Sound Forge 4.5 is professional sound editing software for Windows that includes an extensive set of audio processes, tools, and effects for manipulating audio. Combine Sound Forge with any Windows-compatible sound card to create, record, edit, and refine audio files. The clean interface and familiar Windows environment make editing fast and easy. Sound Forge now includes:

Sonic Foundry's Batch Converter and Spectrum Analysis Plug-Ins
Batch Converter saves time and alleviates the monotony of converting and processing numerous audio files. Thousands of files can be processed in a single batch. Any process, effect or tool in Sound Forge, or any DirectX plug-in, can be batch processed. Spectrum Analysis performs precise FFT analysis and displays the resulting data in two graphical formats. The Spectrum Graph allows real-time monitoring of playback or input while the Sonogram displays a playback cursor for real-time previewing. Both view options make it easy to navigate through data and read audio frequency and position.

Multimedia and Internet Development
Sound Forge supports a wide range of cross platform files and audio/video compression formats including Internet encoders. Adding audio to your Internet, intranet and multimedia projects is simple. Sound Forge supports NetShow 3.0, RealAudio/Video 5.0 and JAVA AU files. Sound Forge also allows the user to edit sound to image with frame accuracy by supporting Video for Window (AVI files.)

Recording and Editing Music Sound Forge is loaded with system-defined presets and will also allow you to create and save your own. All processes and effects dialogs give you the ability to preview changes, as well as a bypass option for before and after comparisons. The Undo/Redo History can quickly restore your files to any previously edited stage.
In Sound Forge you can create and give unique names to markers, loops, and regions. Drag any region to a playlist for non-destructive editing and arrangement within a sound file. Create, edit, or change sustaining and release loops for music samples in the real-time loop-tuning window. Transfer samples to an internal or external sampler via SCSI/SMDI or MIDI/SDS. Sound Forge generates stable MIDI time code in all standard frame rates.
Sound Forge now fully supports Sonic Foundry's music creation software ACID. An array of new tools are now included for editing ACID loops quickly and easily. “ACIDize” your loops by permanently assigning root notes, number of beats and tempo. Loop editing has been simplified as well with new features for manipulating rhythmic audio.

Broadcast Production
Sound Forge includes dozens of high quality audio effects and processing tools. Time Compress/Expand can turn 33 seconds of narration into a 30-second spot without any pitch change, while choosing one of three equalizers - 10-band, paragraphic and parametric - ensures audio quality across systems. Graphic and Multi-band Dynamics can add fullness to the entire file or compress by frequency range. You can easily contour regions with Graphic Fade In/Out.

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General Editing Features
8- or 16-bit audio files - mono and stereo sound files - sample rates from 2 kHz to 96 kHz - standard keyboard commands - mouse shortcut menus - toolbars - direct edit mode - audio event locator - overview window - preset workspaces - mix - paste - crossfade - system-defined function presets - user-defined function presets - preset manager - reactive previews - automatic left and right mono to stereo merge - multiple-level undo and redo - undo/redo histories - real time play meters - mark-In, mark-Out, drop markers in real time - pop-up mixer - embed summary information in files - create event files for Advanced Steaming Format and RealAudio/RealMedia files

Regions and Playlists
Non-destructive playlist - non-destructive cutlist - name markers, loops, regions - trigger with sequencers - trigger with MIDI-event generating devices - trigger with time-code generating devices

Sample Editing
Sustaining Loop - release Loop - real-time loop tuning window - virtual MIDI Router for Windows 9x and Windows NT (x86 and Alpha) - pop-up MIDI keyboard - sampler transfer using SCSI/SMDI - sampler transfer using MIDI/SDS

Video Support
Display exact video frame animation above waveform - synchronize sound and video with sub-frame accuracy - adjustable video frame rate and frame size - edit AVI files with multiple audio streams - video preview window - various video and audio compression options - maintain perfect sync while working with full NTSC and PAL video - external monitor support (if your video card supports the video's compression format)

Recording
Real-time record meters - remote record function - auto calibration for DC offset - generate SMPTE/MIDI time code - glitch/gap detection

Plug-In Support
DirectX audio plug-in support

Timing Basis
Samples - time - seconds - time & frames - absolute frames - measures & beats - SMPTE drop/non-drop - SMPTE EBU/film sync

Processes
Auto trim/crop - channel converter - convert to 8-Bit - DC Offset - graphic EQ - paragraphic EQ - parametric EQ - graphic fade - fade in/out - insert silence - invert/flip - mute - normalize - pan/expand (supports mid-side mixing) - resample - reverse - smooth/enhance - time compress/expand - volume

Effects
Amplitude modulation - chorus - delay/echo (simple and multi-tap) - graphic dynamics - multi-band dynamics - envelope - flange/wah-wah - gapper/snipper - noise gate - pitch bend/shift - reverb - vibrato

Tools
batch converter - spectrum analysis - auto Region - crossfade loop - find tool - preset manager - sampler tool - statistics tool - simple synthesis - FM synthesis - DTMF/MF synthesis

The Sound Forge CD-ROM includes native versions for Windows NT-compatible (x86, Pentium, Alpha systems), Windows 9x.

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