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In November this year, I decided to take up the very attractive upgrade offer from Samplitude 2023 to Samplitude X8, for the price of €29.95.A big miscalculation! In addition to the already eight lost instruments resulting from my 2020 update, it

ACID

7 answers, most recent on 6/29/2024

[Solved] ACID Music Studio 10.0.108 32 bit vs. ACID Music Studio 11 - opinions?

Hello-I have been using ACID Music Studio 10.0.108 32bit (NOT PRO) since I purchased it from Sony. I've used it on Win7Pro, Win10Pro 64 and now Win11Pro 64 -- for Win10 & 11 I run it in Compatibility Mode for Win7. I do voice overs and audio for

Samplitude

2 answers, most recent on 3/9/2025

[Solved] Just Bought Music Studio X8

Wont load Half my Amp sim plugins. ML Soundlabs, JST Amp sims. My Reaper Daw Loads Everything just fine, absolute no problems. Reinstalled X8, but nothing... I get a dry signal when plugin is bypassed. Nothing when plugin is turned on.

Movie Studio

One answer, on 4/3/2024

RE: [Solved] Movie Studio 2024 Platinum fails to open

I uninstalled the program and removed all folders and registry entries related to Magix. I re-installed and it still closed before finishing. I restarted the PC and it worked.

SOUND FORGE

6 answers, most recent on 7/10/2025

RE: [Solved] Music and vocals using Sound Forge Audio Studio?

@Georgios_M I personally think that X8 is a very good music software. Because it has an object oriented workflow, it might be very intuitive to use for beginners. You can cut audio on tracks into individual snippets called audio objects. Each audio

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 4/7/2024

[Solved] Split Tracks like the Old Version

Is there any way to split tracks seamlessly like in the older versions? I don't really edit videos much so i just finally upgraded to 2024 from 13 lol, but i don't like how T splits the tracks in 2024. Is there a way to split it so it doesn't

Music Maker

2 answers, most recent on 5/13/2024

[Solved] I have the same problem with every project I open and play

Every time I open a saved project of mine to play it, the audio is very messed up. It starts wherever the red playback line is and continues, but it carries a first second of audio on non-estop repeat while the normal audio plays. These two things

Xara Designer Pro

2 answers, most recent on 5/8/2024

[Solved] can't close promotional popup

I installed Xara on a Linux machine using "Bottles" (which is a "Wine" wrapper). Installation and registration was successful, but when I open the program I get the "what's new" poppup which I can't remove. Any thoughts? thanks, john

SOUND FORGE

2 answers, most recent on 4/22/2024

[Solved] Why does SF(12) delete half of the music track after I save it!?!?!?!?

I've been trying to edit a couple tracks and every time I save them, SF(12) deletes half the info off the track!! BEYOND FRISTRATING! WHY!?!?!??! and it's only on a couple/few particular tracks in our library.... No matter what I do, it ALWAYS

SOUND FORGE

2 answers, most recent on 11/15/2025

RE: [Solved] Sound forge won't load

@Nathanael-Latham Do you have Sound Forge Audio Studio 17? This installs the Magix Low Latency ASIO audio driver which is an old version of ASIO4ALL. Sound Forge Pro 17 doesn't install it. This old version of ASIO4ALL seems to be incompatible with

Music Maker

2 answers, most recent on 7/9/2024

RE: [Solved] downloaded fine but instillation not progressing in progress box

thank you SP. for some strange reason, after a restart which i just did as i was having trouble with another program, it's now gone from this stage and installing fine. thank you so much for your help thou. Respect

Music Maker

2 answers, most recent on 5/18/2024

RE: [Solved] Music Maker 2024 version 32.1.0.18-problem with drop down menu

I think I may have resolved my own query for now which is not an ideal solution but it at least works. Music Maker for some reason creates this problem when i'm connected to a second monitor, in this case it's an actual TV and not just a second

Music Maker

6 answers, most recent on 9/3/2024

RE: [Solved] soundpools that were purchased no longer exist after upgrade

ok i found the reason the soundpools disappearing... they were put away in another location altogether as it was for the old incarnation of music maker and its little baby brother Music maker Jam - (very fun kit) - But the good news is that i have

Music Maker

2 answers, most recent on 5/15/2025

RE: [Solved] Speaker not recognized

@Robert-Schlosser Music Maker output is determined by the audio driver selected in the program settings, not the standard Windows audio output. You probably need to select an ASIO driver and need to enable your USB speaker as an output in the ASIO

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 2/14/2025

RE: [Solved] Adding a voice-over does not work

@David-Bailey5314 Hi . . . . I cannot add any extra audio through an external microphone. . . .I can use that microphone for dictation in other programs. Windows has 2 options for allowing access to the microphone, one for Windows Apps and one for

Other products

5 answers, most recent on 9/30/2025

RE: [Solved] Independence Pro 3.5

Still didn’t work with those both removed. It’s strange that only the HP pc was affected by this issue not the dell nor the Lenovo PC. To me that suggests as others have said there is a secret setting in HP software control centre. It seems to

SOUND FORGE

2 answers, most recent on 6/19/2024

[Solved] MP3 Encoding Produces Random Garbled Audio - SF16Pro

I'm exporting a Wav file (24bit 48Khz) to MP3 (320bps) via Export > (all options) in Sound Forge 15 Pro Suite Version. Every option produces random garbled scratchy playback (on both Windows Media Player and VLC). I've combed the forum and

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 8/12/2025

RE: [Solved] 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

One answer, on 3/23/2024

[Solved] why does it say I'm Not Logged In as Administrator, when I am?

Does anyone know how to fix this issue? The program won't work until I fix the problem.

Movie Studio

12 answers, most recent on 3/26/2024

RE: [Solved] Is there a way to download any bug fixes for Movie Studio 2023?

@Fred-Hoeser Hi . . . . Would an Intel Core i5 14500 2.6 GHz 14 core processor be decent for Movie Studio or should I opt for an i7? . . . . The performance difference is, IMHO, marginal when it comes to video editing. It all depends on if you want

Samplitude

One answer, on 4/4/2024

[Solved] Does Pro X1 support ARA plug-in format for Spectral Layers Pro?

Once I confirm here https://forums.steinberg.net/c/spectralayers/12 that Spectral Layers Pro (SLP) plug-in can repair my mono and stereo files, I would like to use it with Samplitude. Long ago I was gifted Pro X1, which I've enjoyed using primarily

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 6/24/2024

[Solved] Installation Issue

I am having this issue during install, I have check the registry and confirmed that this PC has permissions but still wont insstall

Movie Studio

16 answers, most recent on 10/7/2024

[Solved] Mpeg2 activation failed.

Hi, here I am again with yet another problem with the new upgrade to movie studio suite 2025. mpeg2 activation fails it says repeat the procedure with admin rights. This is my computer and I have admin rights.

Music Maker

6 answers, most recent on 8/10/2024

[Solved] Question about commercial use and selling of music made with VST's

Ok so my question is, If I bought VST's and made music of my own with them, no magix sound effect, or video or Loops. Just my own sound using the VST's and midi instruments plugged into my computer. Am I still restricted from selling my music