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I've just upgraded to Sound Forge Pro 18 and am encountering the same issue. The sampler tool is not working. No errors are generated, just nothing happens at all when trying to open the tool. I've also just opened a Magix support case.

Rescue Your Videotapes!

20 answers, most recent on 11/23/2025

RE: Windows does not find drivers for the video grabber usb device

Actually im not sure if the problem is in the driver thing or what because i see the blue screen and some small static sound. the cable is in out mode and all connects should be good. Edit, i see the blue screen and static sound even my vcr is off

Music Maker

6 answers, most recent on 6/29/2025

No sound on VST instruments

I am using Music Maker 2024. Upon opening a VST instrument I am unable to click a note on the keyboard and hear the instrument. Likewise, although it registers that a note is being played on the keyboard no sound is generated. I have checked in

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

ACID

No answers, created on 12/7/2025

Region/marker list?

Is there no way to view or save a regions list or marker list in Acid Pro (11)? It would be a really helpful tool, as seen in e.g. Sound Forge.

SOUND FORGE

8 answers, most recent on 2/4/2026

RE: Sound forge pro 18_plugin chain issue

Yes, this makes the plugin chainer unusable for me.I'm using Sound Forge since the early Sonic Foundry days, but i thinking of leaving back SF.There are so many things that used to work perfectly well that no longer work today...

Audio Cleaning Lab

22 answers, most recent on 8/3/2025

RE: Webradio

SOUND FORGE Audio Cleaning Lab 4 when i try to record it comes up with no sound card found. its a new comp as the last one died last week. on the old one i had Audio & Music Lab Premium and it work fine till the hd failed. i did install it on

SOUND FORGE

9 answers, most recent on 8/14/2025

RE: The cost of text to speech

Is there a cost for the other functions used in sound forge? No, only TTS. if you use up the initial allotment

SOUND FORGE

6 answers, most recent on 10/13/2025

RE: Can anyone help me make a Sound Forge script?

Yeah, I suspected as much, but since it had no trouble making a Python script that did exactly what I wanted, I decided to set aside the Sound Forge script idea.

Audio Cleaning Lab

22 answers, most recent on 8/3/2025

RE: Webradio

SOUND FORGE Audio Cleaning Lab 4 when i try to record it comes up with no sound card found. its a new comp as the last one died last week. on the old one i had Audio & Music Lab Premium and it work fine till the hd failed. i did install it on

Music Maker

6 answers, most recent on 6/29/2025

RE: No sound on VST instruments

@Campbell-McMahan No ASIO driver, no sound while pressing keyboard keys or placing notes in the MIDI Editor. ASIO driver selection is under the Audio/MIDI tab in the program settings, not the project settings.

Movie Studio

16 answers, most recent on 12/23/2025

No video only sound

I have made a project on a win 10 pc and stored on a moveable HDD, when moving the HDD to a win 11pc and opening the project only sound will be played and the videoscreen is black. I can open the same videofile in VLC player and everyting seems to

SOUND FORGE

31 answers, most recent on 4/17/2026

Sound Forge alternatives

I've been using Sound Forge since 1995 (Sonic Foundry - Sound Forge 3). Its been a fantastic workhorse for editing and managing stereo files (I use Cubase for multi-track as well as various Izotope products). They went through Sony and now Magix. I

SOUND FORGE

9 answers, most recent on 10/16/2025

[Solved] Problem activating Sound Forge 9 using new method

I've been trying to activate Sound Forge Pro 9 on a new computer. I've been using this version for many years and while I've also bought Sound Forge Pro 16 and 18 I prefer version 9 for some things. It's quicker to select sections of audio between

SOUND FORGE

29 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

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

@daniel-DIAZ2990 It's likely they will say that this is a legacy software and they no longer support it. The current version is 18, not 11. If both Sound Forge Pro 11 and Samplitude Pro X3 suddenly had problems starting and now Sound Forge during

SOUND FORGE

6 answers, most recent on 10/13/2025

[Solved] Can anyone help me make a Sound Forge script?

Hi all, I have a need for a Sound Forge script, but I have zero scripting skills, and I'm wondering if someone can help me? What I need is this: I have, say, 60 different loop wav files, titled "01.wav" to "60.wav." They are all exactly the same

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 8/5/2025

RE: differences between Soundforge 12.6 and older version.

@MoundSorge This difference basically makes the new sound forge unusable The interesting this is, that Sound Forge Audio Studio 12.6 is some kind of odd experiment. No other version has this kind of GUI. Also not newer versions (13 and up).

SOUND FORGE

31 answers, most recent on 4/17/2026

RE: Sound Forge alternatives

I have just uninstalled Sound Forge and have jumped to Acoustica. I also have had SF since version 3. I can't deal with the continued instabilitiy when other similar tools are robust.Just paid the license and uninstalled SF :( .. that's 25+ years of

Music Maker

20 answers, most recent on 4/5/2026

RE: Music Maker 2026 Frozen at SetViews during startup

@browj2 Do you have a second monitor? Did you try to unplug it? I'm still on W11 23H2, so I cannot replicate this problem personally. Another user also reported that Sound Forge 12 no longer works normal after the latest W11 update. There was also a

Audio Cleaning Lab

5 answers, most recent on 3/4/2026

RE: Download fails for Audio Cleaning Lab MX

Thanks for your responses. I'm unhappy that MAGIX no longer supports my product but it has been 12 years since my original purchase. I plan to buy a new copy of Sound Forge Audio Cleaning Lab 4 from a reputable vendor (Sweetwater Audio). Hopefully

Audio Cleaning Lab

4 answers, most recent Yesterday

Sounf Forge Cleaning Lab 4 - upgrade options

I no longer see SF Cleaning Lab4 available as a product or any options to upgrade to which I believe is the current product "Sound Forge Studio" - can you please inform any current path for upgrade to latest ? Thanks in advance

Off topic

163 answers, most recent on 6/12/2026

RE: Magix support has not responded to support tickets for months

I purchased Sound Forge Pro 18 at Walmart Online. The voucher code does not work on Magix website. I've emailed twice with no response other than the ticket was generated. The website says 2-4 days for a response, but it's been over 10 days. I want

Movie Studio

16 answers, most recent on 12/23/2025

RE: No video only sound

Hi Thanks for all interest I have unticked the "input AVI import format" and tried a new download with no success. There are still black window and the sound is OK. I can open the avi file in VLC media player with both video and sound, I also tried