MAGIX SOUND FORGE Pro 17 (Download)

SOUND FORGE Pro has set the audio editing standard for artists, producers, and sound and mastering engineers in the audio editing sector for over three decades. With precise tools, innovative editing functions, and high-end plug-ins, you can create masters for podcasts, broadcast, physical media, or streaming in accordance with international standards.

SOUND FORGE Pro 17 is your must-have solution for:

• Recording: Professional recording on up to 32 channels and resolutions up to 64-bit/768 kHz.
• Audio Editing: SOUND FORGE Pro is one of the most powerful audio editors ever developed.
• Mastering: Advanced DSP algorithms for state-of-the-art sound quality.

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Your productivity has top priority in the new SOUND FORGE Pro 17 � MAGIX has developed a new dynamic workflow to help you get the most out of your productions. Experience the new dynamicEQ with oversampling, increased compatibility with VST plug-ins, and the latest version of Celemony Melodyne essential. Record, edit & master more efficiently than ever before with SOUND FORGE Pro 17.

NEW! Features include:

External FX
Use the best in digital and analog hardware effects to enhance your audio production experience. Enjoy seamless integration and extended controllability of your well known hardware effects paired with minimum setup effort.

VST Enhancements

Benefit from enhanced support for VST plug-ins. This update will increase performance, compatibility, and stability for your music production. Use more of your favorite VST extensions without any loss in performance for an even better and faster workflow.

coreFX Utility

Streamline your editing process with our sleek and modern plug-in that enables essential editing tasks with the ability to automate parameters. Benefit from the massive collection of essential high-quality tools for professional editing.

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Other includes Functions & Features of SOUND FORGE Pro 17 include:

Timestretching with zplane �lastique Pro v3 Engine
Experience artifact-free time-stretching and pitch-shifting from the market leader. Based on modern psychoacoustic models, zplane �lastique delivers stable timing, cross-channel phase coherence, and sample accurate stretching without degrading sound quality.

Maximize Efficiency and Work Fast
The user interface in SOUND FORGE Pro can be fully customized. Personalize your workflow by modifying waveform and envelope color, markers, and window height to suit your preferences. Design and save multiple interface layout configurations, whether in single or dual monitor setup.

• Powerful Resampling Engine: Thanks to the powerful internal resampling engine, you can work with any sample rate in your project without prior conversion. The program is fast, supports more formats, and provides optimal output quality. The customizable engine ensures that you always output the highest quality and achieve maximum results from your media in real time without prior conversion.
• Comprehensive Multi-Channel Support: Support for multichannel audio files allows you to create, load, and save new files with any configuration. ??This provides feedback the selected setup all the time and lets you benefit from the ability to import, convert, and export different formats containing up to 32 channels.
• Instant Action: Instant Action allows you to access frequently used features with just one click � plus, you can add custom actions. All essential tools and features are now clearly displayed as easily identifiable icons in one window. Organized into clear categories such as Effects, Mastering, Import, and Export, Instant Action helps you save precious time.
• Customize Windows Context Menus: Perform a variety of actions from the Windows context menu with a single right-click on a file or folder � all without having to open the program. This way, can assign tasks instantly, which significantly accelerates your workflow and lets you achieve the results you need even faster.
• Customizable User Interface: The user interface in four different, selectable shade settings. Adjust it to your personal needs and the lighting conditions of your work environment, so you can fully focus on your project.
• Intuitive Icons: Cleverly designed icons make it easier to find program features. Enjoy an well-organized user interface and intuitively see where you start recording, edit audio, and save projects.
• Expert Multi-Tasking: You can edit a new file while SOUND FORGE Pro edits and renders an additional file in the background.
• ACID Loop Creation: Create loops for ACID and edit WAV file properties. This information is embedded in the file and can be modified in ACID at any time.
• Channel Converter: The Channel Converter allows you to change channel configuration � from the number in an audio file to inverting a stereo file to mixing a multichannel file.

iZotope Ozone 10 Elements

iZotope Ozone Elements contains a wide range of presets and macro controls that allow you to perform the mastering process with ease. The Mastering Wizard analyzes your mix, creates an audio profile and suggests signal chains and parameter settings. Customize the sound you want � from podcasts to pop songs � and get results easily and in next to no time.

• DeHisser: The DeHisser allows noise � often present in recordings due to microphone, pre-amps or transformers � to be removed evenly from the recording. Unlike noise reduction, it's unnecessary to select a noise level.
• DeClicker/DeCrackler: The DeClicker removes individual peaks in signals, while the DeCrackler removes clicks and pops in your files produced by old records.
• DeClipper: DeClipper removes artifacts caused by digital and analog clipping that occurs when A/D converters are overloaded or magnetic tapes are oversaturated. This lets you rescue media that can't be rerecorded, for instance live concerts and interviews.

iZotope RX 10 Elements

RX 10 Elements from iZotope is the ideal tool for quickly and easily removing unwanted noise, "s" sounds, clicks, and other elements from your audio files. This powerful cleaning & restoration tool includes a brand-new restoration plug-in featuring six outstanding modules for achieving ultra-clean sound: De-hum, De-click, De-clip, Voice De-noise, and De-reverb. Whether you're editing a podcast, recording a full band, or working on a feature film, RX 10 helps you captivate your audience by bringing out the best in your audio.

Hi-Res Recording
Create ultra-clear recordings in a resolution of up to 64-bit and sample rates of up to 768 kHz.

• Professional Recording Workflow: Edit files with up to 32 audio channels and monitor everything within a customizable working environment. Simplified file navigation and a huge range of additional options for recording refine the program's recording workflow further.
• Remote Recording: The sleek, floating window provides maximum ease of use for recording control � place it anywhere in any running application & keep all essential recording options at your fingertips. This means you can keep your voiceover texts for audiobooks and podcasts in the desired position and start recording right away.
• One-Touch Recording (OTR): Start recording with a single click or per MIDI while keeping the main program interface and your project area open simultaneously. OTR lets you spare heaps of time and enable you to fully concentrate on recording.
• Direct Stream Digital: Load and save your data in DSD format for Super Audio CD (SACD) mastering or top-quality archiving. Additionally, record and mix your files in PCM format.
• Automatic Recording: Configure your recordings so that they automatically start and stop via a timer or reaching a predefined volume. This is an easy way to record without the need for remote controls while you're in the booth.
• Input Bus Effects
  Define your effects chain before recording and optimize your input signal for headphone mixes and subsequent editing.

Visualizations Audio Analysis
Analyze sound in SOUND FORGE Pro with sophisticated audio visualization tools. Music, vocals, and noise are dynamically displayed in vibrant colors.

• WaveColor: WaveColor adds a new dimension to your waveform display through the use of succinct colors, giving you an overview of what your project sounds like. Enjoy a clearer overview of your project thanks to clear colorization of waveforms. Pitches and sound characteristics are assigned different colors and saturation levels, which make it easy to see all the important parts of your project at a glance.
• Spectroscope: The Spectroscope offers precise and detailed real-time frequency analysis. Display the relationship of volume to frequency in a graph accurately and quickly. Advanced FFT algorithms allow visualization of what otherwise can't be heard.
• Peak Meter: Measure the peak levels of your audio signal precisely and reliably � Peak meter offers an extensively configurable visual display of the levels in real time, support for multichannel, and convenient peak hold. A wide range of scales are included, making the meter compliant with all common standards.
• Artificial Intelligence for Voice Detetction: audEERING's groundbreaking tools are based on the latest AI technology. Vocals and spoken text can be detected in pieces of music and passages are marked in a clearly. This provides you with a quick overview of comprehensive projects.
• Phase Scope and Mono Compatibility Measurement: The phase scope helps you find phase cancellation between channels in the audio file. You can use the correlation meter to identify and fix limitations to mono compatibility between channels.
• CALM-Targeted Metering: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM) regulates overall loudness during ad breaks. CALM standard metering provides ultra-precise loudness measuring and displays an audio signal's dynamic range in visual form, ensuring full compliance with standards.
• Multichannel-Capable Spectrum Analysis: Monitor the ratio of fundamentals and harmonics in multichannel files using clear, customizable color schemes. Quickly and easily create snapshots and overlays in order to compare and adjust frequencies.
• Clipping Indentification and Selection: The tool for identifying and selecting clipped peaks automatically scans audio files to locate instances of clipping, allowing you to see them at a glance.

Scripting:
Scripting helps automate personalized workflows, allowing you to complete repetitive tasks faster.

• Script-Based Editing: Use the in-app Script Editor to create, edit, and debug scripts in C#, JScript, and VBScript. With finished batch scripts, you can save a ton of time on editing and conversion by applying the same effects and processes to multiple files. All your scripts are collected in the onboard script library and always at hand for use.
• Batch Converter: The batch converter makes it possible to easily create scripts even without prior programming knowledge. Easily add a group of files to the batch converter interface, select an effect or process and then start processing. Naturally, you can also save batch scripts that you frequently use for quick access anytime.
• Onboard Script Library: SOUND FORGE Pro includes a variety of ready-to-use scripts that allow you to perform a remarkable amount of daily operations. These guide you through typical processes and the necessary tools, so you can achieve professional results quick and easy. Some of the most popular scripts include the Cleaning Wizard script, an indispensable tool for removing noise and other artifacts, and the Mastering Wizard script, which helps you create professional masters conveniently.

And Much, Much More!