SOUND FORGE Pro 16
Audio Editing Solution for Professionals

With the new élastiquePro v3 engine, experience impressive timestretching and pitch shifting without artifacts.

Based on modern psychoacoustic models and signal processing theory, zplane élastique delivers stable timing, cross-channel phase coherence and sample accurate stretching without a degradation in sound quality.

The user interface in SOUND FORGE Pro 16 can be fully configured. Waveform and envelope color, markers and window height can all be modified to suit your preferences – for a more streamlined workflow. Design and save multiple interface layout configurations, whether in single or dual monitor setup.

Thanks to dynamicEQ, mixing is now easier and more precise – apply frequency processing exactly where it will enhance your audio. Dynamically boost, attenuate, and shape sounds throughout your project with the maximum precision and level control.

The multiple options for EQ band configuration enable more extensive editing options, which allows for surgical precision in your audio tracks. The new oversampling feature significantly reduces aliasing effects in signals and allows you to mix with virtually no noise.

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Thanks to the newly redesigned internal resampling engine, you can work with any sample rate in your project without prior conversion. 
The program's engine is now faster, supports more formats, and provides better output quality. The customizable engine ensures that you always output the highest quality and achieve maximum results from your media in real time without prior conversion.

Enjoy significant enhancements to support for multichannel audio files. SOUND FORGE allows you to create, load and save new files with any configuration. 

This provides feedback the selected setup all the time and lets you benefit from the ability to convert and export different formats containing up to 32 channels.

The Instant Action window lets you edit and access frequently used functions with just a click. All essential tools and functions are now displayed as easily identifiable icons in an Action window. You now have a clear overview of everything and can access the Workspace Actions, Effects, Mastering, Export & Import Action sections directly – meaning you don't have to search for tools and functions in the menus and saving you a ton of time.

Convert and normalize your audio files easily and quickly without needing to open SOUND FORGE Pro 16 first, by right-clicking a folder in the Windows context menu. This way, can assign tasks instantly, which accelerates your workflow and lets you achieve the results you need even faster.

The VST2/3 engine in SOUND FORGE Pro has been redeveloped further and is impressive in terms of its enhanced stability and speed when scanning and using plug-ins. In addition, the dialog between VST host and the effect plug-ins is now more efficient – with a faster, more precise workflow as a result.

The new ARA2 interface extension allows for more comprehensive information exchange between SOUND FORGE Pro and its plug-ins. Audio data is transferred faster to plug-ins, allowing for more efficient editing in realtime. From simultaneous editing of several tracks to seamless clip borders – ARA2 offers even more editing options.

SOUND FORGE Pro software includes POW-r dithering. This consists of a set of three dithering and noise-shaping algorithms, each of which is designed for a specific type of audio recording: Speech, music with a limited dynamic range and music with a greater dynamic range.

Export the Disc Description Protocol Master and get ready to press your discs. The DDP master is resistant to generation loss thanks to duplication and can be easily archived. The digital data is provided with a checksum that is sent to the pressing plant, ensuring an audio CD production that is absolutely free of errors.

Disc-At-Once CD burning is used to create a master disc for mass replication by a CD manufacturer. This process writes several audio tracks to disc. You can also add track markings to record live sets in a single pass and create audio CDs in Red Book standard without gaps.

Design your own actions by choosing different effects and presets, export renderers and templates and apply them to a batch of files. Even assign them to Instant Action and the Windows context menu - great for automating repetitive tasks and implementing custom functions.

Create industry-standard audio files for streaming services like Audible or iTunes in one click. It will automatically make adjustments to conform the MP3 to a constant bit rate, average loudness, peak values and maximum noise floor ACX standard.

In the newly redesigned Plug-in manager, all your plug-ins are arranged in clear categories and sorted by manufacturer and type.

Thanks to the new filter options and the integrated search field, you can access the desired plug-ins quickly and conveniently – simply enter a search, apply the right effect, and mark your favorites for future projects.

The new Loudness visualization displays the loudness of your audio files in a continuous graph in relation to the timeline and as numerical values. 


Enjoy support for EBU R 128 and ITU-R BS.1770-4 formats thanks to true-peak analysis in dbTP that can be configured using simple presets, all of which is displayed with intuitive color coding to simplify your workflow.

The innovative WaveColor tool adds a new dimension to your waveform display through the use of succinct colors, giving you an overview of what your project sounds like. With WaveColor, pitches and sound characteristics are assigned different colors and saturation levels to make it easy to see what's happening in the waveform. Easily identify important parts of your project and take advantage of a vivid and convenient way to stay oriented while you work.

The new Spectroscope offers precise and detailed real-time frequency analysis. Monitor and analyze the wave length, frequency and amplitude of your audio material. Thanks to the latest FFT technology in the frequency diagram, the spectroscope visualizes your audio recordings. It offers active support as part of your audio editing workflow as well as the mastering process.

Measure the peak levels of your audio signal precisely and reliably. Peak Meter V2 provides a visual display of the audio signal level in realtime.

The "sensAI SINGING VAD" from audEERING is a modern tool that detects lead vocals as well as choruses in music pieces and marks passages with vocal lines based on the latest Artificial Intelligence technology. This gives you a quick overview in complex mixing projects.

The phase scope helps you find phase cancellation between channels in the audio file. You can use the correlation meter to identify and fix limitations to mono compatibility between channels.

CALM standard metering enables ultra-precise loudness measuring and displays an audio signal's dynamic range in visual form. Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM) regulates overall loudness during ad breaks.

The multi-channel spectral analysis displays multiple graphs with fundamental frequencies and overtones in your recordings. Monitor audio and effect changes and create multiple snapshots and overlays in order to compare and adjust frequencies.

The tool for identifying and selecting clipped peaks automatically scans audio files to locate instances of clipping. This way, you can see all clipping points and then remove them with the DeClipper tool included in SOUND FORGE Pro 16.