Buying software is a risk in a lot of ways. I have been doing voice over work for the last year using the free program Audacity and after prompting from others I decided to invest in better software. With suggestions and many reviews I decided to give Sound Forge a go – and I have ended up eating it big time… so is the risk in business and with software.
The good thing about Sound Forge is that the interface is great and user friendly, and with some of the best editing tools around. So it has its benefits for sure. However, the main reason I bought the program is because it was said to be the most stable program out there – and just would not crash or break.
Well – that is not the case… the program crashed my entire system when loading. After I rebooted and got things set up I re-loaded the program. It seemed to be working just fine, but once I hit stop or pause during the recording – it crashed. I had to uninstall the program and reinstall SEVERAL times to get it to work. What finally worked to load the program was turning off my virus protection.
This was not and had not been the end of the problems… again it seemed to work fine without a hitch, but randomly it will fail. In the middle of recordings it will just give up, lock up and or shut down. This happens normally during my recording process. I then have to start the whole recording all over again – from scratch. In the V.O. business this is unacceptable – as my income is related to time as well as quality and I have lost hours worth or recordings due to crashes.
What bothers me most is how this program is said to be so darn stable yet the FREE program I have been using in the recent years has NEVER crashed on me or lost my work. So I am back to using it and researching better programs for what I do. Down a few hundred dollars – and starting from scratch – again! My suggestion - on this is to be prepared to research and invest (and possibly fail) – but stay away from Sound Forge.
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THE STANDARD FOR RECORDING, EDITING & MASTERING
More efficient, more stable & faster: SOUND FORGE Pro 13 is the audio software for professional editing and impresses with a redesigned VST engine as well as ARA2 support. Starting now, the user interface is customizable with four selectable shade settings. Precisely and reliably measure the level of your audio signals with the new peak meter. Master music with the all-new effects and experience impressive time stretching and pitch shifting without artifacts.
Minimum system requirements:
- Microsoft Windows 7 | 8 | 10
- 1 GHz processor
- 512 MB RAM
- internal graphics card, min. resolution 1280 x 768
- 500 MB for program installation
- Internet connection: Required for registering and validating the program
Record. Edit. Master. Finalize.
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Customizable InterfaceThe user interface is customizable in four shade settings: White, Light, Medium and Dark. Furthermore, docking has been redesigned: Find the appropriate presets with all necessary features for every task. |
New VST Engine & ARA2 SupportThe enhanced VST2/3 engine is even more stable and faster when scanning and using audio plug-ins. The additional ARA2 interface extension offers you even more possibilities. |
Peak Meter V2Precise and reliable peak level measurement in SOUND FORGE Pro 13: The new Peak Meter V2 visually displays the level of your audio signals in real time while mixing and mastering. |
coreFX Dynamic and Delay Effects2 compressors, limiter, expander, gate, delay, chorus and flanger for an exceptional sound experience: The new coreFX effects give your sounds more dynamics and depth. |
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élastiquePro v3Stable timing and sample-accurate stretching: Thanks to the new élastiquePro v3 engine, you will experience excellent timestretching and pitch shifting without artifacts. |
High-resolution Audio RecordingsYour recording studio: SOUND FORGE Pro 13 lets you record top-quality audio on up to 32 channels simultaneously at sampling rates of up to 64-bit/384 kHz. |
64-bit technologyThe 64-bit audio engine masters the largest projects effortlessly and performs all tasks from music editing to audio restoration and mastering with maximum precision. |
iZotope Ozone 8 Elements & RX 7 ElementsMaster and restore audio files to the highest quality and experience perfect music production with audio plug-ins from industry specialist iZotope. |
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