
While Sound Forge Pro 10 does provide recording capability, it is not designed for multi-track recording methods involving overdubbing, adding and mixing tracks. Sound Forge Pro 10 reserves its engineering prowess for enhancing, adding effects, cleaning and reprocessing audio files to the fullest extent of existing digital technology. To that end it houses a vast array of very powerful audio tools. The application possesses all of the necessary audio enhancing tools, such as EQ, reverb, delay, chorus and pitch shifting. All of these effects are designed to provide quick setups using presets, or more intricate control for seasoned users. In addition to commonly used effects, there are dozens of others that can improve sound quality, stereo imaging and frequency balance. New to Sound Forge is iZotrope Mastering Effects Bundle 2, which includes Mastering EQ, Mastering Reverb, Multiband Compressor, Mastering Limiter, Stereo Imager and Harmonic Exciter.Īnd there are a few that provide the audio equivalent of psychedelic visual effects. Another new addition is the Zplane élastique Pro time stretch plug-in, that allows you to change audio length while compensating the pitch without losing sound quality. Sound Forge Pro 10 also offers an extensive set of analysis tools, including multichannel spectrum analysis, phase scope metering to spot phase cancellations, and clipping detection and repair.Ī very useful tool for improving recordings is the Noise Reduction 2 plug-in collection. This includes an effective tool for detecting and reducing background noise, as well as a restoration tool that reduces noise and removes clicks and crackles.Īll effects provide real-time preview capability allowing users to experiment freely to find the best settings. The audio tracks are displayed on a time line, which also displays a video timeline above it when working with video files. This layout allows the user to expand the visual audio waveform and execute selection, cutting and pasting of sound fragments with surgical precision. There are also tools that allow the user to remove a portion of unwanted or defective sound and clone the gap with neighboring audio data or paste it from another track.

I installed Sound Forge Pro 10 on a computer with a 2.66 GHz Intel processor and 3 MB of RAM running Windows XP.

REMOVE HISS IN SONY SOUND FORGE PRO 11 WINDOWS I started my test with video files and was delighted to find that I could import almost any of the QuickTime formats that I'd created. A few files saved in the more obscure codecs would not display video with the audio, but most did.

The range of formats that could be imported was surprisingly large, including QuickTime SD/HD, all SD formats and MPEG-2. I was even able to import audio and video from a DVD and H.264 files from the new Canon Digital SLR cameras.

