Music and vocals using Sound Forge Audio Studio?

Georgios_M wrote on 7/7/2025, 3:54 PM

Hello.

I write this topic to clarify my recent purchase.

In detail, yesterday I bought the Sound Forge Audio Studio 17.

I want to ask you if this program is suitable for music home studio projects.

For example, karaoke adds vocals to a mixdown track that I would upload on YouTube, etc.

I don't need it for professional use.

My system is a laptop, Intel Core i5 12th Gen 12540H, 16 GB of RAM.

Thank you for your time.

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SP. wrote on 7/7/2025, 4:03 PM

@Georgios_M Sound Forge is an audio file editor, not a music software. A music software (DAW) would be Samplitude Music Studio X8 or Music Maker (which is much simplified in its features compared to a fully fledged DAW).

You should be able to return Sound Forge if you don't need it if you bought it directly from Magix. For this contact infoservice@magix.net or shop​@magix.ne​​​​​​t

If you use a free tool like Ultimate Vocal Remover to create instrumentals of your favorite music, it shouldn't be a problem to record your vocals for it in Samplitude Music Studio X8.

Georgios_M wrote on 7/7/2025, 4:37 PM

Thank you.

I don't create karaoke. I just sing, and I want to mix down the playback- karaoke music with my vocals.

Or to record "live" vocals and guitar, etc.

I checked Music Studio X8, I think it's a good option, isn't it?

SP. wrote on 7/7/2025, 5:18 PM

@Georgios_M I personally think that X8 is a very good music software.

Because it has an object oriented workflow, it might be very intuitive to use for beginners. You can cut audio on tracks into individual snippets called audio objects. Each audio object can be given individual automation and effects.

With this you can easily modify certain parts of your vocals, for example first cut a phrase from your recording and only add a reverb effect to that phrase, without the need to add multiple audio tracks and audio effect busses for each individual effect you want to use, like it's often done in other DAWs.

Besides that, Samplitude Music Studio also has some deep features for it's price tag which might be overkill for your purpose but if your reach a point where you want to do more complex stuff, it won't hinder you too much.

I recommend you check out the free trial version.

Georgios_M wrote on 7/7/2025, 5:30 PM

Thank you so much!

rraud wrote on 7/8/2025, 12:20 PM

Vegas (Magix) is another option for music production which has a substantial DAW built in which can be used for music production and Sound Forge or another audio editing app can be integrated within. Vegas does not support MIDI instruments though.
FYI, the initial versions of Vegas were audio-only before video was added.

Georgios_M wrote on 7/10/2025, 10:27 AM

Hello.

So, can Vegas play and watch videos while playing back the playback?

Or can Samplitude Music Studio also play video?

Thank you all.