• SOUND FORGE

  16 answers, most recent on 3/21/2025

  [Solved] not saving to mp3 files
  resetting Sound Forge, (File> "Reset all preferences and clear cached data) as suggested by magix support does not work. When will mp3 codec be fixed. This has been a problem for the last 3 versions of sound forge
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 8/8/2025

  RE: MARCACAO NA TIMELINE MUDA DE LUGAR COM ZOOM IN E ZOOM OUT
  @CarlosPinhodeAlmeida-Pinho Você tenta editar um arquivo MP3 já compactado. O MP3 é lido em quadros de dados, então o zoom salta entre os quadros. Você pode habilitar nas configurações do programa Sound Forge a opção de sempre usar proxy para
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, Yesterday

  RE: Soundforge Pro 18 automatically changing the sound of my files
  @Dave_W Don't edit MP3 files. Always convert them to WAV first or enable in the Sound Forge program preferences to proxy compressed file formats. MP3 is used as an end consumer format for playback. My guess is, that editing MP3 files in modern
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 6/24/2025

  [Solved] Audio noise
  When adding voice over or music tracks (MP3) in Movie studio 2025, I get clicks and pops in the video. Have tried audio cleaning to no avail. Any suggestions?
• SOUND FORGE

  2 answers, most recent on 9/24/2024

  RE: [Solved] Time Sync
  @Alejandro-Arango Asegúrese de no utilizar archivos MP3. Debido a su compresión, los archivos MP3 no se pueden leer con precisión de muestra, sino solo de fotogramas. Puede habilitar los formatos de archivos comprimidos en la configuración del
• SOUND FORGE

  13 answers, most recent on 8/8/2025

  RE: Can't register SF-7b even with the key
  The other issue involving no more MP3 activity on one PC is something else.  Try copy/paste the 'mp3plug2' folder files (in 'FileIO Plug-Ins') from one PC to the other.
• SOUND FORGE

  16 answers, most recent on 3/21/2025

  RE: [Solved] not saving to mp3 files
  UPDATE: If you just use save file it reverts back to the newer mp3 codec, you have to use save as
• SOUND FORGE

  16 answers, most recent on 3/21/2025

  RE: not saving to mp3 files
  also for reference when saving the files save as type MP3 Audio (Legacy) (*.mp3)
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  Yes, I rendered from Reaper. And it was the first time I was rendering with live effects on the tracks. So here's the full audio journey: 1) recorded voice artist using Reaper; exported as 44 kHz, 16 bit, mono WAV (have been doing this for maybe 15
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  Actually, correction. I used SF18 to edit the WAVs, but with the new batch converter being terrible, I used SF14's Batch Converter to create the MP3s. Looking into it, this means I used the LAME encoder. Interestingly, I was getting the same results
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  Hi Rick, Just thought I'd pop back here with a few updates: 1) firstly, the last batch of audiobook files I sent the client were fine (phew), but I'm not sure why. I batched them with SF13 or SF14 Batch Converter 2) I bought and installed a new
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  OK, so here's what I've done: 1) in SF18, enabled Legacy MP3 encoder 2) opened a pristine 192 kbps audiobook file that was edited a year ago by someone else 3) selected 1 minute of audio, played it through — no errors 4) ran Trim/Crop just to cut
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 1/14/2025

  [Solved] SF 17
  What is the smallest possible file extension to SAVE AS. Is there anything smaller than MP3? Quality is not important.
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  MP3 conversion glitches
  I've been using various version of SF to convert to MP3 for years without issue. Usually, I was batch converting files for elearning to 128 kbps MP3s. But recently, I had to batch convert some WAVs for an audiobook. The WAVs all meet the ACX
• SOUND FORGE

  16 answers, most recent on 3/21/2025

  RE: not saving to mp3 files
  Hi @Randy-Young and welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community.Are you referring to Sound Forge Pro? I have not seen a MP3 'Save' or 'Save as' dialog like that based on your screen shot. Here is how my MP3 encoder window appears in SFP-18, Win
• Movie Studio

  14 answers, most recent on 3/26/2025

  MP3 imports are being reduced to 4-seconds length + Not playing!
  I have Movie Studio Platinum (2023)When I try adding MP3 files to the timeline, they all get reduced to just 4-seconds duration / Plus even that 4-seconds length file does not play.I have attempted to add various different MP3s :: All encounter this
• Music Maker

  One answer, on 3/22/2025

  Can't drag and drop MP3 file after upgrade
  I have just upgraded Magix Music Maker 2025 Premium to Version 33.1.0.16 and I can't now drag and drop my MP3 files onto the tracks.
• Music Maker

  7 answers, most recent on 4/8/2025

  RE: Hi, program keeps crashing, wont save project.
  HI, program wont export Mp3 and crash......
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  does anyone know if conversion from 44 kHz, 16 bit, mono WAV to 192 kbps MP3 should cause a problem? Hi @Paul-Fegan, what version of SF are you using?The later versions of Sound Forge has a (hidden) option to use the legacy MP3 encoder or the
• SOUND FORGE

  2 answers, most recent on 9/1/2025

  RE: Software is glitching.
  Does this behavior occur with PCM (.wav) file types or just MP3 or other lossy formats? btw, welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community @Robert-Paul
• 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
• SOUND FORGE

  16 answers, most recent on 3/21/2025

  RE: not saving to mp3 files
  fixed the crashing problem and changing Options> Preferences> Internal> ("Activate legacy MP3 plug-in" (Change FALSE to TRUE) seems to have fixed the issue of saving as/to mp3 files. We'll see how it goes and I'll report back.
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  I really do not know. Have you tried enabling the legacy MP3 encoder and trying that? Replacing the "mp3plug2.dll" file in the 'FileIO Plug-Ins' folder may fix the issue, I tried the <.dll> MP3 file from SFP-15 which worked, but I'm not sure
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  Hi Paul, I created a 45 minute, 44.1kHz, 16 bit, 400Hz mono PCM wave test tone file and encoded 192 kps, 44.1k, CBR mono MP3s from that. I encoded directly from the timeline and a second set from the batch converter. I used SFP-18's default MP3