• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 9/20/2025

  RE: [Solved] 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
• SOUND FORGE

  15 answers, most recent on 1/2/2026

  RE: [Solved] mouse won't click properly in sf 18 waveform
  @jim-atkinson I assume you try to edit compressed audio files, for example MP3 files. Enable to always proxy compressed audio files in the program preferences.
• 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

  6 answers, most recent on 10/1/2025

  RE: Vinyl record and restore
  @Greg-Gordon Looks good so far. Stereo audio with 16 Bit, 44.1 kHz. In which directory are you trying to save your MP3? What are your MP3 settings? Can you show us also a screenshot of your export dialog?
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 9/20/2025

  RE: Soundforge Pro 18 automatically changing the sound of my files
  editing MP3 files in modern versions of Sound Forge might have changed and it handles them differently compared to old versions, so you'll encounter problems like audio glitches +11 to what @SP. stated!If you are editing MP3s or other lossy formats,
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 9/20/2025

  RE: Soundforge Pro 18 automatically changing the sound of my files
  editing MP3 files in modern versions of Sound Forge might have changed and it handles them differently compared to old versions, so you'll encounter problems like audio glitches +11 to what @SP. stated!If you are editing MP3s or other lossy
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 11/21/2025

  RE: Sound Forge 17 not loading on Windows 11
  Hi @Justin-Brummer you can try resetting Sound Forge and clearing the cache. 'File> "Reset all preferences and clear cached data" I do not think the 'Proxy compressed formats' setting affects encoding, though it often resolves MP3 playback
• 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?
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 11/29/2025

  RE: Audio conversion math errors?
  @Karl-Diez Hi In addition to @browj2 's comment, I would advise you not to use mp3 for video editing where there is a need for synchronisation to the video. MP3's are a compressed 'final product' audio format and suffer from going out of sync when
• 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

  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

  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

  4 answers, most recent on 9/20/2025

  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
• 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

  8 answers, most recent on 11/21/2025

  RE: Sound Forge 17 not loading on Windows 11
  I did a test in saving in WAV, and it works. It will not work in saving as an MP3. Any thought on how to resolve this?
• 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

  6 answers, most recent on 11/5/2025

  RE: Playback is slow and fuzzy
  Does this occer with PCM wav files as well as MP3? SP: There is no Audio Studio version of SF-18
• 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
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 11/29/2025

  Audio conversion math errors?
  I record live shows multi-track using a Mackie DL32R. I import the raw tracks to Pro tools in my studio for mixing. The mix is saved as .mp3 and .wav files. When I import the audio .mp3 to Magix, align the start of each wave forms, the files no
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 1/20/2026

  RE: Clicks and pops playing audio and audio exported in Sound Forge 17
  Strange thing is that it seems to be a tweak for slow computers that cant decompress in real time the compressed audio audio This has been an issue for many folks. I am not sure the amount of RAM memory has much to do with it since many users have
• ACID

  No answers, created on 11/25/2025

  Mix down file size - Acid Music 9.0 compared to Acid Music 11.0
  Hi, I have upgraded from Acid Music 9.0 to 11.0. I have noticed that when I mix down my tracks to stereo (using Render As), the file I get has more gigabytes than the mix down from Acid Music 9.0. I usually mix down to mp3. Still the disparity is
• 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