Sound design for audio professionals
and content creators
For nearly three decades, SOUND FORGE Pro has set the standard for audio editing for artists, producers, as well as sound and mastering engineers. Use precise tools, innovative editing features and high-quality plug-ins to create podcasts, radio broadcasts, and streaming masters in accordance with international standards.
Recording
High-quality sound recordings
Experience ultra-clean audio quality, even with the most challenging sound. SOUND FORGE Pro 18 helps you solve all the most common problems in no time at all, eliminating noise and poor microphone recordings in just seconds. Get the most out of your music projects, podcasts, and voiceover recordings.
Audio editing
Optimized efficiency and precision
SOUND FORGE Pro 18 is one of the world's leading audio editors. Cut, edit, and enhance audio files with the highest precision and at the sample level. Thanks to a wide range of professional tools, you can shape any sound exactly the way you imagined.
Mastering
Breathtaking results
SOUND FORGE Pro 18 helps you enhance your audio with state-of-the-art tools and numerous high-quality effects using advanced DSP algorithms. Optimize the volume of your recordings effortlessly and without any loss of quality, using state of the art plugins like Ozone Elements and CoreFX.
Top new features
in SOUND FORGE Pro 18
Storyblocks
Seamlessly integrated into MAGIX Hub and available directly in SOUND FORGE Pro 18: Storyblocks provides an extensive library of professional, royalty-free content for creatives at any artistic level. From captivating visual elements to immersive soundscapes.
Text-to-speech
Powered by AI, this brand-new feature turns your text into high-quality voiceovers with the touch of a button – and can translate them into up to 100 languages. Discover this revolutionary workflow designed for anyone working with text, from content and podcast creators to voiceover artists.
3D Reverb
Exclusive in SOUND FORGE Pro 18 Suite:
Enjoy a new dimension in reverb effects! Unparalleled sonic depth meets unlimited creativity in one convenient package. Take your sound to a new level and discover endless possibilities for sound design.
Highlights
- NEW! Text-to-speech
- NEW! Storyblocks content
- NEW! 3D Reverb (exclusively in the Sound Forge Pro 18 Suite version)
- NEW! Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 11 (exclusively in the Sound Forge Pro 18 Suite version)
- Mastering and restoration with iZotope Ozone 11 Elements & RX 10 Elements
- VST Engine & ARA2 support
- dynamicEQ featuring oversampling (exclusively in the Sound Forge Pro 18 Suite version)
- 32-channel audio recording, editing, and processing
- Record at up to 64-bit/768 kHz
- Numerous audio effects and plug-ins for sound design, mixing & mastering
- Celemony Melodyne essential 5 (exclusively in the Sound Forge Pro 18 Suite version)
- Optimized onboarding
SOUND FORGE Pro 18: The choice of audio pros
Renowned studios & audio professionals worldwide trust the reliability, intuitive workflow and innovative editing tools of SOUND FORGE.
William Goldstein
"From the beginning SOUND FORGE was the most versatile & complete audio editing software available."
William Goldstein
Grammy-nominated film and TV composer, instant composer, and former Motown recording artist
Credentials
Fame (MGM), The Miracle Worker (The Walt Disney Company), Happy Endings (CBS) | Music for: National Geographic, ABC, and NBC
Anthony Casuccio
"After 25 years in the music industry, I've seen a lot of changes. One thing that hasn't changed is my ability to rely on SOUND FORGE as my main mastering program."
Anthony Casuccio
Grammy-nominated mastering engineer
Credentials
Cypress Hill, NAS, Sarah Schuster Ericsson (Night Breeze; Grammy-nominated), Kenneth Bolton (A Pianist Journey; Grammy-nominated)
Ted Perlman
"The plugins included in SOUND FORGE Pro can get you that million dollar sound without having to spend a million dollars! I love this program."
Ted Perlman
Grammy-awarded producer, songwriter, musician, and arranger
Credentials
Burt Bacharach (At This Time; Grammy Award winner), Dr. Dre, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross | NBC, CBS & FOX | Jingles for McDonald's, Coca Cola, and Burger King
John Walden
"For detailed audio editing work, SOUND FORGE allows me to get the job done with a minimum of fuss. Top-notch stuff."
John Walden
Musician, composer and journalist
Credentials
Journalist for Sound on Sound magazine | Library music producer for Focus Music, Mode Production Music, Hollywood Trax
SOUND FORGE Pro 18 Suite
SOUND FORGE Pro 18 Suite sets new standards in the field of audio with its range of advanced plug-ins, such as the innovative Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 10 and Celemony Melodyne 5 essential.
Exclusively includes:
- NEW! 3D Reverb
- NEW! Text-to-speech
- NEW! Storyblocks content (video & audio)
- dynamicEQ featuring oversampling
- Melodyne essential version 5.3
- Optimized multichannel workflow
- Expanded Plug-in manager
- New resampling engine
- Text-To-Speech
- Storyblocks Content (Audio)
- iZotope Ozone 11 Elements
- iZotope RX 10 Elements
- Text-To-Speech
- Storyblocks Content (Audio)
- iZotope Ozone 11 Elements
- iZotope RX 10 Elements
FAQs
What is SOUND FORGE?
SOUND FORGE is a digital audio editing suite by MAGIX aimed at both professional and semi-professional users. It has been the audio editing standard software for artists, producers and sound mastering engineers for over 20 years. The SOUND FORGE family includes SOUND FORGE Audio Studio, Audio Cleaning Lab, as well as SOUND FORGE Pro and SOUND FORGE Pro Suite.
What is SOUND FORGE
Audio Studio?
What is SOUND FORGE Pro?
What is SOUND FORGE Pro Suite?
What is SOUND FORGE
Cleaning Lab?
Is SOUND FORGE Audio Studio
a 32 bit software?
You need a 64-bit version of one of the following operating systems: Windows 11 | Windows 10. Further information on the system requirements can be found under technical specifications.
The product family SOUND FORGE including the products Sony Sound Forge Pro, Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio und Sony Sound Forge Pro Mac was taken over by MAGIX in 2016 and since operates under the name of SOUND FORGE.