Sound Forge family comparison
Award-winning Sound Forge™ digital audio editing software includes a powerful set of audio processes, tools, and effects for manipulating audio. Whether you're new to editing audio or you're a seasoned audio engineer, there is a Sound Forge product that is right for you.
| Feature | Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 | Sound Forge Pro 10 |
|---|---|---|
| User level | Consumer | Professional |
| Suggested Price | $69.95 | $499.95 |
| Maximum bit depth | 24-bit, 32-bit float/192 kHz | 24-bit, 32-bit/64 bit float/192 kHz |
| Audio recording, editing and processing | Stereo | Stereo and Multichannel |
| Number of audio effects | 11 Audio Plug-Ins | Over 20 DirectX® Audio Plug-Ins |
| Audio restoration | x | x |
| Audio presets | 90 | Over 200 customizable |
| DirectX® audio | x | x |
| VST audio effect support | x | x |
| ASIO™ driver support | x | x |
| Media Explorer | x | x |
| Crash recovery | x | x |
| Multitask background rendering | x | x |
| ACID® Loop creation tools | x | x |
| Video and AVI support | x | x |
| Normalization | Peak | Peak/RMS |
| Effects previewing | x | x |
| Unlimited undo/redo | x | x |
| Customizable window layouts | x | x |
| Floating window docks | x | x |
| Tabbed browsing for maximized data windows | x | x |
| Performance optimizations (Global media cache) | x | x |
| Resonant Filter | x | x |
| Custom selection grid lines | x | x |
| Metadata editing via new Metadata windows | x | x |
| Time display window | x | x |
| Track-at-Once/Disc-at-Once CD burning | x | x |
| Windows Media® 9 import/export | x | x |
| QuickTime® 6 import and export | x | x |
| FLAC and AAC format support | x | x |
| Full support for 4GB + files | x | x |
| Real-time playback meters | x | VU/PPM |
| JKL audio scrubbing | x | x |
| Publishing to ACIDplanet.com | x | x |
| Support for 24fps DV video files | x | x |
| Drag-and-drop editing between channels | stereo | stereo and mutichannel |
| Channel Converter tool | mono and stereo | mono, stereo, and multichannel |
| Gracenote® MusicID™ technology | x | x |
| Built-in interactive tutorials | x | x |
| Vinyl recording and restoration wizard | x | x |
| Microsoft® Windows® 7 compatible | x | x |
| Vocal Eraser | x | |
| Includes 1,001 Sound Effects | x | |
| Event-based editing | x | |
| élastique Pro timestretch and pitch shift | x | |
| iZotope™ MBIT+ Dither bit-depth conversion | x | |
| iZotope 64-Bit SRC sample rate conversion | x | |
| Musical instrument file processing (.DLS, .SF2, .GIG) | x | |
| Enhanced Broadcast Wave Format (.bwf) support | x | |
| Includes Mastering Effects Bundle 2, powered by iZotope | x | |
| Hardware meters with output gain control | x | |
| Phase and mono-compatibility meters | x | |
| Spectrum Analysis tool | x | |
| Multichannel Windows Media File support | x | |
| Dolby® Digital AC-3 export | x | |
| Includes Noise Reduction 2.0 | x | |
| Application scripting and batch conversion | x | |
| Playlist/Cutlist | x | |
| DirectX | x | |
| DirectX Plug-In Manager | x | |
| Sound Forge project files | x | |
| Customizable keyboard mapping | x | |
| Clipped peak detection and marking | x | |
| VU/PPM meters | x | |
| Time-based recording and threshold triggering | x | |
| Prerecord buffer | x | |
| 24:1 sample-level editing | x | |
| MIDI triggering/sample transfer | x | |
| White/pink/brown noise generators | x | |
| Audio Plug-In Chainer | x | |
| Wave Hammer™ Mastering tool | x | |
| Acoustic Mirror™ environment simulation tools | x | |
| Waveform volume and pan envelopes | x | |
| Undo/Redo History | x |
Sound Forge Audio Studio 10.0 system requirements
- Microsoft® Windows® XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista® (Service Pack 2), or Windows 7
- 1 GHz processor
- 350 MB hard-disk space for program installation
- 512 MB RAM
- Windows-compatible sound card
- DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
- Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
- Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (included on application disc)
- Internet Connection (for Gracenote MusicID Service)
You must provide your registration information to Sony Creative Software Inc., a US company, in order to activate the software. Product requires online registration within 30 days.
