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I have Sound Forge Pro 16 perpetual and am thinking of upgrading to Sound Forge 18 Pro Suite perpetual to get Spectral Layers 10 Pro which I understand is part of the Suite. I'm mostly interested in SL unmix functionality. The US region page

Photostory

One answer, on 12/6/2025

[Solved] PS2026 Fresh Install - Hangs on Initialising slideshow

I have installed Photostory 2026 several times now (using revo uinstaller) and when the application starts, it just hangs on the initializing slideshow. I have left for an hour or so without success. Any ideas on how I can get it past this step and

Rescue Your Videotapes!

18 answers, most recent on 11/5/2025

RE: [Closed] Installatie mislukt

Heb deze namiddag een nieuwe windows 11 op laptop defect. Heb virusscanner al verloren. Niets gevond. Installatie van videosaver lukt nog niet, nog steeds hetzelfde, na aanklikken nederlands komt hij op videosaver verwijderen.

ACID

No answers, created on 6/20/2025

Acid Pro 11 Suite on Windows 11 ARM

Hi I'm testing Acid Pro Suite 11 on Windows on ARM. The app has installed and registered OK and so far I have successfully created and saved some projects using imported wave files only with no plugins. However, if I try to load a simple Acid Pro

Video Pro X

46 answers, most recent on 5/14/2025

RE: VPX16 plays Sony XAVC with no sound

@Can-Dive Win 10 Computer: MMS 2023, MMS 2024, VPX 12, none will give audio. Win11 Desktop: gives audio in MEP 2021 and MMS2025. Win 11 Laptop, no audio from MMS 2025. Graphics card, I wonder? Sig shortly to be updated.

Audio Cleaning Lab

3 answers, most recent on 4/23/2025

RE: Cleaning Lab 4 does not play audio files when "Play" button is clicked

I am having the same problem with Sound Forge Audio Cleaning Lab 4 on a Dell laptop running Windows 11. ACL 4 will record audio from a microphone but won't play back. I exported the test .WAV file to a USB drive, imported it into another Dell Win 11

SOUND FORGE

29 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

RE: SF 11 refuses to start, even full re install

There had been a 'few' reports of the 'Elevated Privilege' issue (after a Win 10 update) in Sound Forge11, but they were rare and mostly confined to SF-10 , So you might try running SF-11 as an administrator. Otherwise, there is a registry tweak for

Music Maker

3 answers, most recent on 4/3/2026

Installation Gets Stuck

I have recently purchased Music Maker 2026 Premium edition and downloaded its setup exe from my products section. When I run it it gets stuck at Stage 2 of 11 forever (Left it overnight and it was sill at the same position next morning). Some info

Video Pro X

One answer, on 4/15/2026

[Closed] composite mode is completely stuck on Alpha

Not sure what to do here. It's stuck on Alpha. It was working last week. Now it's not. I've reset. Tried the parent/child composition. Reset the window arrangement. Run as admin. checked the text cursor. No luck. Using Vegas Pro 22. Windows 11.

Music Maker

14 answers, most recent on 9/27/2025

RE: What are the corresponding albums to Soundpools with no images showing

@Leonard-1 For example here: https://producerplanet.com/us/article/action-strikes-2029/ Check the fine print: The Soundpool contains all loops from 'MovieScore Vol. 11' / 'Score - Distant Galaxies_pt.01' of 'MAGIX MUSIC MAKER 2014 PREMIUM'. How can

SOUND FORGE

One answer, Yesterday

Software will not load on my new computer (Windows 11)

Hi, any suggestions? It will not load beyond the picture and support ignore all emails for help. I had this problem about 8 months ago when I tried to install it on another new system. Someone suggested remove the file "Magix Low Latency 2016" which

Music Maker

4 answers, most recent on 1/26/2025

[Solved] Exporting a song freezes MM

When I try to export a song in Music Maker (e.g.: *.mp3) the module for normalisation keeps stopping at 8%. MM then freezes and can only be stopped via the task manager. When I choose not to normalise the same thing happens while mixing down (also

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 11/19/2025

Unable to Install Magix Video Premium 2026 on Windows 11

I have followed other instructions regarding disabling Firewall and Anti-Virus (no additional programs outside of Microsoft Windows installed/running). The installer continues to fail with or without Admin authorization, from both the default

Rescue Your Videotapes!

4 answers, most recent on 4/6/2025

[Solved] Activating MPEG2?

Have had this program installed for long time. But when i wanted to use it now. This message shows up, and it is not possible to move on and record. I have not seen this before. And i am "administrator" on my computer. How do i solve this

SOUND FORGE

15 answers, most recent on 7/27/2025

[Solved] Scripting question

Hi Everyone, I'm writing a Sound Forge script and using a sample script as a basis. I'm using Sound Forge 10 in Windows 11, but the same thing appears in Sound Forge 17. In the sample script there is a command "DPF" which obviously prints to the

ACID

2 answers, most recent on 4/9/2025

[Solved] Gradually increase velocity of all drums with one control?

Hello. Is there a way to use an envelope on a MIDI track to control the overall velocity of drums coming from a plug-in? I'm using Superior Drummer 3 as a plug-in and I'm dragging grooves to my Acid Pro 11 timeline. I'd like to use an envelope to

Music Maker

36 answers, most recent on 12/17/2025

RE: Need help fixing magix..am losing hope

The problems are still here. "NTDLL.DLL" is reported to crash, however that is not really the problem, it is the result of the problems, I have learned reading many many forums and threads.Using Video Deluxe Plus, Acid Pro 11. Updated to latest

ACID

11 answers, most recent on 12/30/2025

RE: [Closed] DLM manager fails to load on installation, so no built in plugins

@Andrew-Goode OneDrive isn't running on my laptop Are you certain of this? My understanding of Win 11 Home edition is that OneDrive is always running by default. JeffForum Moderator

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 9/20/2025

[Solved] Soundforge Pro 18 automatically changing the sound of my files

Please help! I've been using old versions of Soundforge for many years (up to Soundforge 11) to record DJ mixes and convert cassette mixtapes to mp3. Absolutely love the product and it's always done everything I wanted and more. I recently purchased

SOUND FORGE

One answer, on 3/15/2026

Unable to reregister Sound Forge Pro 10.0

I am not able to open my software for Sound Forge Pro 10.0. When I attempt it times out or cannot send the information. I get the error message 12002 timed out. Please help. I am on a new PC running Windows 11

ACID

3 answers, most recent on 10/30/2024

RE: [Solved] ACID Music Studio 11 and Line6 POD Farm VST problems

Finally I have bought Pod Farm 2.5 It works as VST plugin, and I can use it in Acid Pro 11 without any problem. May the problem was that the Pod farm 2 was a trial/limited version. Pod farm 1 and Gearbox were an older technology, and a free

Video Pro X

7 answers, most recent on 3/19/2026

RE: $39 VPX16 on HB

Hi John The update was a Windows 11 25H2 feature update, I cannot remember the KB number, IIRC it became available early Dec 2025. Various problems with odd mouse behaviour, lagging and some crashing of VPX 17, and other programs, eg PaintShop

Video Pro X

4 answers, most recent on 8/17/2024

[Solved] re program AViDemux

Any tell me where I can obtain it without windows 11 stopping it from installing on my laptop. or tell me a link to it. Sorry about using the wrong forum, I signed up using Vegas so I have no idea how it went to Movie Studio Forum. Ray

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