Sonic Foundry Sound Forge

Sounic Foundry have been reported as being in a little bit of financial trouble recently, but do not assume that this is because of badly written software. Unlike the majority of their other products, Sound Forge is aimed squarely at the professional end of the PC audio market. The versions tend to come out at pretty long intervals though, so don't expect your investment to become worthless in a month as with so many audio programs. Sound Forge is a conveniently laid-out audio editor. The interface is minimal and unless you have a great memory, you'll probably dispense with the toolbars altogether and just use the standard Windows menu system to ...  Read the complete review

I've been using sound forge for a while now on a really really duff old PC. It works great though. Its great if you use a budget sampler such as the SU200, that is great, but does have the draw back of limited editing and effects. With Sound Forge you can trim the sample down to the right size, clean up the sound quality and then add appropriate effects. The loop function is superb, allowing extremely tight editing. The sound stretch and pitch shift are also fantastic for my needs. Finally, I would say its the first time i've used such a piece of software and its given me no problems. Basically, a pleasure to work with, especially in ...  Read the complete review

Sonic Foundry is simply put everything you could want in recording software . If you've recorded anything and ever wanted more functionality then microsoft sound recorder then you can find it here . Sound Forge allows you to do anything with stuff you've recorded . It's got so many features that you'll find them stuck away under menus hiding just to be found . There's buttons all over the place but the main display is clear and shows the sound you're editing as a wave form . Here you can select areas quicky and apply many different effects to , these are supplied with SF4 but you can also use plugins that are compatible with ...  Read the complete review

I have been using SF4 for about a month now to edit material for CD burning and it is a staggering piece of software. Just about every day I find a new angle and the process just gets easier and quicker as a result. There are a lot of features which I know are there but I haven't yet tried. I have been transferring a load of old compact cassettes of my children when they were small and recordings of concerts I have been in over the years. These are all pretty naff recordings in absolute terms, but the nostalgia value is immeasureable. I beefed up one choral thing using reverb and the result was excellent. Coupled with Nero 5, I am in seventh ...  Read the complete review

A Sound Forge program, so expect high quality. This is simply a great program - just drag and you can drop samples in and out, cut them up, change the BPM, change the key and produce great dance trax. I would say the great track knocking around at the moment, Sandstorm, is a Sound Forge production... Get the Sound Forge sampler to shape your own samples as well. There are better versions as Acid Style is limited to 8 tracks. Find the Sound Forge website and investigate; you won't be disappointed ...  Read the complete review