The first choice for producers, audio engineers and sound designers.
SOUND FORGE Pro has been the tool of choice for ambitious audio editing for over 25 years. Version 14 offers powerful tools for professional recording, editing, mastering and restoration. SOUND FORGE Pro lets you achieve maximum quality results at the highest level of technology.
Recording
Audio editing
Mastering and cleaning
Recording
Multichannel audio recording at the highest level of quality
With SOUND FORGE Pro 14, record audio on up to 32 channels in resolution up to 64-bit/768 kHz. The 64-bit audio engine allows for the ultimate stability and lowest latency. Create crystal-clear recordings from your vocals, instruments or podcasts in astonishing sound quality.
Audio editing
Maximum precision
SOUND FORGE Pro 14 is one of the most powerful audio editors to have ever been developed. Cut, edit and enhance audio files with the highest position and at the sample level. A massive range of professional editing tools enables you to customize your sound and shape it exactly the way you want.
Mastering
Excellent sound results
Master your audio material using advanced mastering tools and a range of intelligent high-end effects based on DSP algorithms. Optimize loudness of your recordings and achieve crystal-clear sound that's specially optimized for streaming and CD results.
Top new features
in SOUND FORGE Pro 14
Instant Action
The Instant Action window lets you access frequently used functions in seconds. This saves you time when you're searching for functions in the menu. This interface offers a clear overview and you have all essential tools and functions to hand.
Windows context menu
Perform basic tasks by right-clicking on the system button in the Windows context menu without even needing to open SOUND FORGE Pro. This helps you save a ton of time and simplifies your workflow.
WaveColor
Succinct waveform coloring with WaveColor allows you to orient yourself in a project and offers an enhanced overview of all tasks. You can identify pitch and sound characteristics according to their color and saturation level.
SOUND FORGE Pro 14 Suite
With its range of sophisticated plug-ins such as the innovative Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 6 and Melodyne essential, SOUND FORGE Pro 14 Suite sets new standards in the field of audio.
Coming soon: Upgrade to Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 7. Upon its release, this upgrade is available as a free download to all customers that purchase a copy of SOUND FORGE Pro 14 Suite.
Included:
- Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 6 + upgrade to Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 7
- Celemony Melodyne essential
- essentialFX Suite (11 high-quality effect plug-ins)
- Analogue Modelling Suite (4 mastering plug-ins)
- Vintage Effects Suite (3 vintage effects)
- VariVerb II
- Vandal
Highlights
- 32 channel audio recording, editing and processing
- NEW! Instant Action window for faster workflow
- NEW! Windows context menu for easy task assignment
- NEW! WaveColor and spectroscope visualization
- Mastering and restoration with iZotope plug-ins: Ozone 9 Elements and RX 7 Elements
- New VST Engine & ARA2 Support
- Record at 64-bit/768 kHz
- Numerous audio effects and plug-ins
- zplane élastique Timestretch 3.3.1 upgrade with new élastiquePro v3 Engine
- New workflow functions
- New visualization tools
- New VST Engine & ARA2 Support
- Customizable interface
- Record at up to 64-bit/768 kHz
- Includes iZotope Ozone 9 Elements & RX 7 Elements
- Included as part of this offer:
- NEW! Convology XT Complete (€429 value)
- New workflow functions
- New visualization tools
- New VST Engine & ARA2 Support
- Customizable interface
- Record at up to 64-bit/768 kHz
- Includes iZotope Ozone 9 Elements & RX 7 Elements
- Included as part of this offer:
- NEW! Convology XT Complete (€429 value)
- Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 6 + upgrade to Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 7
- Celemony Melodyne essential
- New workflow functions
- New visualization tools
- New VST Engine & ARA2 Support
- Includes iZotope Ozone 9 Elements & RX 7 Elements
- Customizable interface
- Record at up to 64-bit/768 kHz
- Included as part of this offer:
- NEW! Convology XT Complete (€429 value)
- Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 6 + upgrade to Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 7
- Celemony Melodyne essential
- New workflow functions
- New visualization tools
- New VST Engine & ARA2 Support
- Includes iZotope Ozone 9 Elements & RX 7 Elements
- Customizable interface
- Record at up to 64-bit/768 kHz
- Included as part of this offer:
- NEW! Convology XT Complete (€429 value)
- New workflow functions
- New visualization tools
- New VST Engine & ARA2 Support
- Customizable interface
- Record at up to 64-bit/768 kHz
- Includes iZotope Ozone 9 Elements & RX 7 Elements
- New workflow functions
- New visualization tools
- New VST Engine & ARA2 Support
- Customizable interface
- Record at up to 64-bit/768 kHz
- Includes iZotope Ozone 9 Elements & RX 7 Elements
- New workflow functions
- New visualization tools
- New VST Engine & ARA2 Support
- Customizable interface
- Record at up to 64-bit/768 kHz
- Includes iZotope Ozone 9 Elements & RX 7 Elements
- Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 6 + upgrade to Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 7
- Celemony Melodyne essential
- New workflow functions
- New visualization tools
- New VST Engine & ARA2 Support
- Includes iZotope Ozone 9 Elements & RX 7 Elements
- Customizable interface
- Record at up to 64-bit/768 kHz
- Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 6 + upgrade to Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 7
- Celemony Melodyne essential
- New workflow functions
- New visualization tools
- New VST Engine & ARA2 Support
- Includes iZotope Ozone 9 Elements & RX 7 Elements
- Customizable interface
- Record at up to 64-bit/768 kHz
Included as part of this offer
for new purchase & upgrade
Convology XT Complete
(value: £399 / A$799)
Huge Impulse Response Library loaded with your favorite VINTAGE units.
An impressive collection of high-quality impulse responses from classic reverb units and other devices. The bandwidth of synths included ranges from vintage amps to tape echoes.
Amplitude, waveform length, decay – Convology XT lets you build upon basic convolution with a wide number of parameters which can otherwise only be used for digitally created reverb.
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Artists on SOUND FORGE
“What DAW I use to create music has changed over the years, but SOUND FORGE has remained the one and only piece of software I use to check looping points and edit my masters.”
Simon Viklund
Composer, producer, sound engineer and sound designer
Credentials
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Capcom), Payday 1 & 2 (Overkill Software), Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1 & 2 (Ubisoft), GTFO (10 Chambers Collective)
"When mastering from stems the editing in SOUND FORGE is seamless, easy, and fast."
Adam Gonsalves
Mastering and vinyl cutting engineer
Credentials
Willie Nelson, Blitzen Trapper, Rogue Wave
"For both pre and post final production of full tracks, stems or individual files, SOUND FORGE Pro as a classic software is something that should not to be missing from any home or professional studio setup!"
Garry King
Drummer, drum recording engineer and producer
Credentials
Jeff Beck, Joe Lynn Turner (Deep Purple), Tom Bee (Sound of America Records), Rick Hale | Music for TV and Film
"For the past seventeen years I've used and still continue to use SOUND FORGE Pro as my No 1 go-to for all my post-mix editing including a 2014 Grammy-nominated Blues Album I produced, engineered and mixed for Blues legend Bobby Rush!"
Brother Paul Brown
Grammy-winning producer, sound engineer and keyboard player
Credentials
The Waterboys, Al Green, Gloria Gaynor (Testimony; Grammy-Gewinner) Bobby Rush (Down in Louisana; Grammy-nominiert), Mike Farris, Ann Peebles, Jimi Jamison (Survivor)
"After 25 years in the music industry, I've seen a lot of changes. One thing that hasn't changed is my ability to rely on SOUND FORGE as my main mastering program."
Anthony Casuccio
Grammy-nominated mastering engineer
Credentials
Cypress Hill, NAS, Sarah Schuster Ericsson (Night Breeze; Grammy nomination), Kenneth Bolton (A Pianist Journey; Grammy nomination)
"I have been using SOUND FORGE since version 6 many many years ago. It is the best and most powerful editing and mastering software out there and very accessible for the blind."
Joey Stuckey
Composer, producer, singer/songwriter, recording engineer, guitarist and professor of music technology at Mercer University
Credentials
Alan Parsons, Hughie Thomasson (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
"From the beginning SOUND FORGE was the most versatile & complete audio editing software available."
William Goldstein
Grammy-nominated film and TV composer, instant composer and former Motown recording artist
Credentials
Fame (MGM), The Miracle Worker (The Walt Disney Company), Happy Endings (CBS) | Music for: National Geographic, ABC and NBC
"The plugins included in SOUND FORGE Pro can get you that million dollar sound without having to spend a million dollars! I love this program."
Ted Perlman
Grammy-award-winning producer, songwriter, musician and arranger
Credentials
Burt Bacharach (At This Time; Grammy-Gewinner), Dr. Dre, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross | NBC, CBS, FOX | Jingles für McDonald's, Coca Cola und Burger King
"I consider SOUND FORGE and Samplitude to be the ultimate couple for my music. I do the hard work in Samplitude, and finalise with SOUND FORGE Pro, which itself has greatly improved from its previous versions, allowing to work with multichannel audio, ARA2, and improved VST plug-in integration."
Jean-Philippe Rykiel
Keyboard virtuoso, composer, sound designer and arranger
Credentials
Leonard Cohen, Salif Keita, Youssou N'Dour, Amadou & Mariam
"SOUND FORGE Pro is a reliable tool for easy recording, cleaning up audio, handling and converting files manually and automatically."
David Filskov
Sound designer and founder of Epic Sound
Credentials
Coca Cola Kinowerbung, LEGO Hero Factory
"I find it very flexible for all different genres of mastering and it has smooth integration with third plugins that make our final masters crisp and clean."
Rod Carillo
Producer and remix artist
Credentials
Donna Summer (Remix; I'm A Fire), Kate Deluna (Remix; Last Night in Miami), Paulina Rubio (Remix; Heat Of The Night), Cole Plante (Remix; Teardrops)
"For detailed audio editing work, Sound Forge allows me to get the job done with a minimum of fuss. Top-notch stuff."
John Walden
Musician, composer and journalist
Credentials
Journalist for Sound on Sound magazine | Library music producer for Focus Music, Mode Production Music, Hollywood Trax
"The looping capabilities and audio processing capabilities of ACID Pro and SOUND FORGE Pro are synonymous with being the Photoshop of the audio world, especially when putting together loop-able content for games, VR, movies, trailers and music."
Justin Lassen
Composer | Remixer | Sounddesigner
Credentials
Madonna, Garbage, The Killers, Lady Gaga, Lenny Kravitz, Robert Miles, Nine Inch Nails, Linkin Park, Evanescence, Apocalyptica | iZotope, Cakewalk, Intel, Sony, Konami & Interplay.