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@Andrew-Rizko An error message like "it's already registered" comes up, if you enter a different e-mail address than the one Sound Forge is registered to. Have you made sure you entered the correct e-mail address?

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163 answers, most recent 3 hours ago

RE: Magix support has not responded to support tickets for months

So Magix doesn't get any money for their product that Walmart sold? On Walmart it says sold by MAGIX, check it out.

SOUND FORGE

77 answers, most recent on 2/4/2026

RE: SFPro continually crashes - versions 14-18

So that I can continue with what I'm trying to do, I save that region (or try to, sometimes it take a few attempts before I can save it), I'll save the region as it's own file (sound1.wav). Then I'll go into that file and mix the two album "sides"

SOUND FORGE

5 answers, most recent on 3/31/2025

How to record live PC stream (what you hear) using Sound Forge Pro 11?

Just changed PC (both HP) and while I had been recording for years live PC stream using Sound Forge Pro 11 with my old PC, I have a problem when trying to do so with the new one. When I arm or start the recording, the sound is instantly altered with

SOUND FORGE

8 answers, most recent on 3/31/2026

RE: Wave Hammer - Sound Forge 18

@rraud What will they f__ up next? If there is a next.. Since today Sound Forge is listed as a new app in the Boris FX Hub (as is Vegas). If they took the software over from Magix we might finally get some updates in the near future.

SOUND FORGE

77 answers, most recent on 2/4/2026

RE: SFPro continually crashes - versions 14-18

Jumping in here as I'm having much the same issue. I got a new Geekom IT15 mini PC with Windows 11 and installed Sound Forge Pro 18 on it. Like Steve, one of my tasks is recording audio from my turntable to the PC - sending the audio into the phono

SOUND FORGE

7 answers, most recent on 4/2/2026

RE: soundforge 17 error

Hi @Frederick-Hicklin, are you downloading the MP3 to your PC and then opening the file in Sound Forge? Does the same behavior happen with PCM (wave) files?You could try enabling 'Always proxy compressed formats'. in the "Options> Preferences>

SOUND FORGE

3 answers, most recent on 10/18/2025

Using m4a files in Sound Forge 11

Good afternoon, I'm unable to import files with the m4a extension. I'm using Sound Forge 11 and I'm unable to add m4a files to edit them. Could you help me with a solution?

SOUND FORGE

5 answers, most recent on 6/26/2025

RE: Hammer Plugin

Where was Sound Forge 12.6 purchased? AFAIK, only current versions of Magix software can be purchased directly. Sound Forge 12 (Audio Studio and Pro) was the first Magix version and was published in 2016 after the acquisition from SCS (Sony). SF

Music Maker

2 answers, most recent on 6/14/2024

[Solved] Shop Vst files

Have purchase a few vst files from the music maker shop ..ie Centry Guitars,Electric bass, Lead synth just to name a couple. After upgrading pc and reinstalling windows 10 from scratch I can no longer install the vst ....all sound pools load correct

SOUND FORGE

One answer, on 1/15/2026

RE: VU monitoring of record levels while muting monitoring of recording

Hi @Paul-McKinney, "View> Record Options"The Sound Forge 'Record' UI was changed in SF-11 and basically remains.FWIW, the 'Remote record' feature was removed at some point after Magix's acquisition, but was brought back on a subsequent build.

SOUND FORGE

11 answers, most recent on 5/10/2025

RE: SF 18 Pro Trial Crashing

@ItsMeTho In case sfk files get modified during file editing, you might lose the waveform graphics, but maybe this also makes the program unstable, but that's just a guess from me. Makes no sense that the Reliability Monitor isn't showing any

Off topic

One answer, on 10/25/2024

[Closed] Handshake

I am Sound Designer and Producer sound.doctrine

Movie Studio

46 answers, most recent on 4/10/2025

RE: Stereo not supported - burning disc

@BrenyC HI Brendan . . . . doesn't seem to be able to download additional content . . . . downloading the audio expansion pack . . . . These are two different downloads, by 'additional' content I assumed you were referring to the Extra content which

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 4/20/2024

[Solved] Saved video plays at half speed, sound is normal speed

When I export a video and play it, the video plays back at half speed while the audio plays at regular speed. I just purchased this software today, and outside of looking through all the settings to see if I could find a reason for this, I have not

SOUND FORGE

6 answers, most recent on 3/14/2026

RE: Missing dll file

Sound Forge (9.0e and CD Architect neither one will send a Activation code!! the Serial #s are registered to me from new. I have been trying for m6 plus months and none suggested instructions work. Please advise and dont just blow me off,. Cheers

SOUND FORGE

31 answers, most recent on 4/17/2026

RE: Sound Forge alternatives

I have just uninstalled Sound Forge and have jumped to Acoustica. I also have had SF since version 3. I can't deal with the continued instabilitiy when other similar tools are robust.Just paid the license and uninstalled SF :( .. that's 25+ years of

SOUND FORGE

14 answers, most recent on 8/29/2025

[Solved] where is spectralayers pro??

I just purchased Sound Forge Pro 17 Suite. I decided to go with the Suite version because it said SpectraLayers Pro 10 is included. But I cannot find it anywhere. During the installation process, Melodyne was installed (also included with the Suite

Audio Cleaning Lab

7 answers, most recent on 5/5/2026

RE: Dolby Noise Reduction system

It seems to be working well in combination with the Cleaning function. Sounds good for a 50 year old tape.

SOUND FORGE

9 answers, most recent on 11/25/2025

RE: Sound Forge

@Andrew-Rizko Try this: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/activation-of-sony-creative-software-era-applications--149297/I was re-doing hard drives, that's where my troubles started. Went to a cloned back-up and got the plug-in (Noise

SOUND FORGE

30 answers, most recent on 1/29/2025

Removing of Back Ground Sound

I am not new To Vegas Pr but I have never used Sound Forge yet I do sit with Sound Forge Pro 18 and Vegas Pro 22 I want to know if you can remove background noise like a Fan running in the background Ext. I know you can do it with "Audacity" but why

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

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 7/9/2023

RE: [Solved] Sound Forge 11 Windows 11 errors

@3D87C4 Hi . . . . video itself is a 4K, profile oriented, cell phone clip . . . . If the video encoding format is h.265 (HEVC) then this is not suopported by Sound Forge 11, the video will have to be converted to a supported format - AVI, WMV, MOV,