Sound Forge 9 supports a wide range of multichannel file formats, including Multichannel Microsoft Wave (.wav), Multichannel Video for Windows (.avi), Dolby AC-3 (.ac3), Material Exchange Format (.mxf), Multichannel ATRAC (.oma) and Multichannel Windows Media (.wma and. Similarly, the new Phase Scope and Mono Compatibility Meters show phase cancellation problems in real time for each individual track. You instantly see if your tracks lack specific frequencies at any point in the mix. For example, the Spectrum Analysis tools now display the shifting frequencies in real time for all the tracks of a mono, stereo, 2.1, quad, 5.1 or 7.1 mix. Rather than awkwardly tack-on the extra tracks, as some competing programs have done, the additional tracks are fully integrated throughout the various features.
With Sound Forge 9, Sony Creative Software (formerly Sony Media Software) has finally delivered the goods on multichannel. For audio producers who couldn’t see a clear distinction between editing stereo and 5.1, this restriction put Sound Forge increasingly out of sync with their workflow. Case in point: A persistent complaint about Sound Forge has been its two-track limitation. These days it takes much more to impress. Back then an audio-editing program didn’t have to do much to gain approval. The first version of Sound Forge was released in 1991.
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