Together with, for example, iZotope’s also included Nektar Elements, Sound Forge Pro Mac 3 has become a really good sound editor for video and film.Īs part of the review, I decided to record a short monologue with a GoPro HERO5 connected to a Shogun Flame. The new version does what it’s supposed to do. Unfortunately, the previous version of the app would often crash when in event mode. It’s a mode few people seem to grasp, but once you do, it’s pretty powerful. That mode allows you to mix the audio, replace it, nudge it into place, etc. For example, if you have an interview shot with different takes to correct some parts in post-production, then cutting these parts from the retake to the main “master” file places you in event mode. You enter the event-based mode as soon as you drag part of the audio to another location. With the vastly improved stability, Sound Forge Pro Mac 3 allows you to fully enjoy its event-based editing paradigm. Once your file has fully loaded, you can save it to one of Sound Forge Pro’s many export formats after having it edited with one of the many plug-ins or tools. However, it will take a while for some audio streams to finish loading. While older versions were not very stable and would surely have crashed by doing that, this version is. We haven’t tested them all, but the ones mentioned here worked great.įor audio streams to load in Sound Forge Pro Mac 3 you can drag the video file into the Sound Forge Pro window. The best news is that you can load a great many video file formats, including MOV, MP4, XAVC, XDCAM, AVCHD and others. The most needed new feature is the ability to load the audio streams of video files.
The most eye-catching new features of Sound Forge Pro Mac 3 are the upgrade to iZotope’s newest RX 6 Elements and Ozone 7 plug-ins. Magix Audio’s first upgrade of the sound editor meets the most urgent needs and then some. In addition, it became clear the app was in desperate need of some new features. With macOS Sierra, Sound Forge Pro didn’t work all that well anymore.
When Magix Audio took over Sound Forge Pro Mac from Sony, the application was in need of an update at the very least.