Magix SOUND FORGE Pro 18 Audio Recording Editing Software, Perpetual License, Download

Sound design for audio professionals and content creators
For nearly three decades, SOUND FORGE Pro has set the standard for audio editing for artists, producers, as well as sound and mastering engineers. Use precise tools, innovative editing features and high-quality plug-ins to create podcasts, radio broadcasts, and streaming masters in accordance with international standards.

Recording - High-quality sound recordings
Experience ultra-clean audio quality, even with the most challenging sound. SOUND FORGE Pro 18 helps you solve all the most common problems in no time at all, eliminating noise and poor microphone recordings in just seconds. Get the most out of your music projects, podcasts, and voiceover recordings.

Audio editing - Optimized efficiency and precision
SOUND FORGE Pro 18 is one of the world's leading audio editors. Cut, edit, and enhance audio files with the highest precision and at the sample level. Thanks to a wide range of professional tools, you can shape any sound exactly the way you imagined.

Mastering - Breathtaking results
SOUND FORGE Pro 18 helps you enhance your audio with state-of-the-art tools and numerous high-quality effects using advanced DSP algorithms. Optimize the volume of your recordings effortlessly and without any loss of quality, using state of the art plugins like Ozone Elements and CoreFX.

Storyblocks
Seamlessly integrated into MAGIX Hub and available directly in SOUND FORGE Pro 18: Storyblocks provides an extensive library of professional, royalty-free content for creatives at any artistic level. From captivating visual elements to immersive soundscapes.

Seamlessly integrated into MAGIX Hub, Storyblocks offers an extensive library of professional, royalty-free assets that have been carefully selected to meet the needs of creatives at every artistic level. From stunning visuals to immersive soundscapes, gain access to unlimited creative possibilities with Storyblocks - directly in SOUND FORGE Pro 18.

Text-to-speech
Powered by AI, this brand-new feature turns your text into high-quality voiceovers with the touch of a button - and can translate them into up to 100 languages. Discover this revolutionary workflow designed for anyone working with text, from content and podcast creators to voiceover artists.

This brand-new, AI-driven feature transforms your texts into high-quality voiceovers with the touch of a button - and offers translations into up to 100 languages. The AI eliminates the manual work so you can fully concentrate on creative tasks. A revolutionary workflow for anyone that works with text - from content and podcast creators to voiceover artists.

New in SOUND FORGE Pro 18
Featuring a host of brand-new features and the help of AI, the new SOUND FORGE Pro 18 offers you everything you need to produce high-quality podcasts and broadcast-quality tracks. Discover a comprehensive toolset that helps you enhance and export audio tracks from your videos and analog recordings in no time. Experience a new level of audio editing.

Onboarding
Our improved onboarding offers you the perfect entry point into the world of professional audio editing. Start your creative journey with ease and enjoy intuitive features that help complete your projects in no time.

Cleaning Wizard with DeHisser, DeClicker & DeClipper
Your toolset for a pristine sound! Restore and optimize your audio recordings without compromise. Advanced AI technology automatically detects problems and adjusts threshold settings accordingly. This means an even more intuitive workflow and ultra-fast results.

dynamicEQ - Easily shape your own, completely unique sound
Enjoy mixing that is even simpler and more precise. Adjust frequency processing precisely in areas where it will enhance your material. Boost, attenuate, and shape sound throughout your project with the highest degree of accuracy based on the source material. Use dynamicEQ to mix more flexibly than ever before - completely free from noise.

Celemony Melodyne essential version 5.3 - The legendary tool for precise audio corrections
Melodyne enables you to precisely edit the pitch and timing of your recordings as well as insert and remove sections. Thanks to its innovative Percussive Detection function, you can even recognize and edit drums and percussion with pinpoint accuracy. The intuitive user interface makes editing easier than ever before.

The all-round audio editor - The audible difference
SOUND FORGE Pro has ranked among the best-known audio editing software for nearly three decades, making it the editor of choice for many producers and sound engineers worldwide. SOUND FORGE Pro stands for recording, editing and mastering at the highest level.

• Editing
• Mastering & Cleaning
• Recording
• Visualization
• Scripting

Audio editing - Fast and precise
The core competencies of SOUND FORGE Pro are editing and cutting audio files. Use a wide range of tools for fast, high-precision results.

Edit tool
Use the edit tool to change, position, and move audio files as well as edit simple envelope points.

Magnify tool
Use the Magnify tool to zoom in on a region for an in-depth look at individual elements. If you let go of the mouse button, the area selected will not be lost.

Pencil tool
Use the Pencil tool to edit waveforms by drawing on them. This way, undesired noises such as peaks and missing zero crossings can be easily removed.

Event tool
Use the event tool to edit several audio events in a single data window. This shows you simple methods for smoothing transitions and makes creating track for Disc-At-Once CDs easier.

Envelope tool
You can add, remove, or adjust envelope points using the Envelope tool. Breathe new life into your projects and create complex automation for parameters in no time.

Time stretching with zplane elastique Pro v3 Engine
Experience artifact-free time-stretching and pitch-shifting from the market leader. Based on modern psychoacoustic models, zplane elastique delivers stable timing, cross-channel phase coherence, and sample accurate stretching without degrading sound quality.

Text-to-speech & AI features
This brand-new, AI-driven feature transforms your texts into high-quality voiceovers with the touch of a button - and offers translations into up to 100 languages. The AI eliminates the manual work so that you can fully concentrate on creative tasks. A revolutionary workflow for anyone that works with text - from content and podcast creators to voiceover artists.*

Workflow features - Maximize efficiency and work fast
The user interface in SOUND FORGE Pro can be fully customized. Personalize your workflow by modifying waveform and envelope color, markers, and window height to suit your preferences. Design and save multiple interface layout configurations, whether in single or dual monitor setup.

Powerful resampling engine
Thanks to the powerful internal resampling engine, you can work with any sample rate in your project without prior conversion. The program is fast, supports more formats, and provides optimal output quality. The customizable engine ensures that you always output the highest quality and achieve maximum results from your media in real time without prior conversion.

Comprehensive Multichannel support
Support for multichannel audio files allows you to create, load, and save new files with any configuration. This provides feedback the selected setup all the time and lets you benefit from the ability to import, convert, and export different formats containing up to 32 channels.

Instant Action
Instant Action allows you to access frequently used features with just one click - plus, you can add custom actions. All essential tools and features are now clearly displayed as easily identifiable icons in one window. Organized into clear categories such as Effects, Mastering, Import, and Export, Instant Action helps you save precious time.

Customizable Windows context menus
Perform a variety of actions from the Windows context menu with a single right-click on a file or folder - all without having to open the program. This way, you can assign tasks instantly, which significantly accelerates your workflow and lets you achieve the results you need even faster.

Customizable user interface
The user interface now comes in four different, selectable shade settings. Adjust it to your personal needs and the lighting conditions of your work environment, so you can fully focus on your project.

Intuitive icons
Cleverly designed icons make it easier to find program features. Enjoy an a well-organized user interface and intuitively see where you start recording, edit audio, and save projects.

Expert multitasking
You can edit a new file while SOUND FORGE Pro edits and renders an additional file in the background.

ACID loop creation
Create loops for ACID and edit WAV file properties. This information is embedded in the file and can be modified in ACID at any time.

Channel converter
The Channel Converter allows you to change channel configuration - from the number in an audio file to inverting a stereo file to mixing a multichannel file.

Mastering & cleaning

Sophisticated plug-ins. Excellent sound quality.
SOUND FORGE Pro contains a whole range of effects and plug-ins for cleaning and mastering audio files. These are based on advanced DSP algorithms that are designed to offer the highest precision for post-production.