• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 3/23/2026

  RE: What alternatives to Sound Forge exist?
  Alternatives to Sound Forge were recently discussed in this recent topic:https://www.magix.info/us/forum/sound-forge-alternatives--1351077/#ca2000332 My alternate is to use an earlier version of Sound Forge that works with the specific plug-in
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 5/19/2026

  [Solved] That old chestnut - Quicktime
  Greetings, For years now, I've been using Quicktime Alternative 1.8.1 mainly because I occasionally use MPEG Streamclip which requires it and MS2025 works with it. During a bout of certifiable stupidity I uninstalled Qalternative. "Oops" I thought,
• Music Maker

  One answer, on 12/6/2025

  RE: [Solved] Registration has deactivated
  @Jim-Starzky Music Maker EDM Edition is Music Maker Free + EDM Soundpools. It's technically correct, you have the Free Edition. In case you want a Premium Edition, there is currently a Humble Bundle with Vegas Pro 22, Sound Forge Pro 17 and Music
• Movie Studio

  46 answers, most recent on 1/28/2026

  RE: BEWARE Latest Nvidia GTX 591.44 Drivers
  @Marc-Goder @johnebaker @vdl-user-v19 @me_again I wonder if this has anything to do with Nvidia not liking HEVC charging fees while AV1 is a free alternative / replacement?
• Photostory

  6 answers, most recent on 8/24/2025

  RE: "Sound Optimization", disappearing transitions, transition/music issue
  I do know it was all with Flexible Crossfade, but I didn't try any alternatives before burning the slideshow (despite the two missing transitions).
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 3/23/2026

  What alternatives to Sound Forge exist?
  SF in Audio Studio version is a very convenient and functional editing and mastering program. With useful tools, good and accurate visualization. But it does not always work correctly with VST-plugins.Audacity is even worse for working with plugins,
• Movie Studio

  12 answers, most recent on 11/15/2025

  RE: Speech to text
    Another alternative is to upload your video to YouTube, keep it unlisted, and YouTube will provide a transcript for free that you can download. John CB Wow!!! Wish I'd known that!!!!!!!  
• MAGIX

  34 answers, most recent on 3/31/2026

  RE: New "owners/developers" of Sequoia, Samplitude and Music Studio.
  @emmrecs I think it's the right move. Especially that they took over the old team. The alternative would have been becoming a zombie application like Acid or Sound Forge.
• SOUND FORGE

  2 answers, most recent on 9/1/2025

  RE: Software is glitching.
  @Robert-Paul Is there an option under the file menu to reset the program settings? Alternatively, keep holding CTRL and SHIFT and start Sound Forge, this should bring up a window where you can reset the program settings.
• SOUND FORGE

  31 answers, most recent on 4/17/2026

  RE: Sound Forge alternatives
  When I posed my question to ChatGPT, it recommended 1) Steinberg Wavelab Pro, Adobe Audition, and Acon Digital Acoustica Premium .  For client work its important to me that its a robust application that's professional, popular (not going to go away)
• ACID

  3 answers, most recent on 8/30/2025

  RE: Acid Music Studio 10 - Cannot Register on New PC
  @brandon-e Visit Magix.com and log in with your old Sony e-mail address and password. This should work. Then you can download the installer from your customer account. Alternatively, this might also work:
• SOUND FORGE

  15 answers, most recent on 3/29/2026

  RE: Error Message -24
  Hi, sorry for posting that personal information. I am not holding out much hope that tech support will actually answer my emails so I will leave the software and try alternatives outside of magix brand for now. Thank you all for your help, M  
• MAGIX

  34 answers, most recent on 3/31/2026

  RE: New "owners/developers" of Sequoia, Samplitude and Music Studio.
  @emmrecs I think it's the right move. Especially that they took over the old team. The alternative would have been becoming a zombie application like Acid or Sound Forge. And how about Vegas Pro ,.. is that a Zombie or a Deadend to ?
• Video Pro X

  One answer, on 2/15/2026

  Topic: Karaoke Support for Arabic Text in Magix Video Pro X17
  Hello,I would like to know if it's possible to use the karaoke feature with Arabic lyrics in Magix Video Pro X17. I tried using "Speech-to-Text," but I couldn’t find Arabic language support. Is there a way to import Arabic lyrics or add them
• Movie Studio

  9 answers, most recent on 5/28/2026

  RE: Split video in to separete frames
  @badbob Hi There is an alternate method of achieving images stabilisation without separating the movie in to individual frames or using a 3rd party stabilisation effect. The method here was developed by another forum member, @K-Wood back in 2022 and
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 12/5/2025

  RE: [Solved] Codec Magix
  @Daniel-Richardet Bienvenue sur les forums d'entraide Magix. Ce forum n'est pas un moyen de contacter l'équipe Magix et les données confidentielles, telles que vos numéros de commande et de série, ne doivent en aucun cas y être publiées. C'est
• 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
• Off topic

  160 answers, most recent 6 hours ago

  RE: Magix support has not responded to support tickets for months
  MAGIX appears to have absolutely no support. No replies other than a bot answer that is no help at all.Their web site is a mess too. Trying to find the page to upgrade to the next version, beyond what I own, was an Easter egg hunt. They don’t even
• SOUND FORGE

  31 answers, most recent on 4/17/2026

  RE: Sound Forge alternatives
  @David-Rees Magix support was usually good until they were sold to new owners at the beginning of 2025. In summer 2025 they introduced their AI bot customer support and over the last three months they basically stopped answering support tickets.
• Photostory

  One answer, on 9/11/2025

  RE: Photo files
  @Robertr238 Hi HEIC is not a supported format. The images need to be convverted to a supported format eg JPG. The iPhone should have an app already installed or available from the Apple store for the conversion and possible colour
• Music Maker

  8 answers, most recent on 1/3/2026

  RE: GETTING SCATTERED PROGRAM SCREENS WHEN STARTING MUSIC MAKER! WHY?
  @joseph-paz These are user to user forums, not any contact for Magix Support staff. And confidential data, like your email address should never be posted here. Hence I have edited your post. As to the problem of not having received the CDs you
• Audio Cleaning Lab

  7 answers, most recent on 5/5/2026

  RE: [Solved] Dolby Noise Reduction system
  @Baseball-Man-79 Hi . . . .  I was told that the music just sounds overly bright and decreasing the treble will reverse most of the Dolby effect. Is this true? . . . Partially, the reduction in treble would give an approximation of the true Dolby
• Movie Studio

  12 answers, most recent on 12/22/2025

  RE: SPLIT WHILE PLAYING WITH LETTER T
  @Aamer-Bader Hi . . . . while running the video T key isnt cutting the video - pls guide what to do . . . . As you have already been advised cutting, while playing the video, using the T key is not possible. If you do not provide answers to the
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 7/2/2025

  RE: How to transfer to a new lap top
  With the SCS (Sony) versions there was an undetermined number of activations you could have on one license. With the Magix versions, you can activate Sound Forge on only two (2) PCs simultaneously. Anything beyond two, one would need to be