• Music Maker

  7 answers, most recent on 2/22/2026

  RE: LOST SOUND POOLS AND LOOPS
  @ed-malone I'm pretty sure that Music Maker 2021 can no longer connect to the servers. That's why you need to install version 2024. And it's not necessary to enter the P3 number again. Logging in is enough.
• Audio Cleaning Lab

  2 answers, most recent on 11/30/2025

  RE: cannot active audio cleaning lab
  @Former user So, do I understand it correctly that the program was installed? And you are how at the activation screen? It could help if you temporarily disable the Windows Defender firewall.
• Movie Studio

  31 answers, most recent on 4/16/2026

  RE: Video deluxe 2026
  @johnebaker @AAProds I've been looking at this LUTs thing with a bit more enthusiasm and I've found references in the Registry to LUTPresets in Photostory. I purchased Photostory a few years ago for the Boris plugin being offered. I loaded in PS
• Rescue Your Videotapes!

  21 answers, most recent on 3/2/2026

  RE: what are correct driver(s) for the "video grabber" K0065 for win11?
  @John-Wurm Magix released updated drivers for Windows 10 a few years ago, but I don't know if they also work with Windows 11. The links are here: Video Converter Premium – Download drivers: https://my.hidrive.com/lnk/FCAqGVxG   Video Converter Red
• SOUND FORGE

  7 answers, most recent on 3/13/2026

  RE: Sound Forge Audio Studio 17
  @Rod-Devonshire Perhaps there are some left over folders from the previous install that I need to delete  That is almost certainly correct, unfortunately! As a first step to try to resolve this I would suggest reading and following the M$ advice on
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 4/27/2026

  RE: Sound Forge 9.0 reg not working on a new PC
  @Tim-Threlfall To my understanding you need to download the installer from your Magix customer account and then need to create an activation code in your account settings. Details can be read
• ACID

  9 answers, most recent on 11/25/2024

  RE: Install Error -2147163964
  @Ayo You need to uninstall the 2013 C++ Redistributables. For some reason the installer cannot continue if they are already on your computer. The installer will install them again. I deleted the 32 & 64 Bit Redistributable and let the installer
• Music Maker

  12 answers, most recent on 1/30/2024

  RE: [Solved] unable to start program as it insists I have already registered and wi
  Support thought it was due to an old copy of Music Maker on my system, so I carefully removed all traces of MAGIX. Then I installed from a new link they sent me and all worked OK.
• SOUND FORGE

  9 answers, most recent on 1/21/2025

  RE: Cannot get Sound Forge Audio Studio 16 to launch
  It seems to me this may already be solved! any case do what the error is telling you to do. Maybe not in those exact words uninstall what has installed and then reboot the machine and install as administrator by right clicking the installer.
• Video Pro X

  46 answers, most recent on 5/14/2025

  RE: VPX16 plays Sony XAVC with no sound
  @Can-Dive Hi . . . . There appears to be a negative view regarding K-lite. I'm personally indifferent. I never needed it and only installed it now to try and solve this issue. . . . . There are very good reasons why K-Lite receives negative views,
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 11/22/2025

  my soung forge not be activate
  I have a problem with installing my version of Sound Forge 9, the program does not want to activate even though I have the appropriate key
• Samplitude

  5 answers, most recent on 4/1/2025

  [Solved] problem with volume control for virtual instruments
  Samplitude Music Studio 2023, running on Windows 11. I've run into this problem a couple of times now in my current project - if I use the track volume slider to lower the volume on a track with a virtual instrument, even just by a little bit, the
• Photostory

  20 answers, most recent on 2/28/2026

  RE: Photostory 2026, "RC String 8875 not found"
  @David-Robinson5527 As far as I can remember this is the first occasion on which this specific error message has ever been seen. A quick Google search on it returns the only result as this thread (!) so no help there either. I've just checked my
• Music Maker

  15 answers, most recent on 4/7/2026

  RE: installation failed
  These two methods do not work. I uninstalled both versions of Magix Music Maker and reinstalled only version 32.1.0.18 and everything works perfectly without any problems. Later I tried to install version 34.0.0.6 again and I got the same result,
• SOUND FORGE

  10 answers, most recent on 2/17/2025

  RE: Can SF 7 be uninstalled and reinstalled?
  As I recall @bzan, early versions of SF had to be installed from a disc (or virtual disc) which 'asked' for the activation serial during installation. All versions need a serial code entered in one way or another. I am not sure if SF-7 activation
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 8/15/2023

  RE: [Solved] Sound Forge Ads
  @sforgerFX First of all, you installed this tool during installation by setting a checkmark either to install all additional software or by setting a checkmark to install the Update Notifier. You can now either disable the Update Notifier in the
• Video Pro X

  4 answers, most recent on 5/23/2024

  [Solved] Purchased Magix Store audio (ogg) files not found
  Hello is there any fix to this recurring issue on Video Pro X (16 & older) that when a project is loaded with Magix store content could not be found YET it is in the path that it was originally installed in AND present! I thought the current
• Photostory

  3 answers, most recent on 3/19/2026

  RE: Photostory Deluxe 2026 & Photo Manager Deluxe – Installer crashes imme
  @Frans-Aarts Hi . . . . run the installer, a window briefly appears on screen and then immediately disappears . . . . Check your Antivirus software is not blocking the installer running or connecting to the Internet, you may need to turn off the
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 4/10/2026

  RE: cant download extra content
  Its 2026 video deluxe. when Installed the program they said I could download extra content later. I cant use color in my texts or any other effect. It says in help menu I can activate and download content. But having issues with the rest.
• SOUND FORGE

  9 answers, most recent on 5/7/2025

  RE: Sound Forge Pro 18 failed to install Noise Reduction
  Yes, everything is there. I think I was just confused by the pop-up message during the install that said I needed to uninstall my previous version of noise reduction (given that this is a new pc). I have everything installed and working. I
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 9/22/2025

  RE: Updates to Video Deluxe 2026
  @bjtap I've just checked on my installation of VdL 2026 Premium and "No Updates Found". JeffForum Moderator
• SOUND FORGE

  29 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: SF 11 refuses to start, even full re install
  @daniel-DIAZ2990 Hi . . . . after a clean reinstall, SF11 . . . . Did you use the Sony or the newer Magix installer? If the Sony installer then it will be trying to contact registration servers that no longer exist. In your account at magix.com log
• SOUND FORGE

  7 answers, most recent on 3/12/2026

  RE: RX VST Plugin Issues
  And now it is working in SF16. I have no idea how it is working now, but wasn't a second ago. My best guess is installing and trying SF18 fixed/changed something so it can work now. Anyway, thanks for the help and ideas.
• Off topic

  One answer, on 5/17/2025

  [Solved] How practical is keeping your editing machine Offline?
  Hi Gang I did quite a bit of editing on older Mac Desktops (and) PC's 20 years ago. Not everyone will agree here, but I found (as long as the applications were all up to date), the main editing machine, (offline), never became vulnerable to slow