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I upgraded to 13, 14, 16 and then stopped. The same bugs. No fixes.. wasted money upgrading.I now use Sound Forge 11 and Acoustica by Acon Digital. Acoustica is super fast at loading and SF11 is more stable than any of the versions Magix released.I

ACID

4 answers, most recent on 1/31/2026

RE: (Solved) ACID 11 Some sounds are distorted while others aren't.

Hey thx. Now the files sounds better with this option, when i hear them previous or insert them. but i need the loop function. now i have only One Shot or Beatmapped. when i will play a file nonstop for while i need the loop function. with the other

SOUND FORGE

2 answers, most recent on 4/24/2026

RE: Buying serial number to activate SFAS 17

Hi @Roberto-Kirst, BorisFX recently acquired Sound Forge, Acid, Vegas, ect., from Magix. You can purchase Sound Forge 2026 from BorisFX, but I am not sure about SF Audio Studio17. The final Magix version was SF Pro 18 and there was no Audio Studio

Photostory

6 answers, most recent on 8/24/2025

[Solved] "Sound Optimization", disappearing transitions, transition/music issue

This is probably my 10th Photostory Deluxe slideshow (God, I miss Easy so much... a vastly superior program) and suddenly I have three brand new problems which I have never encountered before. 1) A "Sound Optimization" popup keeps hitting me all the

Movie Studio

30 answers, most recent on 9/24/2025

RE: No sound from combined files

I exported to MPEG4 as shown in the attached file, but there is no sound.

SOUND FORGE

13 answers, most recent on 12/23/2025

[Solved] Sound Forge Pro 18 - can't change bit depth to 32

I am using the latest Sound Forge 18 Pro on (18.0.0 build 21) Windows 11Whenever I take a wav file and try to set the bit depth to 32 (or 32 float) with the Pow-R dialog, the file gets messed up (all audio jumps to 100% volume). If I look in the

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 7/23/2025

RE: Sound Forge 17.02 not starting correctly

Hi @Jeff-Saylor and welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community . Are you referring to the installation manager running but does not complete unpacking and installing Sound Forge 17. The actual installation <.exe> file should be in

ACID

267 answers, most recent on 4/2/2026

RE: Feedback on ACID Bugs

I've heard Acid Pro is now incorporated in sound forge or bundled with it? Also heard something about magix music maker having added some Acid pro features!???? Does anyone know anything anymore! Is it dead for good! No one cares!!???

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

2 answers, most recent on 2/14/2026

Audio problem with Magix MEP 2015 plus

I have lots of footage using HD camera with 5.1 surround sound in AC-3 format. I used to edit this with no problems, until I got a new PC with Window 11 and reinstalled MEP 2015. When I try to load this footage to the timeline it says I need a free

Other products

32 answers, most recent on 5/30/2026

RE: HOW TO CONTACT SUPPORT VIA EMAIL OR PHONE PLEASE

@rose-h Welcome to the Magix user to user forums, so not any contact for Magix staff, and there is no phone number either, sorry. I believe the last version of Sound Forge Audio Studio was version 17, but this seems to not be available direct from

SOUND FORGE

2 answers, most recent on 3/2/2026

RE: serial number

When you sign up for the (try for free) trial version of Sound Forge , Magix/Vegas emails you an activation serial code which you can use for 30 days without limitations, aside from the included third-party add-ons. If you go ahead and purchase, you

Movie Studio

30 answers, most recent on 9/24/2025

RE: No sound from combined files

@Yoshinori-Tokuda When I play "test001.mp4" from the media pool, no sound comes out. Is sound normally output? It doesn't in my version 24.0.1.249. Have you tried deleting the .HO and .HDP files that are associated with test 1 and then re-loading

ACID

7 answers, most recent on 12/5/2025

RE: Stem Maker Removed Details Discussion

How about anyone knowing about anymore Acid Pro updates or finally Acid is dead for magic!.. They are advertising magic studios Vegas and sound forge! But not Acid pro anymore on media! No one wants to give anyone answers! @Santana @Rednroll

Music Maker

4 answers, most recent on 10/1/2025

Missing download-links after upgrade paid purchase.

Hi,Anybody having the same experience as I have had? Paid for the 2025 Music Maker Ultimate upgrade and received a copy of the invoice marked as paid. No email with the download links etc. as noted after payment and no response from support the last

Rescue Your Videotapes!

35 answers, most recent on 7/16/2025

RE: Geen geluid bij overdracht VHS-band

Hallo Ray, Below are the current settings. There are only two options: the current one or one with "studio quality." with the same frequency So I don't really see how to adjust them. But these settings might still be OK for this version of the

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 1/15/2026

Objects in timeline not playing back video but plays back sound

Movie Studio 2024 Platinum I created a 7 Hour and 30 minute timeline. I was intending to export it in smaller chunks, but I was curious to attempt to export it as a whole. Since the export was taking way too long, I canceled the export. I started to

SOUND FORGE

3 answers, most recent on 8/5/2025

soundforge 18, continous pay for usage

#1 I didnt get my CD yet#2 There was nothing in the ad about a limited number of charactersSo you pay $100 plus to "own" have it on your hard driveBUTTo use the soundforge text program on your computer you must pay them a never ending fee for the

SOUND FORGE

8 answers, most recent on 4/21/2026

RE: Play head disappearing in SF18 Pro

Hi @Paul-Fegan , do you have 'Scroll Playback' (F6) enabled and 'Seek cursor on playback' (F) in the 'Options' menu enabled? That can cause the cursor to move off-screen. Also try selecting 'Edit> Center cursor' (\ or .) when it disappears. If

Off topic

40 answers, most recent on 1/26/2026

RE: [Closed] Does Magix have customer support?

Greetings, To whom it concerns. I have tried to place an order via PayPal. Each time I was met with an error and to try again. Apparently I was charged 3 times via PayPal. I have reached out to the support email regarding this. No reply. I wanted 1

Samplitude

2 answers, most recent on 7/21/2025

RE: Soundcard Options

Thank you! That's good to know, I shall go with the external option. Intuitively I felt that should be better if it was permissible (but I'm no expert). Thanks, Peter (The confusion is not helped by MAGIX/Samplitude's own site, where it states among

SOUND FORGE

6 answers, most recent on 12/9/2025

RE: reg custom fade scripts from old version not recognized by new reg

FWIW, most Magix versions of Sound Forge can be installed as 32 and/or 64 bit and activated on the same PC without issue. They share many of the custom settings and do not count as a second activation. There is no 32 bit installer for SFP-18. I am

Rescue Your Videotapes!

35 answers, most recent on 7/16/2025

RE: Geen geluid bij overdracht VHS-band

@MV650 @Bol @AAProds This is just a thought but have you checked the sound control properties? You can right click on the sound icon in the task bar and select 'Open sound settings' to check. Personally to begin with I would make sure to start with

Audio Cleaning Lab

12 answers, most recent on 7/21/2025

RE: Audio Cleaning Lab 4 "Error While Writing Noise Sample File"

The app is out of development. There will be no fix. It's definitely a bug. It wasn't there in version 3. Thanks for that. I also have Sound Forge Audio Studio 17 and looking at whether Sound Forge Audio Pro 18 with its cleanup tools (at the current