Edit & Mix - Experience pro-level control over audio editing and effects processing. Mix audio tracks, apply effects, restore damaged recordings, remove vocals, and synchronize audio with video.

Save & Share - Sound Forge Audio Studio software has powerful encoding tools so you can save audio and video in popular formats including MP3, WAV, WMV, and QuickTime®. Multiple export options make it easy to burn your own CDs, export audio to your MP3 player, or upload songs to the web.

Sound Forge Audio Studio 9 Features:
General Features:
* New! 24-bit/96kHz audio support
* New! Microsoft® Windows Vista™ support
* New! UI customization
* 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 4 GB and larger files
* Standard keyboard commands, mouse shortcuts, and toolbars
* Compress sound files for 8-bit distribution

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

Effects:
* New! 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

Tools:
* New! Disc-at-once (DAO) CD burning
* New! Vinyl Recording and Restoration Tool
* New! JKL scrubbing
* New! 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

Tools for ACID® Software:
* Create loops for use in ACID software
* Loop-editing toolbar
* Assign root notes, number of beats, and tempo

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

Regions and Playlists:
* New! Updated marker and region ruler with selection snapping
* Regions List
* Name markers, loops, and regions

Timing Basis:
* 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:
* New! ATRAC™ .aa3 Format Support
* Flash (.swf) format import
* Save files to popular multimedia and Internet file formats
* Windows Media® 9 import and export, RealMedia® 9 export
* QuickTime® 6 import and export MPEG-1&2 import*
* Export to Sony NetMD™ players
* 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 accuracy
* Various video and audio compression options
* Support for 24fps native DV video files
* Video preview window

Supported Formats:
- Opens: AA3, AIFF, AU, AVI, SND, DIG, SD, IVC, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2*, OGG, OMA, PCA, QuickTime®, RAW, SFA, VOX, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV
- Saves: AA3, AIFF, AU, AVI, DIG, IVC, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2*, OGG, RealAudio®, PCA, RAW, RealVideo®, QuickTime, VOX, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV

What' s new in version 9.0:
- Multichannel audio editing and recording.
- Updated Channel Converter for multichannel files.
- Updated Spectrum Analysis for multichannel files.
- Drag-and-drop mixing and pasting between channels.
- Hardware Meters window for monitoring hardware outputs and adjusting preview levels.
- Phase scope and mono-compatibility meter.
- You can now cut, paste, and delete data from individual channels of multichannel files.
- You can now update the cursor position and selection by double-clicking and editing the selection status boxes in data windows.
- Improved process and effects dialogs with selection, wet/dry mix, fade-in/out controls.
- Adjust data window selections/crossfades when process and effects dialogs are visible.
- Enhanced snapping.
- Enhanced color customization via Display Preferences.
- Enhanced keyboard customization.
- Updated marker and region ruler with selection snapping.
- Access to Sony Music Studios Internet Mastering (Help > Sony Music Studios Internet Mastering).
- Gracenote® MusicID™ technology for extracted audio from CDs.

Notable fixes/changes in version 9.0c:
- Fixed a bug that would mix the wrong source when performing drag-and-drop mixing.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent phase and mono-compatibility meters from working when no channel was assigned to the sound card's first ports.
- Fixed a bug that would select the wrong region after a mix operation.
- Fixed a bug that could cause erroneous data to be displayed in the Statistics window.
- Fixed a bug that prevented Ctrl+Shift+D (Set Selection) and Ctrl+G (Go To) from working when a processing dialog was open.

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