GUIDE TO AUDIO EDITING SOFTWARES

Sound Forge Audio Studio 9

Manufacturer : Sony Creative Software
In Stock : 11

List Price:	$69.95
Price:	$39.99
You Save:	$29.96 (43%)

Features

Easy-to-use audio editing and production software
Record, edit, encode, and master audio on a home computer
Record live instruments, vocals, and more at the touch of a button
Expertly edit recordings; customize creations with built-in audio effects
Burn CDs or convert to formats ideal for the Web or portable music players

Product Description

Sound Forge Audio Studio software is everything you need to edit and master professional-quality audio on your home computer. Record live instruments and vocals, edit and restore audio, apply studio-quality effects, and convert files with lightning speed. You can even create your own karaoke tracks with the Vocal Eraser tool. Best of all, Sound Forge Audio Studio software is easy to use. With a few basic commands such as cut, copy, and paste, you can produce high-fidelity audio on your PC. To record live audio, simply plug a microphone or instrument into your computer's sound card and click Record. You can also import audio from your own CDs and MP3s, or use the Vinyl Recording and Restoration tool to record audio from LPs and cassettes. Customize your projects with more than 30 built-in audio effects such as EQ, delay, chorus, and reverb, as well as 1,001 sound effects. DirectX and VST support expands the number of effects you can apply and increases your mastering flexibility. Quickly convert audio files to MP3, WAV, WMA, and other formats including QuickTime and RealMedia formats for the web. Such extensive audio support makes it easy to create your own podcasts and streaming media or export audio to MP3 players and other portable devices. Our exclusive Show Me How tutorials guide you through the entire creative process. Whenever you need help, just click the Show Me How button and choose your tutorial topic. Helpful text dialogue boxes, pointers, and guides will actually show you what to do and where to click.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 3.50 out of 7 reviews

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TOTAL USELESS JUNK SOFTWARE! - Jeremy Conroy, Apr 21, 2008

Before you shell out the $40 dollars, download the demo software first and mess around with it for an hour or two, there's a really good chance this software isn't going to do what you want it to do. If all you need it for is to record old records with a microphone and then burn them on to a CD then this is your product. If your looking for a product that can record vocal tracks while you're listening to separate music tracks buy the Sony Acid Music Studio, for some reason this thing can't do that. If you want to make karaoke track out of your favorite album so that you can practice singing, a key selling feature of this product, you're out of luck. The vocal eraser can't even be accessed in the tool bar it remains gray regardless of what you do. All software makers promising good results with vocal erasing are lying anyway. When studios master songs the vocals are in the mix on both L&R channels so you're not going to be able to seamlessly remove then. Go to the user forum, type in vocal eraser and read about it for your self. Last of all, if you want this thing to tweak vocals you've already recorded, the effects and equalizers are few and limited. I would recommend the Acid Music Studio for your own projects, as for this thing I can't image what purpose it serves.

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Hours of Frustration - D. Wolf, Mar 18, 2008

I bought this product with the idea that I would be able to do some very simple things with it. What I want to do is hook songs together which belong together but are split up when a computer reads them as seperate and inserts a pause between them--Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and With A Little Help From My Friends, for example. It's a very simple thing, but the frustration I have had with this product is almost beyond belief. 1st, the controls are not subtle enough to allow me to only wipe out that pause when I hook the songs together, so there is a slight hiccup in the editing. It should be better. 2nd, I have to match the tempos of the two tracks--and neither the manual nor the tutorial is of any help whatsoever. You just have to figure it out for yourself! Then the program likes to do all kinds of annoying things like erase the vocals or create an echoing version of the song. Add to this, the controls do not always respond the same way when you use them, and you can spend hours trying to do what should be easy things, until you figure it all out for yourself. Why can't SONY and these other companies test their manuals and tutorials before they send them out to the public? Why can't they get real people who have no practical experience with their products, pay them a few dollars, and ask them to try and do a couple of things just to see if everything makes sense to them? I am not a computer programmer, but I am not entirely unfamiliar with computers and program either. The product itself is OK, but the service is horrible--typical SONY!

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Just like Sound Forge but cheaper - Bug Girl, Mar 06, 2008

I downloaded a trail version, but I bought it here on Amazon, because I want to have the disc on hand. I wanted to add to what the other reviewers are saying. I may update this review if I get more information.

Updated: I installed the cd, and I found that the vocal eraser feature is a separate program, made by another company, that is not Sony. I tired the vocal eraser. It seems to work ok, but I had a bad install. So, I deleted it and I reinstalled it. Now the sony part is working ok. I have not reinstalled the vocal eraser in case that was the problem, but I understand you can get a free vocal eraser is you look around online. I am more interested in removing parts I don't like from songs without losing any quality. This product does that perfectly.

I think it could be a problem if you try to remove the vocal track and then insert your own voice. Your voice would be a separate track, and you would not be able to blend the two tracks. If you want to do that, you will need to buy the more expensive software that handles multiple tracks.

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2 STARS! Works with Vista BUT... - AB, Nov 13, 2007

Works great with Vista. Within minutes I was recording perfect cd quality recordings, and one of the easiest programs I've used. I also tried Cakewalk software and spent 3 days update drivers / configs, etc and it still would not work. HOWEVER, This software lacks multitrack capabilities. The extent of the "mixing" that you can do with it is limited to superimposing one pre-recorded track over another one. Another reviewer says you're suppose to use it with Sony's acid program. Thanks for thie info.

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I need help with the product - Alelyzstar, Nov 07, 2007

How do I record my voice while playing a track at the same time? I bought this product to record my tracks, but I can't seem to figure out how to record in a "studio" manner. please get back to me ASAP!!!

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