Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 Audio Editing and Production Software, 5-99 License Tier

Your home studio for audio production
Sound Forge Audio Studio is perfect for recording, editing and energizing music and sound. Digitize, repair and restore rare records and tapes, produce podcasts and karaoke tracks, burn CDs and render out all the right formats for playback from any source. Give your tracks high-end sonic impact with classic Sound Forge tools.

· New! iZotope Audio Enhancer plug-in
· New! Four step-by-step tutorial videos
· 24-bit/32-bit float, 192kHz audio support
· Global Media cache
· Customizable window layouts
· Floating window docks
· Tabbed data window browsing
· Custom selection gridlines
· Show Me How interactive tutorials
· Simple editing and navigation
· Easy drag-and-drop functionality
· Real-time nondestructive editing
· Multitask background rendering
· Media Explorer with automatic file previewing
· Automatic left and right mono-to-stereo merge
· Fully customizable toolbars
· Mix, paste and crossfade
· Automatic file mixing and conversion
· Unlimited Undo/Redo
· Over 30 built-in effects processes
· System and user-defined function presets
· Enhanced Preset Manager
· Crash recovery
· Mark-in, mark-out, drop markers in real time
· Embed URL flips within audio and video stream
· Mono and stereo sound files
· Real-time play and record meters
· Full support for 4GB and larger files
· Standard keyboard commands, mouse shortcuts and toolbars
· Compress sound files for 8-bit distribution

Capture your performance
Plug a microphone or instrument into your computer's sound card and capture pure audio at resolutions up to 24-bit/192kHz. Digitize rare vinyl LP records and tapes with the Vinyl Recording and Restoration tool, import audio from CDs and work with audio files in a variety of popular formats including MP3 and FLAC.

Powerful editing tools
Edit and energize your sound. Give your audio tracks presence and sparkle. Balance and trim your files and synchronize audio with video. Assemble a podcast or a DJ set. Make your own loops to use with ACID Music Studio.

Create your own karaoke tracks
Sound Forge Audio Studio includes the Vocal Eraser plug-in. Remove vocals from most recordings or isolate and extract vocal tracks from songs for remixing. The Vocal Eraser plug-in contains presets for various genres and vocal types.

Audio Enhancer plug-in
Sound Forge Audio Studio includes the exclusive Audio Enhancer plug-in by iZotope. This one-stop audio processing engine combines five critical processes that can elevate audio files to broadcast-quality standards with a single mouse click. User presets include settings for both music and dialog.

Instructional videos
In addition to their Show Me How tutorials, Sound Forge Audio Studio includes four in-depth videos that provide step-by-step instructions for CD creation, audio mastering, vinyl restoration and podcast creation.

Share your creations
Author CDs in Sound Forge Audio Studio. Burn one track at a time or choose disc-at-once and gain full control over the pauses between tracks. Quickly convert audio files to popular formats including MP3 and FLAC. Create all the right files for the Web and your favorite portable players.

Extensive video support
Sound Forge Audio Studio makes it easy to synchronize audio with video. Import popular video formats including WindowsMedia, QuickTime and more.

Customize audio with effects
Customize your audio with more than 30 native signal and effects processing plug-ins, including compression, EQ, delay, chorus and reverb. VST plug-in support expands the number of effects you can apply, significantly increasing your audio processing capabilities.

Recording, editing and sharing
Sound Forge Audio Studio allows you capture music and sound from virtually any source - simply plug a microphone or instrument into your computer's sound card and start recording. Then energize, sweeten and even restore your audio with studio-quality signal and effects processing tools and convert your new files into popular formats for Web streaming and sharing on all your favorite portable players.

Powerful recording tools
Your computer's sound card leads directly to Sound Forge Audio Studio. Record live performances, capture audio from turntables and tape players, extract audio from CDs and open files in a wide variety of popular formats including FLAC and MP3.

Customizable window layouts
Customize and save your editing environments to fit the way you work. Create, save and recall interface layouts for various editing tasks including audio editing and restoration, CD burning and more. You can also dock floating windows together and browse open data windows using tabs.

Enhanced vinyl recording and restoration tools
Digitize your rare vinyl LP records and tapes and manage your personal audio archives easily with Sound Forge Audio Studio. The enhanced Vinyl Recording and Restoration tool steps you through the conversion process and even creates new files when it detects pauses. Adjust the start and end times of tracks and fine-tune your master recordings before burning CDs or converting to MP3 and other popular formats.

More than 30 built-in audio effects
Customize your audio with more than 30 native signal and effects processing plug-ins, including compression, EQ, reverb, delay and chorus. Alter time and pitch to fit the length of videos or create special effects. Normalize, resample and reverse audio with ease. For a complete list of effects and processes see the tech specs page.

Resonant filter plug-in
Sound Forge Audio Studio includes the exclusive Resonant Filter plug-in, perfect for creating sweeps and effects in remixes, DJ sets and original music.

Vocal Eraser plug-in
Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 software includes the Vocal Eraser plug-in. Easily remove vocals from most recordings or isolate and extract vocal tracks from songs for remixing. The Vocal Eraser plug-in contains presets for various genres and vocal types.

VST support
Sound Forge Audio Studio natively supports VST audio plug-ins, significantly expanding your signal and effects processing options.

Exclusive sound effects
Included with Sound Forge Audio Studio software is their exclusive Sony Sound Series 1,001 Sound Effects collection, loaded with audio samples perfect for presentations, commercials, web sites, computer animations and more.

Technical specifications
Sound Forge Audio Studio is your gateway to recording, editing, energizing and encoding audio. Professional features include 24-bit, 192 kHz support, enhanced vinyl recording and restoration tools, customizable window layouts, FLAC and AAC format support and more. Now included with Sound Forge Audio Studio is iZotope's exclusive Audio Enhancer plug-in, a one-click solution for achieving broadcast-quality audio. Additional features are outlined in the list below.

Sound Forge Audio Studio 10.0 Features

Tools
· Enhanced Vinyl Recording and Restoration Tool
· Metadata Windows
· Integrated disc-at-once (DAO) CD burning
· JKL scrubbing
· Gracenote MusicID CD album identification
· Track-at-once CD burning
· Drag-and-drop CD extraction
· Express FX Vinyl Restoration Tool
· Statistics Tool
· Simple Synthesis with sweep
· DTMF/MF Synthesis

Effects
· Resonant Filter plug-in
· Vocal Eraser plug-in
· DirectX audio plug-in support
· VST audio effect support
· ASIO driver support
· Amplitude Modulation
· Chorus
· Delay
· Distortion
· Dynamics
· Envelopes
· Flange/Wah-Wah
· Noise Gate
· Pitch Bend
· Reverb
· Stutter

Regions and Playlists
· Updated marker and region ruler with selection snapping
· Regions List
· Name markers, loops and regions

Sample Editing
· Sustaining Loop, Release Loop Recording
· Real-time record meters
· Remote record function

Processes
· Bit Depth Converter (to 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit)
· DC Offset
· 10-band EQ
· Fade In/Out
· Graphic Fade
· Multiple fade curve types
· Insert Silence
· Invert/Flip
· Mute
· Normalize
· Pan
· Resample
· Reverse
· Smooth/Enhance
· Swap channels
· Time Compress
· Volume

Tools for ACIDSoftware
· Create loops for use in ACID software
· Loop-editing toolbar
· Assign root notes, number of beats and tempo

Timing Basis
· Time Display window
· Absolute Frames
· Measures and Beats
· Samples, Time, Seconds
· SMPTE Drop/Non-Drop
· SMPTE EBU/Film Sync
· Time and Frames

Audio and Video Support and Encoding
· AAC support
· Save files to popular multimedia and Internet file formats
· Windows Media 9 import and export, RealMedia 9 export
· QuickTime 6 import
· Adjustable video frame rate and frame size
· Video frame display above waveform
· Edit AVI files with multiple audio streams
· Maintain perfect sync while working with full NTSC and PAL video
· Audio and video synchronization with sub-frame accura