• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 8/27/2025

  RE: Thank You- I downloaded a Trial version - but that did not work for me
  Setting up to 'Record' with Sound Forge can be a little confusing. The desired input must first be selected and set in the Windows sound setting and then the desired 'record device' driver in Sound Forge,. There is also a 'Arm' (record ready)
• Rescue Your Videotapes!

  20 answers, most recent on 11/23/2025

  RE: Windows does not find drivers for the video grabber usb device
  Actually im not sure if the problem is in the driver thing or what because i see the blue screen and some small static sound. the cable is in out mode and all connects should be good. Edit, i see the blue screen and static sound even my vcr is off
• 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
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 1/1/2026

  RE: sound forge 9
  I cannot seem to set up Sound Forge Audio Stuio 9.0 to record anything from the internet. Help!
• 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
• Photostory

  6 answers, most recent on 8/24/2025

  RE: [Solved] "Sound Optimization", disappearing transitions, transition/music issue
  @Robert-Madison Hi With respect to the 'Sound optimization' message need more information in order to help you: Photostory version, your previous topic referred to Photostory Deluxe 2021  Computer specification, see this topic for what is
• MAGIX

  34 answers, most recent on 3/31/2026

  RE: New "owners/developers" of Sequoia, Samplitude and Music Studio.
  @HHM You can automate Sound Forge with scripts, for example in C#. I use this to automatically cut and edit and transform hundreds or thousands of sound effect files. I think this is the standout feature of Sound Forge. @SP Sounds usefull, thanks
• Movie Studio

  30 answers, most recent on 9/24/2025

  No sound from combined files
  I combined several MP4 files using the attached settings, but there is no sound coming out. What should I do?
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 10/24/2025

  RE: SF Pro 14 is erroneously looking for ARA Waves plug-ins
  @joe-patti Waves will probably answer you that they don't support Sound Forge. They have a list of supported software on their website. I think it's caused by a problem with the way Sound Forge handled ARA plugins in the past. I've tested the Sound
• SOUND FORGE

  6 answers, most recent on 11/5/2025

  RE: Playback is slow and fuzzy
  @Dschulman Do you have Sound Forge Pro or Audio Studio?
• SOUND FORGE

  18 answers, most recent on 11/9/2025

  RE: Support Is Non-Existant
  I think Magix only responds to messages about Vegas. Magix abandoned Sound Forge and Acid.
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 12/15/2025

  RE: sound forge 17 wont open
  btw, welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community @Sarah-Lochridge, You could try resetting Sound Forge, which is typically done through the 'File> "Reset all preferences and clear cached data" command which has been known to resolve many
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 3/26/2026

  Automatic Normalization Using Sound Forge 17 on Windows 11
  Is there a way to automatically Normalize a wave file to bring up all the low signals to the Normalized Level?
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 6/8/2026

  RE: MAGIX Video deluxe 2026 Premium-problem
  @Kevin-Williams5715 Kev, what software and version are you using? Post a screenshot of what you're seeing there. It sounds like you just need to adjust the Size-Position-Rotation effect for each object.
• ACID

  267 answers, most recent on 4/2/2026

  RE: Feedback on ACID Bugs
  @Djronrella There was a comment from a Vegas developer some months ago that they never maintained Sound Forge and Acid after they went from Sony to Magix. All new versions were apparently made by the Samplitude team (which now works for Boris FX).
• Movie Studio

  16 answers, most recent on 12/23/2025

  No video only sound
  I have made a project on a win 10 pc and stored on a moveable HDD, when moving the HDD to a win 11pc and opening the project only sound will be played and the videoscreen is black. I can open the same videofile in VLC player and everyting seems to
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 12/29/2025

  1618
  Trying to install SOUND FORGE Audio Studio 17 and this error code appears. 1618. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.
• Music Maker

  One answer, on 12/27/2025

  RE: Free Music Maker
  @RascalRachel Isn't there a shortcut icon on your desktop? It sounds like you simply run the installer again and again.
• Movie Edit Now

  5 answers, most recent on 3/28/2026

  RE: Video Deluxe 2026 Premium - Activating the AC3 5.1 Codec and Other Opt
  @sicreetservis1410 Hi . . . . doesn't allow me to export Dolby Digital 5.1 audio . . . . In addition to @CubeAce comment re using Windows Media (WMV) file format, the AVCHD file export also supports surround sound, when VDL is set up correctly in
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 12/30/2025

  RE: Voiceover Gate zeroes out the audio
  SOUND FORGE Audio Studio 17 and the Gate plugin that is one of the suggested plugins. I am going to screen shot tonight
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 8/12/2025

  RE: Glitches
  @scott-james This can be caused by editing compressed audio files like MP3. It's recommended to convert them to WAV first. If you enable to always proxy compressed audio files in the Sound Forge program preferences, this will be done
• 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
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 10/9/2025

  “ Read only “ appears on all my audio files how do I remove it
  I have sound forge 10.0c running windows 10 I suddenly had all my audio files have read only on them making them not changeable how do i remove the “ read only “ off the files is there a box inside of the sound forge program itself I can uncheck to
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 10/18/2025

  RE: Using m4a files in Sound Forge 11
  The old solution for this was to install QuickTime, then iTunes. This would result in a sub-program - Apple Application Support being installed. This would do the trick for both Sound Forge Pro and Vegas Pro.I recently did a clean install of WIndows