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@Myu I think ARA is broken in SF16. I had the same experience. You can try the following: install the free demo version of SF18 and copy and paste and overwrite the following files from the SF18 folder into the SF16

Other products

3 answers, most recent on 11/20/2025

RE: Can't load Independence samples

@SP. I should have made that clear sorry. I did run the installer. Looking through previous forum posts, it seems I have a similar issue to :https://www.magix.info/us/forum/independence-won-t-load-free-content--1251370/After running the installer, I

Off topic

163 answers, most recent 20 hours ago

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

@Steve-Jones3743 @PATIENT-X advised that Having an attitude to the Moderators gets you nowhere. I can only reiterate that, and remind you that, according to the Community rules (to be found in the footer of any forum page), especially #1 and #7,

Other products

No answers, created on 12/10/2025

PhotoManager Deluxe - Editing/Deleting photos on NAS

Hello, I have just purchased PM Deluxe after using the free trial. Although making progress on categorising my 8000+ photos (!), I am having an issue with editing or deleting photos from within the programme - the photos are stored on a Synology NAS

Video Pro X

29 answers, most recent on 9/13/2025

RE: Kodak C330 audio

@nicolesharp100 Nicole, VP9 is a propriety codec. Magix will not open VP9s, I assume because it is a paid program. Free programs can open all of those "free" codecs (although I note that, even with the VP9 decoder from the MS store installed,

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

Off topic

31 answers, most recent on 5/29/2026

RE: Stopping pop-ups from MAGIX on PC Boot

Thanks @johnebaker No grey bears. But there is some good news ... @SP. wanted to see the "Hide News" pane and it is set to hide the news.The good news is that I have started VPX16 twice this morning and have been free of the curse. I haven't

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

Video Pro X

14 answers, most recent on 10/21/2025

RE: [Closed] Serial Number / Licenses

@Jesse-Boyland2330 - you should see your licenses in your MAGIX-Account under "Products" and therein see the activations made so far. Also you can deactivate activations to get a free "slot" for your new installation. But be careful, you can delete

Movie Studio

70 answers, most recent on 9/19/2025

RE: Reasonably affordable graphics card for Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus

@Tusk Have you tried downloading something like the free app HWiNFO64 that scans and reports on your computer's hardware? It should show any potential problems on any of your computer's components. Have you tried running MEP with Norton

Rescue Your Videotapes!

21 answers, most recent on 3/2/2026

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

I don't know how to add info to my "profile signature" I use ACER Aspire A514-46 Laptop with AMD Ryzen 3 3350U. Display AMD Radeon Vega 6 Graphics. 12 Gb solid state RAM. C: is solid state 476 Gbyte with 295 Gb free. Win 24H2 Home edition with

Music Maker

3 answers, most recent on 8/11/2025

RE: Activation Key Registered But Not Registered

@yualde Please create a new thread with your question since it really has no connection to the question asked by the thread originator. Since English is clearly not your native language feel free to post in your language and we, or you, can use

Web Designer

34 answers, most recent on 8/1/2025

RE: Publishing to OVH Cloud

I now have SSL certificate attached to the website. The OVH instructions are actually straightforward for this and the process worked fine once I had realised that I not only had to 'enable' the Free SSL certificate, but also to 'activate' it. Once

Movie Studio

11 answers, most recent on 12/4/2025

RE: Corrupted Audio

No probs: I’m in Japan. This is my first time on a forum. I don’t need quality of audio while editing, except for occasional subtle moments, but need it for final output. Can I use a low-quality dummy file while working and swap it out at the end,

ACID

3 answers, most recent on 8/30/2025

[Solved] Acid Music Studio 10 - Cannot Register on New PC

Hello, I have a copy of Sony Acid Music Studio 10 that I purchased back in 2017 and used on a Windows 10 pc for years. I just bought a new Windows 11 pc and installed it on the new computer, and I am unable to register after installing because the

Movie Studio

5 answers, most recent on 11/22/2025

RE: Image playback freezes after a couple seconds

@Joshua-Pyle Hi. Thanks for the detailed reply. I think you may not have enough free space on your C: drive for the program to produce the temp files it needs to make while running. That would cause freezing and / or stuttering. I would suggest

Music Maker

14 answers, most recent on 9/27/2025

RE: What are the corresponding albums to Soundpools with no images showing

As a follow up: The 5 loops I listed for dub step 2 are all I used from dub step vol 2. as for the other Soundpools: Movie Score Vol 11 lookup states that "Action Strikes" has all the loops for Movie Score 11 Techno Vol 16 lookup states "Berlin

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 5/15/2026

Magix Hub Speech services

thought i would ask in here before i go hunting elsewhere people in my family & friends group love my creations with MAGIX Video deluxe 2026 Premium but they do not like my a.i. voice choice 😒 is there any way i could digitise my own voice

Web Designer

34 answers, most recent on 8/1/2025

RE: Publishing to OVH Cloud

@browj2 HI John . . . . I will probably remove the www. sub domain to free up a slot . . . . There should be no need to do this. if you want to host multiple websites see this article John EB

SOUND FORGE

2 answers, most recent on 5/5/2026

RE: Error code -14

Hi @Rera53, you might try de-activating and re-activating . Visit the MAGIX Service Center and log into your account, go to 'My Products> Show More Details > Deactivate. the pertinent activation ... or directly in Sound Forge, "Help>

Movie Studio

9 answers, most recent on 8/10/2025

RE: Is MS 2026 really any better?

Hi, Coming from Pinnacle I cannot compare with earlier versions of VDL 26, but my 3 weeks experience with AI TTS are very good (BTW Clipchamp has the same voices/functionality for free). AI coloring and VEGAS stabilizing of an old B/W 1967 8 mm film

SOUND FORGE

12 answers, most recent on 12/5/2025

RE: Ozone 12 Advanced Plugin Not Recognized in Sound Forge Audio Studio 17

@RossV There are plugin scan server exe files inside the Sound Forge program folder which are responsible for recognizing the plugins. Some users reported it helps to replace them with newer versions. So, you could try to simply install the free

Rescue Your Videotapes!

7 answers, most recent on 12/2/2025

RE: DRIVER DOWNLOAD

@AAProds Like I mentioned before, you just need a simple modern USB video grabber, compatible with your operating system and a video recording software. Could also be a free one. You don't need something from Magix if it isn't available in your