Sony Sound Forge Pro Mac 2.5 Audio Editing Software, 100+ Site License Tier, Education, Boxed

Flawless editing in OS X
Sound Forge Pro Mac 2 users are invited to install the free 2.5 update. Now with CD burning capability, the stand-alone Convert Batch Processing Automation Tool and their original Wave Hammer compressor on board, Sound Forge for OS X has hit a highly anticipated benchmark.

Disc-at-once CD burning
Create tracks and burn a disc from a single file or burn all open files to disc. Burn gapless live sets and red book compliant master disc.

Wave Hammer Compressor/Limiter
A Sound Forge original plug-in is now available on the Mac. Sophisticated compression and volume maximization deliver master recordings with classic Sound Forge clarity and punch.

Focused editing
Sound Forge Pro Mac is the second-generation audio editing application designed exclusively for OS X, with expanded editing features incorporated by popular demand. Configurable viewing panels allow you to toggle to any project view you need in seconds-see everything at once or toggle your view to see only the features you want, when you want. Easily navigate the entire interface and work quickly, even on laptops.

Record high-resolution audio
Assigning hardware, metering input signals, arming tracks and recording high-resolution multichannel audio is a simple and fluid process in Sound Forge Pro Mac. Route your inputs, position the Record tool, click Record and you're off.

User interface
Sound Forge Pro Mac features a streamlined user interface that takes full advantage of contemporary OS X functionality.

Meters
Place meters in the location and orientation that suits your style. Sound Forge Pro Mac features new options including CALM (Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act) compliant metering that helps you follow the new rules while maximizing the dynamic range potential of your audio.

Plug-in chooser
Fast access to available plug-ins, easy previewing and processing and logical preset management are hallmarks of a quality audio-editing platform. Sound Forge Pro Mac features a dedicated panel for offline plug-in processing. Bring it into view with a single click to access plug-ins, plug-in presets and search functionality.

Plug-in chainer
Plug-in chains make sophisticated, nondestructive signal and effects processing operations possible, resulting in finished audio master files ready for duplication or broadcast. Establish a chain, apply and adjust plug-in parameter control envelopes and render out precisely optimized master files.

Signal and effects processing
Enjoy a full range of native processes including volume, fade, flip, mute, normalize and reverse. Enhance and repair audio with iZotope plug-ins including the complete Nectar Elements vocal processing engine. Easily solve time and pitch problems with artifact-free Zplane algorithms. Access your entire plug-in collection for both offline and nondestructive processing.

A One-Stop Audio mastering solution
Generate perfect master files straight away with Sound Forge Pro Mac. iZotope's Mastering and Repair Suite, the complete iZotope Nectar Elements Vocal Processing plug-in and a host of native tools come standard. Simply drop them into the application's Plug-In Chain tool and process for broadcast-ready audio.

Free Blastwave Sound Effects
Sound Forge Pro Mac includes 200 free Blastwave FX sound effects. Enjoy next-generation HD sound effects from the producers of their incredible Detroit Chop Shop line of Sony Sound Series: Sound Effects library titles.

What's new in Sound Forge Pro Mac 2
For surgical editing, excellent signal processing, freewheeling creative play and even for mechanized routine chores, Sound Forge Pro Mac is the audio editor of choice.

Interoperability with SpectraLayersPro 2
Transfer audio data between Sound Forge Pro Mac and SpectraLayers Pro 2.1 and experience the thrill of working freely across the world's premiere waveform and spectral editing applications. Open a large file in Sound Forge Pro Mac and transfer selections of any size to SpectraLayers Pro 2.1 for fast, precise editing, then bring the result back to the source file in Sound Forge Pro Mac.

Event Mode improvements
Convert regions to events. Lock event markers, region markers and envelope points to events. Automatically ripple successive events forward in time while editing.

CALM-targeted metering
Win the volume war with new metering options available in Sound Forge Pro Mac. CALM (Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act) compliant metering features help you follow the new rules while maximizing the dynamic range potential of your audio.

FLAC file format support
Generate files in this popular lossless format that features space-saving compression and comprehensive metadata-handling capabilities.

Auto Trim/Crop tool
Automatically remove unnecessary silence in a sound file while fading the edges of program segments in and out with user-controlled fade lengths.

Volume plug-in
Modify the volume of a selection using this convenient process dialog.

Customizable toolbar
Cluster and access frequently used functions in a single convenient location.

iZotope Nectar Elements
The included Nectar Elements plug-in makes vocal treatment a snap. Whether you're recording or mixing, get great results quickly by loading one of Nectar's professionally designed Style presets in genres like rock, pop, folk, soul and voiceover & dialogue. From there, easily customize your sound by adjusting dedicated controls like Presence, Drive and Grit. Need to fix pitch problems, perform de-essing or reduce room noise in your recording? Nectar Elements has you covered there as well, offering simple, intelligent controls that let you focus on your sound, not your setup.

Processing power
From native processes to custom code designed by some of the industry's most respected plug-in developers, Sound Forge Pro Mac installs with all the features you need to achieve perfect audio master files, optimized for any resolution.

Fades
Get precise control over your audio heads and tails with five different fade types.

Invert/Flip
Reverse the phase of your sound files.

Technical specifications
Sound Forge Pro Mac is the second-generation audio editing application designed exclusively for OS X.

Sound Forge Pro Mac 2 Features

Processes
• iZotope 64-bit SRC (sample rate conversion)
• iZotope MBIT+ Dither (bit depth conversion)
• Volume
• Mute
• Normalize
• Mix
• Reverse
• Fade In/Fade Out (five curve types)
• Insert Silence
• Channel Converter
• Invert/Flip

Effects
• Mastering Effects Bundle plug-ins, powered by iZotope:
• EQ
• Multiband Compressor
• Exciter
• Imager
• Limiter
• Reverb
• Restore and Repair Tools plug-ins powered by iZotope:
• Declicker
• Denoiser
• Declipper
• Nectar Elements voice processing plug-in powered by iZotope
• Zplane elastique Pro time stretch and pitch shift plug-in
• AU plug-in support (64-bit only)
• VST plug-in support (64-bit only)
• Real-time effects previewing

Recording/playback
• Supports up to 24-bit, 192 kHz, 32-channel audio
• Multichannel audio recording
• ASIO driver support
• Auto input monitoring
• Audio threshold record triggering
• Synthesis (simple waveforms and noise)

Tools
• File Properties
• Media Browser
• Meters
• Loudness Meters
• Plug-In Chain
• Plug-In Chooser
• Record
• Regions List
• Statistics
• Summary Information

Timing basis
• Absolute Frames
• Samples, Time, Seconds
• SMPTE Drop/Non-Drop
• SMPTE EBU/Film Sync
• Time and Frames
• Audio CD Time

Editing/workflow
• Time mode
• Event mode
• Pencil mode
• Envelope mode
• Metadata
• Multichannel file editing and processing
• Offline signal and effects processing
• Nondestructive signal and effects processing

Meters
• Peak
• RMS
• True Peaks
• Loudness: Momentary, Short Term, Integrated, Loudness Range