Sony Delivers New Sound Forge 9 Professional Digital Audio Production Suite
Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio-editing software applications, has announced Sound Forge 9, the newest version of their professional digital audio editing application. The industry-leading Sound Forge software has been a tool of choice among media professionals for more than a decade and is now the cornerstone application in their new digital audio production suite, which provides users with all of the essential tools for recording, editing, enhancing, processing, and encoding digital audio along with the capabilities to create and burn Red Book standard audio CDs.Sound Forge 9 software contains a wide range of new features including multichannel audio support, which allows users to edit, process, and record multichannel audio files. Also new are workflow enhancements such as drag-and-drop editing between channels, and new wet/dry mix and crossfade options for effects. Additionally, Sound Forge 9 software provides new tools for audio analysis including phase scopes, mono compatibility meters, and multichannel-capable spectrum analysis. Other new features include channel and hardware meters, multichannel Windows Media format support, and Dolby® Digital AC-3 export. In addition to supporting Windows XP, Sound Forge 9 and CD Architect 5 software are now compatible with the new Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM operating system.
The new Sound Forge 9 audio production suite also includes nearly $700 of additional software; CD ArchitectTM, Noise Reduction, and the Mastering Effects Bundle powered by iZotopeTM.
"Sound Forge has long been relied upon by the top production talent in the music industry," said Mark Ethier, CEO of iZotope, Inc. "By combining our expertise and success in mastering technology with Sony's award-winning audio processing platform, we feel this release provides the ultimate in precision and quality for audio professionals in modern media production."
Access to Sony Music Studios Engineers
Sound Forge 9 users can also now take advantage of a new partnership with Sony Music Studios Internet Mastering Services (SIM). This new feature allows Sound Forge 9 users to have their songs professionally mastered by the same engineers who work on the biggest projects in the music industry. Sound Forge 9 users can link to SIM directly from inside the application and easily upload songs for mastering. For a limited time, Sound Forge 9 users will receive one song mastered at no charge if they master one or more songs. To learn more, visit www.SonyMusicSIM.com.
"As an industry leading software application, Sound Forge 9 is the ideal component to our service and it creates a unique opportunity for users of every caliber to have their songs professionally reviewed and mastered," said Brian McKenna, Sony BMG vice president of audio operations and marketing. "This partnership provides Sound Forge 9 users with the unique experience of having their songs enhanced by the best professional audio engineers in the music industry and we are pleased to team with Sony Creative Software to make this happen."
The new Sound Forge 9 audio production suite will be announced and available at NAB 2007, taking place April16-19 in Las Vegas, NV.
ABOUT SONY CREATIVE SOFTWARE
Sony Media Software manages the following media creation software titles: Sound Forge® software, Vegas® software, CD ArchitectTM software, DVD ArchitectTM software, ACID® PRO software, Sony Sound SeriesTM music and sound effects libraries, Sony Vision SeriesTM graphics, animations and stock footage libraries, Noise ReductionTM Plug-In, Vegas Movie StudioTM software, ACID Music StudioTM software and Sound Forge Audio StudioTM software. The team also runs the ACIDplanetTM online service (www.ACIDplanet.com), a worldwide community for progressive musicians. For additional product information, please visit www.sony.com/mediasoftware.
Last updated April 10, 2007 at 11:51am
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