• SOUND FORGE

  5 answers, most recent on 2/14/2025

  SF 7.0 now wants me to register for mp3
  I have used SF 7 for years because its best for close editing (I am a podcaster and radio journalist). Suddenly now, when I want to save a file as an MP3, I am told that my MP3 limit has been reached, and I have to register. I tried, but the online
• Movie Studio

  14 answers, most recent on 3/26/2025

  RE: MP3 imports are being reduced to 4-seconds length + Not playing!
  @Apollo89x Hi Was the addition of MP3's working before, and is now doing this? If so, what changed on the computer, eg Windows update, different computer etc? A MediaInfo analysis if one of the MP3's would help? John EBForum Moderator
• 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 I have Soundforge pro X64 and it plays .wav files slow and fuzzy also. This just started occurring and it is frustrating  
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  @Paul-Fegan If you open the Sound Forge program preferences while holding the SHIFT key, there will be an additional Internal tab available. There you should be able to activate the legacy MP3 encoder. This one might work better.
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  The lengths vary, Rick. They could be as little as a few seconds (opening credits) to just over an hour (a long chapter). I exported the recorded audio as WAV from REAPER (been doing that for years and nothing's changed on that end) and then edited
• Movie Studio

  14 answers, most recent on 3/26/2025

  RE: MP3 imports are being reduced to 4-seconds length + Not playing!
  @Apollo89x Hi From the mediaInfo data:- . . . . . mp3 . . AAC LC . . . . AAC encoded audio in a MP3 container format is a 'non standard' combination, hence the issue you are having For the MP3 container file, the supported audio encoding formats are
• Movie Studio

  14 answers, most recent on 3/26/2025

  RE: MP3 imports are being reduced to 4-seconds length + Not playing!
  Have added the Media Info below.(They are songs I have downloaded off Youtube via downloader-tool extensions | Extracting (*converting) the video into MP3 format automatically during download)________________ GeneralComplete
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 12/4/2025

  RE: Corrupted Audio
  @MatthewEverett-Gates Hi . . . . problem starts (indeed dense video effects and 4 layers + audio) . . . . Do you get a short chirp of 'clicks' or, for want of a better description, a quick 'brr' . What is the sample rate for the audio portions of
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 4/29/2025

  How Good it works
  Hi, I am an avid user of Sound Forge for editing and changing musical format from wave files to MP3 format.
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 12/23/2024

  RE: AVI - Lagarith with MP3 audio
  @me_again LAGS+MP3 backup of a DVD! I'll need two cups of tea to digest that one! I don't know the answer but MediaInfo probably doesn't tell the whole story. @CubeAce Ray, I don't have WMP on my Win 11 machine and Magix imports various MP3s without
• Music Maker

  One answer, on 2/25/2025

  exporting to mp3/mixdown
  Wondering if someone can help me with music maker premium 2025, It was working with no problem before but now when I wanted to export my tracks to mp3, for some reason it just freezes! It's driving me crazy, trying to find a work around, I've even
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 6/9/2025

  Can't find where Magix places my "Text" files
  I have a folder where I keep most of my objects, IE, mp4, wav, mp3, files, for my project, I would like to put all my text files there too, but I don't know where Magix stores the text files.
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 9/6/2024

  RE: Sound Forge 10 Save/Export distortion!
  Welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community @Mif. A fianging type sound is usually an artifact of a very low bit rate MP3. Encode MP3s at a minimum of 128 kbs or higher (320 kbs is the maximum MP3 bit rate). That said, It is best to save new
• SOUND FORGE

  16 answers, most recent on 3/21/2025

  RE: not saving to mp3 files
  after changing Options> Preferences> Internal> ("Activate legacy MP3 plug-in" (Change FALSE to TRUE) sound forge 18 crashes when opening
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 6/10/2025

  RE: Syncing 2 audio files!?!?
  converted them both into MP3s, still can't line them up perfectly. FYI the audio tracks are NOT identical, 1 has vocals, the other is stripped of the vocals. other than that they're identical.
• 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
• Movie Studio

  14 answers, most recent on 3/26/2025

  RE: MP3 imports are being reduced to 4-seconds length + Not playing!
  I haven't ever tested MP3s in MEP before (as never had the need).MP4s always worked though.I haven't downloaded any updates / Nor made any changes to any settings. 
• SOUND FORGE

  5 answers, most recent on 6/17/2025

  RE: Short bursts of static
  If this is occurring with MP3 and other lossy formats, try enabling "Always proxy compressed formats" in the 'Options> Preferences> General' menu. btw, welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community @Pat-DeLaquil.
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 6/10/2025

  RE: Syncing 2 audio files!?!?
  @nhong-xiong Try selecting both audio tracks & right click Align ,,. tried it, it threw them outta alignment even more!? does it make a difference if it is a Mp4 file (both are) vs mp3 file?
• SOUND FORGE

  10 answers, most recent on 10/11/2025

  RE: MP3 files skipping / glitching when opened ...
  This is curious. I don't think I had done anything beyond what I had previously described. But when I checked a WAV file, it played OK. Then I went into MP3 and again checked "Always proxy compressed formats," and then it played OK. I'll watch this
• SOUND FORGE

  2 answers, most recent on 4/4/2025

  RE: [Solved] Clicks and Pops when Waveform displayed
  When playing audio in SF18 there are clicks and pops ONLY if the waveform is displayed. If I minimize the file window it plays fine. hi @Frank-Basile, I do not recall other reports or have experienced this issue in SFP-18. Iff this is occurring with
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 12/4/2024

  RE: Recording cuts
  The problem appears both when saving in MP3 and WAV
• SOUND FORGE

  6 answers, most recent on 6/15/2025

  RE: Can't save sound recordings from vinyl rsestoration tool as mp3
  Welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community @Michael-Parton.What folder are you using for temporary files and record data (Options> Preferences> General)?Did you choose 'Save as> MP3" after the recording and/or restoration process? It
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  Hi again Paul, which MP3 encoder are you using in SFP-18? The 'new' default encoder or the legacy encoder which must be enabled in the (hidden) 'internal' menu to access it.I will try encoding @192kps/44.1k with both the SFP-18 encoders to check for