Sound Forge for £109 - Should I Do It?

andyrpsmith wrote on 11/5/2020, 6:46 AM

Latest Magix offer Sound Forge for £109. I have Sound Cleaning Lab and to be honest I don't do much with sound. I have spectral layers pro (free with V18 upgrade last Aug. I'm tempted.

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Dexcon wrote on 11/5/2020, 7:02 AM

@andyrpsmith  ... download the trial and test it out yourself. SoundForge and Spectralayers are completely different and carry out completely different functions

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andyrpsmith wrote on 11/5/2020, 7:07 AM

Thanks, I'm looking for feedback from those that have used it. I did trial it a while back but it was much more expensive and not worth paying that price for it.

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vkmast wrote on 11/5/2020, 7:16 AM

If you don't get responses here, try the "official" forum on the MAGIX products side, i.e. https://www.magix.info/us/audio-forum/sound-forge-pc/

andyrpsmith wrote on 11/5/2020, 7:20 AM

Many thanks I'll have a look. - seems good value though.

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Dexcon wrote on 11/5/2020, 7:24 AM

@andyrpsmith  ... I have used SoundForge for years and find it indispensable for editing and cleaning up narration using its manual processes including the 'pencil draw' tool where you can reshape a jagged curve (read vocal fry) and smooth it out. SpectraLayers is bant for removing specific frequencies (e.g. mechanical noises, sirens,voices, etc) and so much more.

If you've already tried it out and didn't find a use for it, then maybe its not a plus for you regardless of the price.

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D: drive: 4TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD (used for media for editing current projects)

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andyrpsmith wrote on 11/5/2020, 7:36 AM

Many thanks, I ended up buying Sound cleaning lab and have used it to clean up a noisy crackly audio track. I think for £109 I'll go for it.

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walter-i. wrote on 11/5/2020, 7:50 AM

You should also check out what's included with Soundforge.
Soundforge pro 14 was included with my VP18 Pro version, but without the RX7 Audio Editor, which was installed automatically, but had to be purchased separately ...

I also have to admit that I don't do much with it, and I probably don't even use 10% of the possibilities. I use it to record my commentary for films and remove the most annoying background noise if something is really disturbing a video recording.

PS: On the side I see there, Soundforge costs 14 each £ 229.- and Soundforge Studio £ 49, -
https://www.magix.com/gb/music/sound-forge/sound-forge-pro/?_oB=sound-forge-pro
https://www.magix.com/gb/music/sound-forge/sound-forge-audio-studio/version-comparison/

 

Musicvid wrote on 11/5/2020, 1:02 PM

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andyrpsmith wrote on 11/5/2020, 1:32 PM

Thanks everyone, I have bought it from Magix and all installed fine.

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