It’s a world apart from the old Paste Mix approach. Other welcome additions include a miniature overview of the entire waveform at the top of the window (a big help for navigating longer files) and an updated plugin chain interface that makes it easier than ever to manage a non-destructive sequence of VST effects. You can also now optionally route your input monitoring through the plugin chain – useful, perhaps, to help a performer tailor their performance to your chosen production style. On the subject of VSTs, Zplane’s élastique time-stretching tool, originally bundled with version 10, is happily still here – and, even better, it’s now joined by iZotope’s tremendously versatile Nectar Elements vocal processor, which combines preamp, compressor, reverb, de-esser, gate, EQ and even basic pitch correction functions in one efficient module. Nectar Elements costs £80 on its own, so if you’re in the market for a do-it-all vocal plugin, its inclusion here certainly sweetens the deal.Īll of these new and updated features make Sound Forge an increasingly powerful tool for recording and mixing musical performances, voiceovers and so forth. Indeed, when you factor in the multi-track capabilities introduced in version 9 (and here expanded to 32 tracks), it’s no exaggeration to say that, as an overall package, Sound Forge is now starting to look viable for jobs that might previously have been deputed to a full-fat digital audio workstation (DAW) package.
That’s not to say Sound Forge is anything like a replacement for the likes of Cubase or Sony’s own Acid Pro. It lacks support for virtual and MIDI instruments, and offers minimal support for multi-channel mixing. It also does a poor job of handling large plugin collections – the unwieldy FX Favorites menu must surely be at the top of Sony’s list for a revamp in version 12.It’s the end of an era – but maybe not such a golden era. Once upon a time, ACID and Sound Forge were each industry-leading software tools, originally developed by Sonic Foundry.
Now, languishing alongside their stablemate, video editor Vegas, they’re seeing ownership pass from Sony (via its creative software division) to German software house and holding company MAGIX. Sony sound forge pro 11 audio waveform editor review software#
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