Hello, am new to Vegas Pro 365, which includes Sound Forge, just signed on. Is iZotope elements included as part of sound forge or is it just a trial. No key was included but some reviews of the product suggest it is included. If it is included, how do I activate it?
Both Sound Forge AS (Audio Studio) and AS 365 allegedly includes iZotope Ozone Elements. For a definitive answer, contact Magix Customer Service Sales Team .
Addendum: "iZotope Ozone Elements" is a trial version included in Vegas Pro.
Magix Vegas ought to be more clear. Though SoundForge did detect my Harrison Mixbus plugins from Harrison Consoles: https://harrisonconsoles.com/site/mixbus.html The Harrison Mixbus is not only a great, affordable crossplatform DAW but has some very nice and useful plugins and often have sales and give-aways or bundle discounts. They gave me a couple of very good EQ ones for free that normally cost when I signed on to their promo email list. If you are looking for a good source for free, 64-bit audio plugins, this is a great resource: https://www.admiralbumblebee.com/FreeBees.html
Addendum: "iZotope Ozone Elements" is a trial version included in Vegas Pro.
Magix Vegas ought to be more clear.
Yes, I was equally misled. It seemed pretty obvious that Ozone Elements was included in the bundle (I have the 365 subscription), but no license key is provided, so you end up with just the 10-day trial. It's a sales ploy, of course, in collaboration with Izotope to get you to buy what may be highly overpriced add-ons with their slick marketing.
I was about to fork out an extra $200 for a "standard" bundle of VSTs - even though I only needed ONE of them - but I couldn't jump through all the hoops to prove our non-profit education foundation is an academic institution and I could not justify paying $400 either.
This turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I want back to my audio workhorse, Audacity, which is free (although one can make donations instead, which I did). It now supports Nyquists filters and VSTs natively, and there is a huge range of very effective filters and effects (also mostly free), you just need to search around a bit.
The only downside is that you have to change how you work - separate the audio from your video files and apply filters and effects separately; but don't cut or trim them because you then have to sync the audio file back with the video file in Vegas Pro and do any cutting & trimming with the events locked together (and mute the audio track for the video events). It's a bit fiddly, but it works.