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@Kent-Birge Are you using a dedicated sound card or just the computer's built-in audio device? Open the Windows sound settings. To do this, hold down the Windows key and press R. In the Run dialog box, type mmsys.cpl and press Enter. The Sound

Movie Studio

11 answers, most recent on 5/2/2026

RE: MEP 2016 Plus - Trying To Copy Media Onto New Project

Thank you for that - Embarrassed to say, somehow I got that wrong? I mistakenly recall a forum discussion indicating MVP needs to be in 'C' drive (where the OS resides)? Allow me to understand: I've previously broadly separated media into separate

Other products

32 answers, most recent on 5/30/2026

RE: HOW TO CONTACT SUPPORT VIA EMAIL OR PHONE PLEASE

@jeronimo-l Please repost to the Audio>Sound Forge area of the forums. Thank you. JeffForum Moderator Por favor, poste novamente na seção Áudio > Sound Forge do fórum. Obrigado. Jeff, Moderador do Fórum

SOUND FORGE

5 answers, most recent on 11/30/2025

RE: Lost trust in SF.

Hi! I am curious: Is Sound Forge v18 hi-DPI compatible? Sound Forge v17 looks bad on hi-res displays (2K, 4K, 5K, 8K screens), though a limited hi-DPI compatibility can be forced through file Properties options in Windows 11.

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

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 5/11/2026

RE: License for iZotope Plugins

Hi @fbc.dunn. the iZotope activation codes should be in the same email as the Sound Forge activation serial code. The iZ plug-ins need to be activated though iZotope. It you did not get any email from Magix, check your spam/junk folders. Otherwise,

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

SOUND FORGE

31 answers, most recent on 4/17/2026

RE: Sound Forge alternatives

If Magix hadn't abandoned Sound Forge, users wouldn't be looking for other software.

Rescue Your Videotapes!

3 answers, most recent on 12/30/2025

RE: [Solved] MxDownloadManager.exe crashes when trying to download Version 7

@JudgeHawk It's no longer working. You could contact customer support at infoservice@magix.net and ask them for the installer, but I assume that they won't answer or simply say it's out of support because it's an old software from 2013. I also don't

ACID

19 answers, most recent on 1/21/2026

RE: WAVES VST Plug-in inssue

Just to be clear, I do not have Music Maker at all. Just Sound Forge 18 (x64) Yes shkr, I found those 6 exe files, as I stated above. To play it safe, I'll copy-n-paste them... ...from the Sound Forge folder into the Acid Pro 11 (x64) folder (as

SOUND FORGE

11 answers, most recent on 4/14/2026

RE: Welcome window keeps popping up on startup

@mary-o Maybe the activation gets not correctly saved to your computer. Try running Sound Forge once as administrator via a right click on its desktop icon.

SOUND FORGE

6 answers, most recent on 11/5/2025

RE: Playback is slow and fuzzy

Try resetting Sound Forge and clearing the cache. "File> "Reset all preferences and clear cached data". You could also try a different playback device in "Options> Preferences> Audio". MS Sound Mapper, and Windows Classic Wave Driver are

Audio Cleaning Lab

12 answers, most recent on 7/21/2025

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

@Former user If you get Sound Forge Pro Suite with the newest SpectraLayers Pro you basically have the state-of-the-art audio restoration. The audio cleaning tools in Sound Forge Pro itself are ancient. Probably older than in Sound Forge Audio

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

SOUND FORGE

12 answers, most recent on 12/5/2025

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

I scan the plugin in the folder where it was installed but it doesn't appear. Can anyone help? It's amazing that in Sound Forge Audio Cleaning Lab 4 it opens right away.

SOUND FORGE

31 answers, most recent on 4/17/2026

RE: Sound Forge alternatives

Have you looked at audacity? It's free and most options are comparable with Sound Forge.

Music Maker

One answer, on 5/31/2026

RE: Do we have an AI program like ACE or Suno music maker or arrangeger?

@Siah You can try Ace-Step or Heartmula. Both are free and can run locally on your computer, although they have not the same sound quality level as Suno or Ace Studio.

SOUND FORGE

One answer, on 12/3/2025

Sony Sound Forge 9 will not register

Sound Forge 9 was bought and paid for years ago. I've had issues and had to re-register the program multiple times which has always worked in the past. Now it want's me to register the product again but nothing is working. I'm on a windows 11 laptop.

ACID

3 answers, most recent on 4/19/2026

May be there is hope for this program yet....?

Seems that Boris FX now owns VEGAS, SOUND FORGE ... and ACID. If nothing else it'll be interesting.

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 6/4/2026

RE: Is this the end of Sound Forge?

Sound Forge is like a lady that went through divorce 3 times. Now, she's at the 4th marriage, but her new husband doesn't really appreciate her either!

Movie Studio

30 answers, most recent on 9/24/2025

RE: No sound from combined files

When I play "test001.mp4" from the media pool, no sound comes out. Is sound normally output?

SOUND FORGE

2 answers, most recent on 9/2/2025

install Problem

Please Help , I just downloaded the install file link and installed the program but do not see the Sound Forge Icon any where...And also can not find the installed program on my PC of Sound Forge 17