Sound Forge XP 5.0 Studio

by Sonic Foundry

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005OL8G
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 23, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,159 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Sound Forge XP Studio 5.0 is a streamlined version of Sonic Foundry's digital audio editor, Sound Forge. Sound Forge XP Studio has the best features of the professional-level version. The software is for home studio recording and for people who are just getting started with audio editing, and it offers an intuitive, easy-to-use interface designed for the everyday user. It has dozens of amazing audio effects and tools for converting audio files into different formats, including MP3, WMA, WAV, and many others. It even includes more than 1,000 free sound effects for enhancing audio projects. And that's just the beginning of what you can do with this program. For those using audio for anything--Web sites, PowerPoint presentations, Flash animations, ACID masterpieces--Sound Forge XP Studio lets you take your creations to the next level.

Sound Forge XP Studio provides a combination of more than 30 audio effects and processes with more than 90 presets. It offers dozens of editing features including: cut, paste, move, delete, mute, reverse, crossfade, trim, normalize, fade, pan, resample, enhance, insert silence, and more. It also includes a 10-band EQ, reverb, distortion, amplitude modulation, chorus, delay, flange, noise gate, pitch bend, time compression, and more. Sound Forge XP Studio provides simple drag-and-drop operation and a customizable interface, letting you build projects the way you want. Sound Forge XP Studio also supports standard Windows keyboard commands and mouse shortcuts.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars for experts only, November 20, 2001

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doppelganger "dvd-archive" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sound Forge XP 5.0 Studio (CD-ROM)

After reading the 400 page manual and still getting nowhere, I called Sonic Foundry and asked for help. I explained that what I wanted was a clear-cut timeline that I could import music into and play with, giving it minor effects like echo and bass, and also making them fade into each other. They recommended "VEGAS", another Sonic Foundry program that seems more suited to my needs. Reading the box is very confusing to a beginner and I highly suggest calling the sales line to talk to a representative before purchasing. You can find the number on their website at SONICFOUNDRY.com. In addition, the manual is very confusing. It constantly refers to things that are not in the index and there is no glossary, so learning was usually by chance. In defense of Sound Forge, it seems as though there are many unlimited uses for this program when applied to specific tasks like altering sounds, voice and doing professional music editing, but the sheer volume is too overwhelming for anybody who justs want to edit music.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good, April 29, 2002

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"skorry21" (Eugene, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sound Forge XP 5.0 Studio (CD-ROM)

All I can sayt is that this--for a great cost--edits audio, add effects to it, does basically all you could want.