CD Architect provided versatile mastering facilities for Sound Forge, but the next major release took many professionals by surprise.Īcid was a 'loop‑based music production tool' designed to make music‑making easy, by allowing you to cut and paste multiple tracks of loops which could have their pitch and tempo changed independently in real time. Obviously written by programmers who knew what musicians wanted, Sound Forge offered a wide range of off‑line audio effects - and when real‑time streaming audio arrived on the PC courtesy of Microsoft, Sonic Foundry were among the first to take advantage of it. Their first main product was Sound Forge (now up to version 4.5c), a comprehensive sound editor that, along with Steinberg's Wavelab, propelled the PC into the professional audio arena. Sonic Foundry have carved out quite an empire during the last few years. Sonic Foundry have a reputation for innovative PC audio software, but their range has not included a true multitrack recording package - until now. Here you can see the individual zoomable tracks, multiple output buss support, and direct previews of any audio file direct from the Explorer window. Vegas Pro provides a huge range of comprehensive audio options.

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