can follow. Oh, I forgot to mention...in EVERY Sound Forge install (new C drive replacement and so forth), it only lets me open the program as an administrator. Not

SOUND FORGE

29 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

RE: SF 11 refuses to start, even full re install

Hi @daniel-DIAZ2990, If you currently need Sound Forge to work, consider upgrading to SF-18 .The UI is basically the same as SF-11 and you will not have to learn new software and your SF-11 DX and VST plug-ins will work as well. You can also get the

SOUND FORGE

8 answers, most recent on 2/4/2026

Sound forge pro 18_plugin chain issue

Hi,when using the plugin chainer, the settings of each effect in the chain are reset to default if I close the plugin window. When I open it again to modify or fintune it, the settings are reset to default, not those I entered before closing it.

SOUND FORGE

17 answers, most recent on 11/29/2025

RE: waveform moves away from marker point when zooming in on soundforge 17

@CyberMousey Hi . . . . Am I missing something. I'm on Sony Vegas 23 . . . . The software name is not Sony Vegas 23 it is Vegas 23 This topic is about Sound Forge Audio Studio not Vegas 23. Vegas has its own forum, link is at the bottom of this

SOUND FORGE

6 answers, most recent on 8/5/2025

Having Problems With Sound Forge 17 Crashing Or Otherwise Not Working?

I recently upgraded to SF17 from SF10 because I bought a new computer with Windows 11. SF10 would not install on the new PC because the license server for that old version no longer exists. I installed SF17 then launched it. Everything looked good

Music Maker

4 answers, most recent on 12/23/2025

RE: System requirements for 2026

@Michael-Hopcroft There are some affordable audio interface on the market, simple ones with two audio inputs and two audio outputs should cost between $50-$100. For example, check out the Focusrite Scarlett Solo, Behringer UMC interfaces, M-Audio

SOUND FORGE

8 answers, most recent on 3/31/2026

RE: Wave Hammer - Sound Forge 18

Hi @Joseph-Carvalho and @SP., if the Wave Hammer preset is saved, it will return afterwards when WH is cancelled and re-opened.. but always to the last saved WH preset configuration.. This only occurred in SFP-17, 18 and Audio Studio-17, SFP-15 and

Rescue Your Videotapes!

21 answers, most recent on 3/2/2026

RE: what are correct driver(s) for the "video grabber" K0065 for win11?

Indeed, I have the K00065 and the driver that was recommended in earlier posts, and I can see the video playing in the screen of the laptop when I start the video player. BUT when I press the '"Save to Computer" (or what ever the instructional

Audio Cleaning Lab

4 answers, most recent on 10/31/2025

RE: Cleaning reel to reel tapes

You can try EQ, volume adjustments and the ACL restoration tools. I am not sure about ACL, but with SF Pro, you can automate most plug-ins' parameters. The volume automation (envelope) is relatively easy to adjust. EQ and other Fx can be more

Movie Studio

12 answers, most recent on 11/15/2025

RE: Speech to text

Many thanks for these replies. So far I have just succeeded once doing that 26 minutes after paying for a voucher. No free minutes..will have to investigate. I am now trying to transcribe a sound file on its own...but there doesn't seem to be a way

SOUND FORGE

13 answers, most recent on 3/16/2026

RE: SF11 is stable - SF13, 14, 16 fail.

@John-Murray8461 Microsoft delivered some broken Windows updates over the last couple of weeks. This includes broken Visual C++ Redistributables and broken MIDI 2.0 integration. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the cause of Sound Forge no longer

SOUND FORGE

No answers, created on 3/2/2026

Normalize Function Not Working

Sound Forge Pro 18 won't let me use the normalize function after a few uses. The options come up with blank rectangles in the form where I should be able to click to normalize a selection.Running Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200 RTX 4060 Ti 4K

Music Maker

16 answers, most recent on 1/12/2026

RE: Midi keyboard not playing live

@Alex-Kirkwood MIDI ports on the audio interface would only be needed if you own a MIDI device without USB connection. You wrote your MIDI keyboard is a USB device. This means the keyboard has its own internal MIDI interface. Do you still have

SOUND FORGE

20 answers, most recent on 6/28/2025

RE: Sound Forge 15.0 build 121 'Enter Key' behavior change

Sound Forge Pro has the 'Customize Keyboard' utility, Audio Studio does not, so modifying the code in the aforementioned "keyboard.ini" data file is the only way to customize keyboard shortcuts with SF Audio Studio. If an invalid code is entered, it