• Music Maker

  6 answers, most recent on 9/16/2024

  RE: Bilateral music
  @David-Pook Sounds like ambient music with a deep bass sound that alternates in the left and right audio channel. You should be able to create those bass sounds with any synthesizer that has a sine wave oscillator. Either create two tracks and set
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 9/25/2024

  RE: rendering it as audio
  @Kandi-Rose Hi I assume you are working with video that has Dolby Surround Sound audio (AC3), is this correct? If so, due to licensing changes imposed by Dolby Labs the ability to export with Surround Sound audio is no longer supported, you should
• Off topic

  2 answers, most recent on 12/30/2023

  [Solved] Simplicheck
  Reinstalling my original version of MEP 2013 also installed simplicheck. It sounded like a useful product so I gave it a whirl. I told it to scan and it came back with several potential issues. I've been in the computer business in excess of 50
• Off topic

  8 answers, most recent on 10/17/2025

  RE: serial number at purchase
  @Dav-Ciz Go to your Magix account https://www.magix.com/us/support/my-service-center/ Under My Products look for your Sound Forge18 where you should find the serial number (activation number).
• SOUND FORGE

  13 answers, most recent on 12/23/2025

  RE: Sound Forge Pro 18 - can't change bit depth to 32
  @David-Rees This has to be a bug? I tried your steps and this problem also happens in Sound Forge 12, so it's a problem happening for many years. But, it seems like saving the file via Save As... and then selecting 32 Bit Float as the output bit
• 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.
• SOUND FORGE

  27 answers, most recent on 3/19/2025

  RE: Sound Forge Audio Studio 17 doesn't detect Ozone 11 Standard (VST3)
  @drmq I updated Ozone to 11.2.0.3296 and it still works fine in my version of Sound Forge 12.
• ACID

  6 answers, most recent on 9/25/2025

  RE: Does Acid pro have a CHANCE!!.
  Just to clear up some misinformation here...Yes, Acid Pro, Sound Forge and Vegas Pro were products that were developed by Sonic Foundry and later Sony. They did share a common code base. They were sold to Magix in 2016. Initially, Magix only had the
• Music Maker

  3 answers, most recent on 4/7/2023

  [Solved] sound pools dont work
  For no reason at all my Magix music maker (64-bit) (up to date version 31.0.4.50) has just started producing this error The file /undefined has been deleted or moved and cannot be used. Also the store is working very oddly.
• ACID

  8 answers, most recent on 12/15/2025

  RE: Acid Pro 11 plante "update VST plugins"
  @Strictly-East Assuming this is caused by some VST, did you install a new VST between the last time Acid worked and now? Have you removed some entries from the VST paths in the program settings just to make sure Acid only scans certain folders with
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 11/21/2025

  RE: Sound Forge 17 not loading on Windows 11
  Hi @Justin-Brummer you can try resetting Sound Forge and clearing the cache. 'File> "Reset all preferences and clear cached data" I do not think the 'Proxy compressed formats' setting affects encoding, though it often resolves MP3 playback
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 3/9/2026

  RE: Trying to justify buying Sound Forge 17 Pro
  @David-Warburton You could try and reinstall the latest V14 of Visual C++ Redistributables: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-supported-redistributable-version (X86 & X64) This helped
• Movie Studio

  9 answers, most recent on 8/5/2025

  RE: MS 2025 New Update + Neat Video Update
  @me_again @emmrecs @johnebaker @AAProds Anyone got any expansion on what is meant by the ac3 surround sound export support actually entails as seen in the other topic or do we just have it back or is it changed in some way? Ray.
• SOUND FORGE

  11 answers, most recent on 4/19/2025

  RE: SF Pro 18 Annoyances, Fixes?
  @GoneToMaui Check your order confirmation email of Sound Forge 12 for iZotope serial numbers. To use plugins on 12 simply check the VST paths settings and scan for the iZotope plugins.
• Movie Studio

  32 answers, most recent on 8/5/2024

  RE: Timeline Cursor Question
  @Can-Dive Reset the program and nothing different - Wave driver 35/35, Direct Sound nothing, nowt, not a sausage. I'm wondering if maybe it's because I have a onboard sound chip rather that a dedicated sound card? AndyW
• Music Maker

  8 answers, most recent on 5/30/2026

  RE: Licence Document
  @johnebaker A 'Royalty free' licence, is one that you do not have to pay a royalty fee to use, this is the standard licence you get with the program, it does not allow you to sell creations made with this type of licence. In order to sell your
• Other products

  One answer, on 1/12/2026

  [Closed] Vegas Pro 365 subscription isn't letting me register SF 18
  I have a current and valid subscription for Vegas Pro 365 - which includes Sound Forge. Version 18 allowed me to download, but it isn't accepting the serial number as valid... besides, the Pro 365 still lists in my account as registered in 2022 (and
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 4/18/2023

  [Solved] Easily swap left & right channels for a given selection
  In Sound Forge 16 (or earlier) I have "stereo" audio...but it is really two presenters recorded together...and I need to eventually condense it to mono audio...Is there an easy way to swap the left & right channels of a selection on the
• SOUND FORGE

  2 answers, most recent on 7/2/2023

  [Solved] SF pro 17 - not starting-up any more
  I have Sound Forge Pro 17. When I tried to start it, getting an error message that it cannot start. I have sent the message to Magix.I then uninstalled and reinstalled SF Pro 17. However the same problem. Would appreciate any advice. Windows 11 Home
• SOUND FORGE

  14 answers, most recent on 8/29/2025

  RE: where is spectralayers pro??
  @WayneF-Dorothy As I see it, their marketing team is to blame here. SpectraLayers and 3D Reverb aren't part of the non-Suite version of Sound Forge. If you're lucky they will own their mistake and honor your purchase and you might get the licenses.
• SOUND FORGE

  10 answers, most recent on 8/9/2023

  RE: [Solved] How to install Ozone 10 to plugins folder
  @Pauly13 You start the installer. It will ask you where to install the program and where to install the plugins (in case it wants to install AAX plugins, you don't need these if you don't have Avid Pro Tools). Usually VST plugins should be installed
• Audio Cleaning Lab

  22 answers, most recent on 8/3/2025

  RE: Webradio
  @dave-l OK, if the volume indicator of the Internal Aux Jack moves while you play audio then the sound of the computer audio is sent to it. Technically, you should be able to record that. I have one other idea, if you open the properties of the
• Audio Cleaning Lab

  22 answers, most recent on 8/3/2025

  RE: Webradio
  @dave-l Hmm, interesting that it shows WASAPI. If you click on Soundcard Settings button in the recording settings the program in my case only offers WDM and MME, not WASAPI. This could be a problem, but maybe it's not. If you have the Windows(!)
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 3/18/2026

  Random Clicks/Pops and Audio Corruption in Sound Forge Pro 18
  I am writing to report a persistent and critical technical issue with Sound Forge Pro 18 that is affecting five (5) different studio setups under my management, all running licensed versions of the software. The Setup: CPU: Intel Core i7-12700 (12th