SOUND FORGE Pro 17:
What artists, producers and sound engineers say

 

Artists on SOUND FORGE Pro

Adam Gonsalves
Mastering and Vinyl Cutting Engineer

"SOUND FORGE Pro is an excellent DAW for recording or mixing. The metering is great and included signal processing tools are very useful. It hosts all your favorite plug-ins and provides you with both a native restoration suite and iZotope RX Elements so your tracks will be free of common demo-quality problems like vocal ticks/pops. Plus if you get SOUND FORGE Pro Suite, you’ll get a full modeling suite and the unbelievably powerful spectral editing tool SpectraLayers Pro. When mastering from stems the editing in SOUND FORGE is seamless, easy, and fast."

Credentials
Willie Nelson, Blitzen Trapper, Rogue Wave

Garry King
Drummer, Drum-Recording Engineer and Producer

"As an artist and avid Samplitude user, the new SOUND FORGE Pro works seamlessly along with my DAW. It has so much power for noise reduction and I love the Clipped Peak Restoration option and the fact that all your VSTs also appear in FX Favourites. For both pre and post final production of full tracks, stems or individual files, SOUND FORGE as a classic software is something that should not to be missing from any home or professional studio setup!"

Credentials
Jeff Beck, Joe Lynn Turner (Deep Purple), Tom Bee (Sound of America Records), Rick Hale | Music for TV and Film

Brother Paul Brown

"For the past 17 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! The new features of SOUND FORGE Pro are so brilliantly crafted – I am so thrilled with the new 64bit and VST3 Support. They now allow me to seamlessly move my workload from my in-house studio to my touring studio! The new Audio Restauration features are also all right out of the box more powerful in the newest version. I am blown away how far SOUND FORGE Pro has advanced in the quality of time stretching! Absolutely stunning!"

Brother Paul Brown
Grammy-winning Producer, Engineer and Keyboardist

Credentials
The Waterboys, Al Green, Gloria Gaynor (Testimony; Grammy-winning) Bobby Rush (Down in Louisana; Grammy-nominated), Mike Farris, Ann Peebles, Jimi Jamison (Survivor)

Anthony Casuccio

"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. It has everything I need to ensure great sounding audio. With various audio formats being used, the POW-r dithering insures that I get the best quality possible. It's absolutely incredible."

Anthony Casuccio
Grammy-nominated Mastering Engineer

Credentials
Cypress Hill, NAS, Sarah Schuster Ericsson (Night Breeze; Grammy-nominated), Kenneth Bolton (A Pianist Journey; Grammy-nominated)

Joey Stuckey

"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. MAGIX has made the software even better after they acquired the product from SONY! In SOUND FORGE Pro, you are provided with more powerful tools, better layout, better pricing and amazing tech support! If you want to edit like a pro, this is the software solution for you!"

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.)

William Goldstein

"I started beta testing audio software for a company called Sonic Foundry, later bought by SONY and now owned by MAGIX. From the beginning SOUND FORGE was the most versatile & complete audio editing software available. SOUND FORGE Pro continues this great tradition, and has become indispensable for any serious audio project."

William Goldstein
Grammy nominated Film and TV Composer, Instant Composer and former Recording Artist at Motown

Credentials
Fame (MGM), The Miracle Worker (The Walt Disney Company), Happy Endings (CBS) | Music for: National Geographic, ABC and NBC

Ted Perlman

"I’ve used SOUND FORGE since the mid 1990’s. Mastered and edited many great records, movie soundtracks, etc. It's an amazing user-friendly software that can travel with you on your career journey no matter how high it takes you. Using Ozone 8, Wave Hammer, and the graphic EQ in the new SOUND FORGE Pro, I was able to create a great sounding master. You don't have to own all these expensive 3rd party plugins to get an expensive sound. The plug-ins included in SOUND FORGE Pro can get you that million dollar sound without having to spend a million dollars! I love this program. It "feels" beautiful!"

Ted Perlman
Grammy-winning Producer, Songwriter, Musician and Arranger

Credentials
Burt Bacharach (At This Time; Grammy-winner), Dr. Dre, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross | NBC, CBS, FOX | Jingles for McDonald's, Coca Cola and Burger King

Jean-Philippe Rykiel

"Having such an easy to use application has many advantages. If you only have a stereo source to record, it is quicker and easier than setting up a session in a DAW. Launch it, it's ready for you. And it's also great for editing and mastering a project exported from a DAW. 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
Virtuoso Keyboardist, Composer, Sound Designer and Arranger

Credentials
Leonard Cohen, Salif Keita, Youssou N'Dour, Amadou & Mariam

David Filskov

"SOUND FORGE Pro is a reliable tool for easy recording, cleaning up audio, handling and converting files manually and automatically. The new interface is great and feels more focused and informative. The Peak Meter V2 is exactly what you need and expect from pro audio tools and élastique timestretch is simply incredible."

David Filskov
Sound Designer and Founder of Epic Sound

Credentials
Coca Cola Cinema Ad, LEGO Hero Factory

Rod Carillo

"SOUND FORGE Pro has been my trusted weapon of choice for the last 10 years for editing vocals and mastering. It is very helpful for editing vocals: chopping, time stretching, corrections and sampling. It’s a time saver for edits and chops when a production deadline is soon approaching. As for mastering, I use it for all of our originals and remixes. I find it very flexible for all different genres of mastering and it has smooth integration with third plug-ins that make our final masters crisp and clean."

Rod Carillo
Producer and Remixer

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)

John Walden

"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 Music Technology Journalist

Credentials
Journalist for Sound on Sound magazine | Library Music Producer for Focus Music, Mode Production Music, Hollywood Trax

SOUND FORGE Pro 17
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Subscription and cancellation conditions: SOUND FORGE Pro 365 will be available immediately after payment and activation. The charge for the minimum term is payable as a single sum upon conclusion of the contract. The minimum term begins on the date of purchase. The contractual period of SOUND FORGE Pro 365 will be automatically extended by 12 months at a time until you cancel the agreement. You will be informed well in advance if the extension rate or taxes included change. A cancellation is possible up to 1 month before the end of the contract period. To cancel the contract, please send an email stating your customer number to: infoservice@magix.net

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  • NEW! External FX
  • NEW! VST Enhancements
  • NEW! coreFX Utility
  • NEW! Optimized Onboarding
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$14.99 / month

Subscription and cancellation conditions: SOUND FORGE Pro 365 will be available immediately after payment and activation. The charge for the duration of the minimum term is payable monthly upon conclusion of the contract. The minimum term begins on the date of purchase. The contractual period of SOUND FORGE Pro 365 will be automatically extended by 12 months at a time until you cancel the agreement. You will be informed well in advance if the extension rate or taxes included change. A cancellation is possible up to 1 month before the end of the contract period. To cancel the contract, please send an email stating your customer number to: infoservice@magix.net

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  • NEW! External FX
  • NEW! VST Enhancements
  • NEW! coreFX Utility
  • NEW! Optimized Onboarding
$27.99 / month

Subscription and cancellation conditions: SOUND FORGE Pro 365 will be available immediately after payment and activation. The charge for the minimum term is payable as a single sum upon conclusion of the contract. The minimum term begins on the date of purchase. The contractual period of SOUND FORGE Pro 365 will be automatically extended by one month at a time until you cancel the agreement You will be informed well in advance if the extension rate or taxes included change. A cancellation is possible up to 1 day before the end of the contract period. To cancel the contract, please send an email stating your customer number to: infoservice@magix.net

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  • NEW! VST Enhancements
  • NEW! coreFX Utility
  • NEW! Optimized Onboarding
SOUND FORGE Pro 17 Suite
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All features included in SOUND FORGE Pro 17, plus:

  • dynamicEQ
    now featuring oversampling
  • Melodyne essential
    version 5.3
  • wizardFX Modern Reverb
  • Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 10
  • essentialFX Suite
    (11 high-quality effect plug-ins)
  • Analogue Modelling Suite
    (4 mastering plug-ins)
  • Vintage Effects Suite
    (3 vintage effects)
  • VariVerb II
    (versatile reverb plug-in)
  • Vandal (virtual guitar &
    bass amps)
Available until March 24, 2024
$149.00 Regularly $599.00

Upgrade to the latest version here. Please have your account registration information or the serial number for your software ready.

Download (shipping free)

All features included in SOUND FORGE Pro 17, plus:

  • dynamicEQ
    now featuring oversampling
  • Melodyne essential
    version 5.3
  • wizardFX Modern Reverb
  • Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 10
  • essentialFX Suite
    (11 high-quality effect plug-ins)
  • Analogue Modelling Suite
    (4 mastering plug-ins)
  • Vintage Effects Suite
    (3 vintage effects)
  • VariVerb II
    (versatile reverb plug-in)
  • Vandal (virtual guitar &
    bass amps)
Available until March 24, 2024
SOUND FORGE Pro Suite 365
SOUND FORGE Pro Suite 365
SOUND FORGE Pro Suite 365 SOUND FORGE Pro Suite 12 month subscription
SOUND FORGE Pro Suite 365 SOUND FORGE Pro Suite 12 month subscription
Save 25%
$179.88 / year Regularly $239.88 / year

Subscription and cancellation conditions: SOUND FORGE Pro Suite 365 will be available immediately after payment and activation. The charge for the minimum term is payable as a single sum upon conclusion of the contract. The minimum term begins on the date of purchase. The contractual period of SOUND FORGE Pro Suite 365 will be automatically extended by 12 months at a time until you cancel the agreement. You will be informed well in advance if the extension rate or taxes included change. A cancellation is possible up to 1 month before the end of the contract period. To cancel the contract, please send an email stating your customer number to: infoservice@magix.net

Download (shipping free)

All features included in SOUND FORGE Pro 17, plus:

  • dynamicEQ
    now featuring oversampling
  • Melodyne essential
    version 5.3
  • wizardFX Modern Reverb
  • Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 10
  • essentialFX Suite
    (11 high-quality effect plug-ins)
  • Analogue Modelling Suite
    (4 mastering plug-ins)
  • Vintage Effects Suite
    (3 vintage effects)
  • VariVerb II
    (versatile reverb plug-in)
  • Vandal (virtual guitar &
    bass amps)
Available until March 24, 2024
$19.99 / month

Subscription and cancellation conditions: SOUND FORGE Pro Suite 365 will be available immediately after payment and activation. The charge for the duration of the minimum term is payable monthly upon conclusion of the contract. The minimum term begins on the date of purchase. The contractual period of SOUND FORGE Pro Suite 365 will be automatically extended by 12 months at a time until you cancel the agreement. You will be informed well in advance if the extension rate or taxes included change. A cancellation is possible up to 1 month before the end of the contract period. To cancel the contract, please send an email stating your customer number to: infoservice@magix.net

Download (shipping free)

All features included in SOUND FORGE Pro 17, plus:

  • dynamicEQ
    now featuring oversampling
  • Melodyne essential
    version 5.3
  • wizardFX Modern Reverb
  • Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 10
  • essentialFX Suite
    (11 high-quality effect plug-ins)
  • Analogue Modelling Suite
    (4 mastering plug-ins)
  • Vintage Effects Suite
    (3 vintage effects)
  • VariVerb II
    (versatile reverb plug-in)
  • Vandal (virtual guitar &
    bass amps)
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FAQs

What is SOUND FORGE?
 

SOUND FORGE is a digital audio editing suite by MAGIX aimed at both professional and semi-professional users. It has been the audio editing standard software for artists, producers and sound mastering engineers for over 20 years. The SOUND FORGE family includes SOUND FORGE Audio Studio, Audio Cleaning Lab, as well as SOUND FORGE Pro and SOUND FORGE Pro Suite.

What is SOUND FORGE
Audio Studio?

SOUND FORGE Audio Studio is a digital audio editing all-rounder. It's the perfect software for recording podcasts or audio books in high quality, cutting and editing audio files with professional restoration and mastering tools, and modifying them with a wide range of effects.

What is SOUND FORGE Pro?
 

SOUND FORGE Pro is audio software for professional users. An extensive range of professional functions makes it the most popular software among producers and sound engineers worldwide.

What is SOUND FORGE Pro Suite?
 

SOUND FORGE Pro Suite is a professional software package for recording, editing, sound design and mastering. The suite sets new standards for audio and contains a wide range of sophisticated plug-ins, such as the brand-new Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 10 and Melodyne essential.

What is SOUND FORGE
Cleaning Lab?

SOUND FORGE Cleaning Lab is an all-around tool for cleaning, digitizing and restoring audio recordings. It features modern workflows, innovative effect presets and powerful cleaning and mastering plug-ins from iZotope.

Are there free trial versions of
SOUND FORGE available?

Yes, free 30-day trial versions of SOUND FORGE family products are available. Just go to the free-download section and get started.

Is SOUND FORGE Audio Studio
a 32 bit software?

You need a 64-bit version of one of the following operating systems: Windows 11 | Windows 10. Further information on the system requirements can be found under technical specifications.

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