Sound Forge 2 at Mac App Store analyse

App power index: 100 (based on ranks around App Stores today)
Music Productivity Productivity Music
Developer: Sony Creative Software
Price: 0 free
Current version: 2.0.5, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 23 Jul 2014
App size: 19.22 Mb
4.7 ( 5007 ratings )
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> 2.2k
Monthly downloads
~ $ 900
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Sound Forge 2 is now a Magix Software GmbH product. For further details please visit
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/news/pressreleases/2016/sony-creative-software-sell-products-to-magix

Sound Forge 2 is perfect for recording, editing, processing, and rendering high-resolution, broadcast-quality audio master files. Gain fast access to an easy audio recording process, deep editing tools, 64-bit AU and VST plug-in compatibility with automation, and the audio hardware routing functionality that Sound Forge users expect. The world-class Sound Forge experience is completely at home in its second generation on the Mac.


Record, edit, process, and render high-resolution audio

• Record pristine audio – up to 32 simultaneous channels at 24-bit/192 kHz resolution.

• Configurable viewing panels allow you to toggle to any project view you need in seconds – see everything at once, or toggle the view to see only the features you want, when you want.

• Includes native processes such as fade, flip, mute, volume, normalize, and reverse. Compress your audio with Wave Hammer. Conduct time and pitch modifications with Zplane™ technology. Easily access your entire 64-bit AU and VST plug-in collection.

• Save audio files in formats including 3G2, 3GP, AAC, AIF, CAF, FLAC, M4A, MP3, MP4, OGG, SND, W64, and WAV.


Sound Forge 2 features an elegant, streamlined interface that can flex quickly to meet editors’ style and workflow demands.

User interface

• Editor Panels. Two discrete editor panels, each with their own overview bars, file tabs, and transport controls; drag selections or whole files between them for editing.

• Media Browser. Find and audition files, keep track of open files, and more.

• Meters. Choose from a variety of calibrated ranges and display options. Simultaneously view VU and peak program meters.

• Plug-in Chooser. A dedicated panel for AU and VST plug-in processing; access your plug-ins, apply and save presets, and sort your plug-in collection here.

• Plug-in Chainer. Plug-in chains make sophisticated nondestructive signal and effects processing operations possible. Load plug-ins and change their order in the signal path while monitoring the finished sound before rendering out precisely optimized master files.


Editing

• Drop and name markers, fine tune selections, create and subdivide regions, loop region playback, and access the Regions List tool for list-based auditioning and fine tuning. Automatically create new files from existing regions in an open file.

• Event Mode editing. Divide a sound file into any number of independent sections on the timeline. Crossfade events, convert regions to events, lock event markers, region markers, and envelope points to events, and automatically ripple successive events forward in time while editing.

• Summary Information, File Properties, and Statistics tools. Easily view, edit, and apply file metadata – simply select a field and enter the information of your choice. The File Properties and Statistics tools display all the important attributes of your sound files.


Processing power

• Sound Forge 2 installs with the features you need to achieve perfect master files rendered in a wide variety of formats and resolutions, including high-resolution audio.

• Accomplish peak level normalization, or average RMS level normalization – great for matching the apparent loudness of different recordings.

• Get precise control over your audio heads and tails with five different fade types.

• Mix clipboard contents into a sound file and apply custom crossfades, adjusting both source and destination volume levels along the way.

• Use the Channel Converter to change the number of channels in an audio file, reverse the channels of a stereo file, and more.

• Wave Hammer. This exclusive audio mastering plug-in features classic compression as well as volume maximization.

• Zplane™ élastique timestretch. Achieve precise, formant-preserving audio time and pitch shifting.
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tres bon logiciel mais plus simple d’utilisation sur windows

Forget it!

I have purchased it expecting it to be as good as it is on windows, but it is a dreadful shame that they couldn’t make it as brilliant as its windows version. It bugs all the time, you have to restart it and sometimes, install it all over again. I have tried the Pro version sold at Sony website and to my disappointment and money waste, it works awful as well, I must inform that my mac computer is updated and has a powerful processor, memory and hard disk. So, no excuses to work so poorly… I really hope one day Sony do a decent version for mac, just the way the do for windows….

UPDATE PLEASE

Doesn’t work at all with OS X Captain 10.11.2…. purchased but never starts … I lost 99 euros.. We are waiting for an update.!!!!!!!!

Honteux !

Ayant travaillé depuis dix ans sur la version Windows, je me suis dit que la version OS X serait une valeur sûre… GROSSE ERREUR ! Cette version est BOURÉE de BUGS !!! NE PAS ACHETER CE LOGICIEL SUR MAC ! Jattends comme beaucoup d’autres une MISE À JOUR TOTALE ! À ce prix, autant de bugs c’est inacceptable !

Crash all the time on start up

Worked well some rare times Now unusable ( crash at each start - No solution )

Gutes Audioprogramm mit Unterstützung für VST und AU-Plig-ins

iZotope RX 3 und Ozons 5 funktionieren gut. Der export als m4a ist grundlegend gut. Hier sollte aber die Frequenz von 48 kHz freigegeben werden. 44,1 kHz verschenken zu viel an Qualität. Apple Lossless und ander Formate sind eingebaut und individuell nutzbar. Das Waveformat für die Sicherung ist auf 2 GB begrenzt - hier fehlt die RIFF unterstützung für größere Daten. 4 GB Files werde allerdings sauber eingelesen. Durch die Verwendung des Wave64 Formats können problemlos möglich umfangrteiche Daten geladen, bearbeitet und zu gespeichert werden. Die Oberfläche kann an die eigenen Bedürfnisse angepasst werden. Bitte bei der Implemention der AU und VST Filter sicherstellen, das die mitgelieferten Einstellungen immer geladen werden. Es ist mühseelig immer erst alle Voreinstellungen zu öffnen um dann die Plug-Ins laufen zu lassen. Selbst wenn nur ein neues File bearbeitet wird muss die Sysyphus Arbeit wiederholt werden. Für ein Programm dieser Preisklasse ist es ungewöhnlich, das Audiofiles mit 192 kHz bearbeitet und bei geeignerter Hardware auch aufgenommen werden können. Wavelab 8 in der kleinen Version macht beispielsweise bei 96 kHz einen Schnitt während die grosse Version mit 384 kHz punkten kann, falls man die notwendige Hardware besitzt. Für den Export von iTunes kompatiblen Audiofiles kann ich nur Triumph empfehlen, welches die beste Qualität bei der Umsetzung hat. Alle notwendigen Parameter inklusive 48 kHz sind wählbar. Der Exportfilter von Wavelab zeigt hier Schwächen bei Tonfrequenzen oberhalb 19 kHz.

Sony must work harder

i’m disapointed about the performance of this Soundforge for mac. The software ergonomics is ok… i worked a lot with Soundforge on PCsince a while in the past. No evolution here. The graphic performances are bad. The software take about 7 seconds to open… This on a top notch iMac 5k, Seriously, in this price range, Soundforge performance is a joke. Sony thats a cheap shot… please work harder when people have to pay more than better soft...

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