• Music Maker

  8 answers, most recent on 10/6/2024

  VST Plug-in Editor
  How do I open it?
• SOUND FORGE

  2 answers, most recent on 4/26/2025

  Apply a VST plug-in while recording?
  Hi, I've been using Sound Forge for about 25 years for voiceover recording. I just upgraded to Sound Forge Pro 18.0.0, Build 21, and I'm trying to figure out how to apply a plug-in as I'm recording. Is this possible, and does anyone have any hints
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 2/25/2026

  RE: Sound Forge Audio Studio works incorrect with VST3 plugins
  I tested SFAS 17 with plugin scan files taken from Music Maker 2026. Yes, the program recognized all plugins, but not all of them agreed to work correctly. If anyone is interested, I will now describe the results of my tests. The program acts
• ACID

  7 answers, most recent on 9/22/2025

  RE: Waves L3 Multi- & Ultramaximizer V16 can't be added, but visible
  @NickHarvey, @SP. Waves 16 plug-ins (including L3 Multimaximizer/Ultramaximizer) open in Acid Pro 11 (11.0.2 - Build 21) for me, along with all other plug-ins I have installed. I have updated the four / six audio_plugin_*_server* files in the
• ACID

  3 answers, most recent on 11/17/2025

  RE: waves 16 plugins cannot be added to chain
  @Tinus72, @SP. Waves 16 plug-ins open in Acid Pro 11 for me, along with all other plug-ins I have installed. I have updated the four / six audio_plugin_*_server* files, so this maybe the solution, as suggested in another post (@SP may remember the
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 10/24/2025

  RE: SF Pro 14 is erroneously looking for ARA Waves plug-ins
  Indeed, Waves doesn't support SF any longer. They used to, but no longer. That said, they did provide some things to try. But nothing worked. I did send a message to Magix support, but have yet to hear back from a real person. Only an AI bot with a
• Music Maker

  8 answers, most recent on 10/6/2024

  RE: VST Plug-in Editor
  "The VST Plug-in Editor can be opened by right-clicking on the instrument's name in the MIDI Editor, via the corresponding plug-in slot in the Mixer, or via the "VST Instruments Editor" entry in the instrument list." Pg. 74, Magix Music Maker, 2022
• Music Maker

  8 answers, most recent on 10/6/2024

  RE: VST Plug-in Editor
  This is what it says in the Music Maker manual: "The VST Plug-in Editor can be opened by right-clicking on the instrument's name in the MIDI Editor, via the corresponding plug-in slot in the Mixer, or via the "VST Instruments Editor" entry in the
• SOUND FORGE

  29 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: SF 11 refuses to start, even full re install
  Hi @daniel-DIAZ2990, If you currently need Sound Forge to work, consider upgrading to SF-18 .The UI is basically the same as SF-11 and you will not have to learn new software and your SF-11 DX and VST plug-ins will work as well. You can also get the
• Music Maker

  20 answers, most recent on 1/28/2026

  RE: Music Maker update 33.1.1.19
  Hello David I don't know if you have figured out your problem as of this message try your hand at this. Make sure they are in the path (C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3) folder. Then go to magix menu bar and select settings, look for the Add VST
• ACID

  4 answers, most recent on 3/6/2024

  [Solved] Rendering
  Trying to render a song I created on ACID Pro 11 but keep getting the following error: Plug-in: 'AM-Munition_VST' failed to load.  Please make sure the plug-in is properly installed.Plug-in: 'eFX_Reverb_VST' failed to load.  Please make sure the
• SOUND FORGE

  9 answers, most recent on 5/7/2025

  RE: Sound Forge Pro 18 failed to install Noise Reduction
  Does it work @David-Rees?The Noise Reduction Pack tools (Noise Reduction, Clipped Peak Restore, Click & Crackle Remove) should be available in the SF Pro 'Tools' menu and can be added to 'Fx Favorites' using the "View> Plug-in manager"FYI,
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 5/25/2024

  RE: LoudMax VST3
  All the third-party VST plug-ins (32/64, VST 2 / 3) revert back to the (useless) defaults when the plug-in is closed and reopened, the preset used does not matter. It sucks,SF 16 and 17 were f----d up as well..32 bit third-party VST-2 plugs were
• SOUND FORGE

  5 answers, most recent on 11/30/2025

  RE: Lost trust in SF.
  I mostly use SFP-15, SF-16 & 17 could not display my irreplaceable 32 bit third-party VST-2 plug-in's UI properly, which was basically resolved for the most part in SFP-18. The legacy FS peak meter was changed in SF-16 and removed all together
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 5/1/2025

  RE: snapping
  There should be is a blue box at the far left of the items that that enabled. See the screen-shot.. I have Enable, Snap to Event, Edge and Zero Crossings selected, Grid and Markers are disabled.. IMO it would be nice if the boxes were more
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 9/25/2024

  RE: Custom preset transfer?
  The old SCS Preset Manager 2.0 functions in Win 10 and I use it frequently for saving and transferring chains from one PC to another. The chains can contain both Direct X and VST plug-ins. Individual VST presets can be copy/pasted directly w/o PM.
• Samplitude

  7 answers, most recent on 3/31/2026

  RE: CC control of VST within Samplitude Pro X7
  @terra3 That plug-in actually has two methods of 'easy learn' and neither I could get to work within Samplitude I'm not exactly sure what you mean. Please provide screenshots. I'm talking about this here: Yes, that is what I'm talking about. The
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 4/20/2025

  RE: Sound Forge Upgrade
  Sound Forge 2 ????? Typo ??????Direct X presets and Fx chains can be saved/moved/restored using the legacy Sony Preset Manager 2.0. Alternately, you could copy registry entries and files from the Appdata system folder but the free PM2 is
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 1/16/2025

  RE: Bring Forward Distortion Effect in Sound Forge AudioStudio 17
  I am sure there are some free (or otherwise) VST (2 or 3) plug-ins available. They may be called, 'Exciter' or 'Character' though. I am not familiar with the SF-12 "Bring Forward" effect. Sound Forge 12 Audio Studio was a unique one-time build.
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 5/1/2025

  RE: snapping
  I just shut down Sound Forge for the night but will look for the little blue squares tomorrow. I clicked on them several times and didn't spot a difference. I wound up just zooming in and clicking a spot that obviously weren't zero crossings while
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 11/24/2024

  RE: Install XFX 1&2 Plugins both 64bit and 32Bit
  Hi @CaptainCarl, I am not aware of a x86 (32 bit) version of Sound Forge Pro 18. All the previous Magix versions had both x32 and x86 though. If both were installed (on the same PC) they shared a lot of the settings and did not count as an
• Music Maker

  157 answers, most recent on 12/30/2025

  RE: Wishlist for the next Music Maker!
  1. The Drum Engine VST Instrument needs to be revamped. More variety of percussion sounds, rather than muliple pads with the same basic sounds just programmed differently. Also, allow panning of individual sounds within one pattern. As a comparison,
• Samplitude

  30 answers, most recent on 7/10/2025

  RE: Samplitude Music Studio X8 - suddenly crashing
  @Steven-Wood I did notice that in the the VST/ReWire section of System Preferences that the Plug In Buffer preset box was blank, and there is an option to select Default (Best peformance), so was wondering whether this might be part of the
• SOUND FORGE

  28 answers, most recent on 1/27/2025

  RE: INSTALLING LEGACY PLUG-INS
  Yes, I just went through a complete re-install of Windows. You could be on to something. But, it's not causing issues on the other computer from One Drive. I un-installed E-License Control and Steinberg and now it is working fine. I can use my