


Sound Forge Pro supports full-resolution 24-bit audio to capture the subtle nuances of sound, with 32-bit / 64-bit float 192 kHz files, and recording from 24-bit hardware. A trial download is available to experience Sound Forge Pro for yourself. The product also includes Sony Noise Reduction 2 for restoring damaged clips, Sony CD Architect 5.2 for professional Red Book Audio CD mastering, and the iZotope Mastering Effects Bundle 2 plug-ins. Sound Forge Pro 10 is available for around $375. Sony also has integrated disc-at-once CD burning into Sound Forge Pro to directly generate Red Book audio premasters for professional replication. It expands editing with event-based editing to work on blocks in a single window, support for musical instrument files, and extensive additional tools and effects. The new version 10 enhances the interface with a more customizable workspace combining floating, dockable, and tabbed windows, and adds interactive tutorials to help get started with editing tasks. Sony Sound Forge Pro 10, released in September 2009, continues this legacy as a professional digital audio production suite, including audio recording, editing, processing, and mastering audio files – plus sound design, audio restoration, and CD creation for professional replication. Instead of a collection of tools combined into an integrated suite, Sony has a small family of professional products that run on Windows, featuring Vegas Pro for video, plus two powerful audio tools that are suites in their own right: Sound Forge Pro for audio editing and mastering, and ACID Pro for music creation. And Apple, with its Final Cut Studio expanding from professional editing to digital cinema.Īnd then there’s Sony Creative Software, with a legacy based in audio from the acquisition of Sonic Foundry back in 2003. Or Adobe, with its ever-more-tightly integrated Creative Suite, from imaging to video to the web. What family of video editing tools are you most comfortable with? There’s Avid, with its extensive legacy in broadcast and film.
