• Music Maker

  7 answers, most recent on 2/11/2026

  How to Change Hand to Cursor
  Sorry for being a complete idiot. I have Music Maker 26 and haven’t had a new version in 20 years. All I’m trying to do is a simple cut out of blank space and noise in a recorded wav file. After I load the wave I only get the hand which allows me to
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 9/20/2025

  RE: Soundforge Pro 18 automatically changing the sound of my files
  editing MP3 files in modern versions of Sound Forge might have changed and it handles them differently compared to old versions, so you'll encounter problems like audio glitches +11 to what @SP. stated!If you are editing MP3s or other lossy formats,
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 2/25/2026

  RE: Sound Forge Audio Studio works incorrect with VST3 plugins
  I tested SFAS 17 with plugin scan files taken from Music Maker 2026. Yes, the program recognized all plugins, but not all of them agreed to work correctly. If anyone is interested, I will now describe the results of my tests. The program acts
• ACID

  19 answers, most recent on 1/21/2026

  RE: WAVES VST Plug-in inssue
  I'm not sure for Sound Forge but Music Maker 2026 files work with Acid11. Followw SP. steps. You need to copy these files from Music Maker
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  What are the general length/duration) of the files you are encoding Paul .. if that makes any difference? What are the attributes of the master PCM (wave) files, so I can try to duplicate the behavior. A MediaInfo readout would be good. If you do
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 4/21/2026

  RE: Play head disappearing in SF18 Pro
  Hi Rick, thanks for all that. I had toggled F and also tried \ to centre the play head, but to no avail. I haven't tried F6, but at one point, I zoomed out from the wave form and could definitely see which part of the audio file was playing and the
• ACID

  7 answers, most recent on 4/25/2026

  RE: Purchased a New Waves Plugin now no Waves Plugins Work in Acid 11
  This is what I get when I open an Acid 11 Project that has a bunch of Waves Plugins: An error occurred while loading the project file... An error occurred while loading a plug-in or plug-ins. The plugin(s) specified are not installed on this
• ACID

  No answers, created on 6/20/2025

  Acid Pro 11 Suite on Windows 11 ARM
  Hi I'm testing Acid Pro Suite 11 on Windows on ARM. The app has installed and registered OK and so far I have successfully created and saved some projects using imported wave files only with no plugins. However, if I try to load a simple Acid Pro
• SOUND FORGE

  7 answers, most recent on 1/31/2026

  RE: Can't save sound recordings from vinyl rsestoration tool as mp3
  I am using a folder in user/documents. Not a temp file. I am not doing any editing on the file (may nornalize). I can see why you save as a wave file. I used the reset all preferences and clear cache. Recorded again, same thing. If I go to the file
• ACID

  13 answers, most recent on 2/20/2026

  RE: Acid Music Studio 11 Fails to run.
  @stuart-cassie Looks like it crashes during the VST scan (sfvstwrap.dll). There was a similar discussion a few weeks ago for Acid Pro 11, which we could solve. Maybe it works as well for Acid Music Studio 11. You need to install the free demo
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 5/8/2026

  RE: SF 18 - Plug in chainer weirdness
  Hi @Colin-Taber, I do not have those particular plug-ins to test. Do other plug-ins and plug-in formats exhibit similar behavior. Unfortunately, Sound Forge has always had issues with Waves plug-ins.You may want to try the BorisFX trial version of
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  Hi Paul, I created a 45 minute, 44.1kHz, 16 bit, 400Hz mono PCM wave test tone file and encoded 192 kps, 44.1k, CBR mono MP3s from that. I encoded directly from the timeline and a second set from the batch converter. I used SFP-18's default MP3
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  Hi Paul, I do not think iZotope's RX would be the cause.I see in the Reaper render settings screenshot, both Wav64 and BWF are selected, I wonder if one or the other could be causing the issue. Wave64 would be warranted for PCM files exceeding 4GB,
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 7/26/2025

  RE: VDL 2026 Crashing on Analogue Recording Stop
  @AAProds Hi Al. I was thinking along the lines of how many Mb/s is the file streaming at as a comparison but after trying that myself I see that would be a pointless exercise. Nothing else can read an mxv file even if I change the file extension to
• ACID

  19 answers, most recent on 1/21/2026

  RE: WAVES VST Plug-in inssue
  @raquii I'm not sure why you're trying to update Acid 8. I just modified your steps, just to make it clear what I mean. 1. Install Sound Forge Pro 18 or Music Maker 2026 (install the free trial version in case you don't own a full version) 2. Go to
• ACID

  No answers, created on 6/29/2025

  Applied groove not displayed
  Applied a groove to an audio track... somehow my track view has changed and I cannot see the applied groove displayed below the wave data... what can I do to see the applied groove? Acid Pro v. 11.0.2.21 2024 Strix Scar Edition Windows 11 Pro
• Audio Cleaning Lab

  2 answers, most recent on 8/16/2025

  Error message when attempting to play back a music file
  I have Audio Cleaning Lab 2013 installed on my Windows 7 machine and recently this error message popped up while attempting to listen to a music file:  "The wave shape device:  speakers / headphones Realtek cannot be opened for playback.  Reason?
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 9/20/2025

  RE: Soundforge Pro 18 automatically changing the sound of my files
  editing MP3 files in modern versions of Sound Forge might have changed and it handles them differently compared to old versions, so you'll encounter problems like audio glitches +11 to what @SP. stated!If you are editing MP3s or other lossy
• SOUND FORGE

  12 answers, most recent on 12/5/2025

  RE: Ozone 12 Advanced Plugin Not Recognized in Sound Forge Audio Studio 17
  O Soundforge não abre plugins do Izotope na minha versão 15. Nenhum deles. O SF vê todos eles como plugins ARA. No mapa Izotope nos arquivos de programa, os plugins são VST3. No caminho de busca de preferências de SF, eles também são VST3. Mas
• ACID

  19 answers, most recent on 1/21/2026

  RE: WAVES VST Plug-in inssue
  SP, I think I did it wrong.... you said, "...install new Magix software and copy their audio_plugin_scan_server exe files into the old program folders..." So let me get this straight... remember, I need step-by-step instructions and I'm afraid your
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 1/1/2026

  RE: sound forge 9
  Hi @Sorrento, you really should have started a new topic.. That said, search this forum for "Record what you hear"..Basically, 'Some 'PCs allow 'recording what you hear' natively, some do not,. All my Dell PCs allowed it, desktops and laptops going
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  I really do not know. Have you tried enabling the legacy MP3 encoder and trying that? Replacing the "mp3plug2.dll" file in the 'FileIO Plug-Ins' folder may fix the issue, I tried the <.dll> MP3 file from SFP-15 which worked, but I'm not sure
• SOUND FORGE

  7 answers, most recent on 1/31/2026

  RE: Can't save sound recordings from vinyl rsestoration tool as mp3
  This a repeat request for assistance. I am using Sound Forge Audio Studio 17, which I purchased a few weeks ago, to digitze my cassettes and LPs. I recorded a 90 minute cassette, and followed the instructions from the vinyl restoration tool. I used
• ACID

  3 answers, most recent on 11/17/2025

  RE: waves 16 plugins cannot be added to chain
  @Tinus72, @SP. Waves 16 plug-ins open in Acid Pro 11 for me, along with all other plug-ins I have installed. I have updated the four / six audio_plugin_*_server* files, so this maybe the solution, as suggested in another post (@SP may remember the