The quality of audio has always been somewhat dependent on the individual PC, since most budget soundcards tend to pick up a small amount of interference from other expansion cards in the PC, as well as from the power supply and hard disk.Īs the quality stakes have gone up, so various manufacturers have responded with more specialist, higher-quality soundcards. With the advent of programs like Cubase Audio and Logic Audio for the PC, many people are now regularly recording up to eight tracks of audio alongside MIDI, with both types of data controlled from a single package. MARTIN WALKER checks them out.ĭuring the last 12 months, the PC has seemingly gone from being a poor relation to joint partner (along with the Mac) in the hard disk recording hierarchy. Quote The arrival of audio processing software plug-ins for the PC means that the platform can now compete as a viable digital audio workstation, and the latest update to PC audio editor Sound Forge supports the use of several software-based processors. In 2006, ten years after Sound Forge 4.0's release, Sony offered a 'Home Edition' called Sound Forge Audio Studio 8.0 that has more features than this 1996 full version of Sound Forge and retailed for US$69.95.

Sony acquired Sonic Foundry's software products in 2003.

Features include recording regions, mono, stereo, sample rate conversion, time display, undo/redo history, trim, crop, crossfade, mix, built-in equalizer, zoom, play, stop, pause, record, fast forward, rewind, beginning, end, playlist, cutlist, markers, peak data rebuild, DC offset, fade in/out, flip audio, insert silence, mute, volume control, time compression/expansion, sound effects, sound meters, MIDI input, on-line help, and more. One of the most complete audio composing and digital editing programs of the day, Sound Forge lets you edit and record audio directly from your sound line-in.

Sound forge 7.0