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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

Photostory

One answer, on 12/6/2025

[Solved] PS2026 Fresh Install - Hangs on Initialising slideshow

I have installed Photostory 2026 several times now (using revo uinstaller) and when the application starts, it just hangs on the initializing slideshow. I have left for an hour or so without success. Any ideas on how I can get it past this step and

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 7/5/2025

RE: [Solved] Selected Aspect Ratio Not Exporting

@Peaceful-Pixel Hi, Top menu, File, Export Movie, Video as MPEG-4, and the settings should match your Movie settings. Click on the check box beside Display all, open the dropdown and you have more choices. You may now do whatever you want/need with

SOUND FORGE

5 answers, most recent on 10/7/2025

RE: [Solved] Missing DLL for Sound Forge Pro installer

Thank you. Already had done the stock system checks. Turned to Magix support, and as I was describing the issue, it suggested this site

Audio Cleaning Lab

5 answers, most recent on 3/4/2026

RE: [Solved] Download fails for Audio Cleaning Lab MX

@Martin-Sauser The downloader for programs released before 2014 no longer works. I assume this is caused by modern security certificates on the download servers which likely aren't compatible with old programs. So they simply crash. The only option

Samplitude

2 answers, most recent on 7/21/2025

RE: [Solved] Soundcard Options

@Peter-Pomroy An external USB audio interface with ASIO drivers will always be the better option compared to onboard audio. And they don't need to be expensive. Beginner interface usually go from $50-200. They often have 2 inputs, 2-4 outputs +

SOUND FORGE

2 answers, most recent on 11/15/2025

RE: [Solved] Sound forge won't load

@Nathanael-Latham Do you have Sound Forge Audio Studio 17? This installs the Magix Low Latency ASIO audio driver which is an old version of ASIO4ALL. Sound Forge Pro 17 doesn't install it. This old version of ASIO4ALL seems to be incompatible with

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 6/30/2025

[Solved] Movie Studio (Video Deluxe) vs Video Pro-X

I already have Movie Studio 2025 suite, but I am considering getting Video Deluxe 2026 ultimate for the ProDad plugins if they are lifetime perpetual licences. But I have now also seen there is Video Pro X.I only create my videos personal use and

Other products

3 answers, most recent on 10/19/2025

[Solved] Issue with Text to Speech Magix Video DeLuxe 2026 Premium

Hi, Just bought Magix Video DeLuxe 2026 Premium. I want to use the feature Text to Speech. I go to Magix Hub, login, choose language and voice and put in some text. Problem: there is no "generate speech" button. Instead there is a yellow line that

Movie Studio

5 answers, most recent on 9/24/2025

RE: [Solved] Import h265 files from iPhone

Uffff, I think I've managed to solve the problem. I had to restart the computer. Now everything is working and importing is possible.

Movie Studio

9 answers, most recent on 10/24/2025

RE: [Solved] Movie Sudio 2025 developed a strange behaviour

@johnebaker Greetings John, I've installed the Emergency Windows Update (KB5070773) (26200.6901) which ostensibly is to fix a problem with no USB in Windows recovery mode. After an hour of editing with the Cineform clip there have been no black

Movie Studio

15 answers, most recent on 7/20/2025

[Solved] Playback Stutter MEP 2016 Plus

Forgive me old MEP friends. Everyone gets old ... that's inevitable ... Got another question for which I should know the answer. Was rocking along with a two minute project (with multiple files on the timeline). 'Visual Playback' was smooth at first

Music Maker

16 answers, most recent on 1/12/2026

RE: [Solved] Midi keyboard not playing live

@Alex-Kirkwood Like mentioned before, you need to make sure that the Focusrite ASIO driver is selected in the Music Maker program settings.. If you click on the Advanced button next to the driver selection you'll open the Focusrite ASIO control

Movie Studio

47 answers, most recent on 8/24/2025

[Solved] "Takes" functionality

Hi, I am a new user of VDL26 and I am trying to get through the learning curb, coming from pinnacle26. My two questions: I extracted 10 pieces of video from different much longer tapes using “save objects as takes”, so far so good, I found them all

SOUND FORGE

3 answers, most recent on 10/27/2025

RE: [Solved] SF 12 Can't drop music on voice anymore

I just figured it out, Somehow, there must be a hot key I randomly hit... In options there is a "Drag N Drop" settings and was changed to "Paste" instead of "Mix"...

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 7/14/2025

RE: [Solved] Sound Forge 17 and issues with Microsoft Sound Mapper

@Sdeleon101 Maybe it has nothing to do with the Microsoft Sound Mapper. Some computer systems might encounter problems with the Magix Low Latency audio driver that gets installed alongside Sound Forge. This is an old version of ASIO4ALL. If you want

SOUND FORGE

15 answers, most recent on 7/27/2025

RE: [Solved] Scripting question

@PaulieT By the way, if you write Sound Forge scripts in a Visual Studio project and include the Script dll (in my case it's Forge120.Script.dll inside the Sound Forge program directory) in your project, you get Intellisense code completion. This is

Movie Studio

One answer, on 9/4/2025

RE: [Solved] Does exporting video as "Streamable" reduce it's quality in any way??

@Apollo89x Hi . . . . Does exporting video as "Streamable" reduce it's quality in any way? . . . . would ticking the "Streamable" box change anything No and yes, respectively. Making a file streamable means important pieces of information are put

Music Maker

2 answers, most recent on 12/20/2025

[Solved] Soundpools

The store within Music Maker does not have many new items to purchase. It's been over 6 months and nothing new seems to have been added to the store. Why aren't more items being added for purchase??

SOUND FORGE

3 answers, most recent on 1/5/2026

[Solved] SOUND FORGE Audio Studio 15 Steam Edition - Ozone 9 Plugins

Hello, firstly i wanna exuse me if i'm write bad or this is question ask too many times before. I've buyed SOUND FORGE Audio Studio 15 Steam Edition in bundle with VEGAS Movie Studio 17 Platinum, in Steam. On store page of SF15 SE, have screenshot

Samplitude

6 answers, most recent on 8/27/2025

RE: [Solved] where is record audio options mono mix option?

@jeremy-smith As I understood it, the option returns if you open an old project which has this option selected because of compatibility. But it isn't available with new projects. So, as a workaround, try creating your project in the old version of

SOUND FORGE

2 answers, most recent on 12/24/2025

RE: [Solved] SF10 Activation

Activating the Sony versions of Sound Forge, Vegas, Acid, ect, has changed recently. See this thread:https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/activation-of-sony-creative-software-era-applications--149297/ btw, seasons greetings and welcome to

Movie Studio

6 answers, most recent on 11/27/2025

RE: [Solved] Cannot install Video Deluxe 2026

@Todd-Crandell Welcome to the Magix users forums. The first "port of call" for support is almost always these forums, where users assist each other where they are able to do so. First, in order to try and help you can you give the full name of that

Music Maker

7 answers, most recent on 10/20/2025

RE: [Solved] MMM 2014 fresh reinstall from website

Long story short, the installer was the problem, I finally got shot of trying to find a way to use the Win7 version of 2014, so I went forward to the next one - 2021 and it wouldn't accept activation/registration info - Then, the next day after