Sound Forge lets you record, edit, and process mono or stereo audio files and sync audio to video quickly and easily, making it ideal for multimedia projects or Internet applications. Both Sound Forge and Sound Forge XP offer support for streaming web audio and video productions—save any WAV or AVI file to RealNetworks« RealSystem G2Ö or Microsoft Windows« Media Technologies 4.1 format.

Sound Forge is packed with dozens of advanced, high-quality features for manipulating audio and includes a variety of effects such as Reverb, EQ, Distortion, and Fade In/Out. Sound Forge supports AVI video and an extensive set of popular audio file types, including WAV and Java AU.

Sound Forge can create playlists and regions lists for CD mastering and integrates perfectly with CD Architect for designing and burning audio CDs. Sound Forge also includes a powerful Batch Converter, which can process and encode thousands of audio or video files in a single batch. Any process, effect, or tool in Sound Forge or any DirectX audio plug-in can be processed using Batch Converter.

Sound Forge also supports all standard DirectX Audio Plug-Ins like Sonic Foundry's Noise Reduction, Acoustic Mirror, and XFX Plug-In Packs.

Sound Forge XP 4.5
XPress Digital Audio Editing for Windows

Sound Forge XP is Sonic Foundry's streamlined version of Sound Forge—it puts powerful audio processing tools and effects to work on your desktop at a competitive price. Sound Forge XP is a great introduction to multimedia content creation, letting you cut, copy, and paste your way to striking multimedia files for use in everything from web pages to desktop presentations.

You can manipulate audio using effects like Fade In/Out, Normalize, Pan, Pitch Bend, Smooth/Enhance, and Time Compress/Expand. An array of new tools are also included for editing Sonic Foundry ACID loops quickly and easily.

Sonic Foundry's ExpressFXÖ Audio Plug-Ins are specially designed to work with Sound Forge XP. Use ExpressFX to apply effects like Amplitude Modulation, Chorus, Delay, Distortion, EQ, Flange/Wah-Wah, Reverb, and Stutter.