Sound Forge Audio Studio 9 software from Sony allows you to record and edit professional quality audio on your home computer. Just plug a mic into your computer and record live instruments, vocals, or import music from other sources like vinyl, cassettes, and more. Then use the simple tools included to edit and master your recordings. Add effects, and then export them to the your MP3 player, upload them on the web, or burn your own CDs.

One unique feature of Sound Forge Audio Studio 9 is the Vocal Eraser plug-in which allows you to remove vocals from most recordings or isolate them so that you can create your own karaoke tracks. The plug-in has its own presets and gives you diverse recording situation choices.

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Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio 9 Features:

Features
24-bit/96kHz audio support
Microsoft Windows Vista support
UI customization
Show Me How interactive tutorials
Simple editing and navigation
Easy drag-and-drop functionality
Real-time nondestructive editing
Multitask background rendering
Media Explorer with automatic file previewing
Automatic left and right mono to stereo merge
Fully customizable toolbars
Mix, paste, and crossfade
Automatic file mixing and conversion
Unlimited Undo/Redo
Over 30 built-in effects & processes
System and user-defined function presets
Enhanced Preset Manager
Crash recovery
Mark-in, mark-out, drop markers in real time
Embed URL flips within audio and video stream
Mono and stereo sound files
Real-time play and record meters
Full support for 4 GB and larger files
Standard keyboard commands, mouse shortcuts, and toolbars
Compress sound files for 8-bit distribution
Processes
Bit Depth Converter (to 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit)
DC Offset
10-band EQ
Fade in/out, graphic fade, multiple fade curve types
Insert silence, invert/flip, mute, normalize, pan, resample, reverse, smooth/enhance, swap channels, time compress, volume
Effects
Vocal Eraser plug-in
DirectX audio plug-in support
VST audio effect support
ASIO driver support
Amplitude Modulation
Chorus, Delay, Distortion, Dynamics, Envelopes, Flange/Wah-Wah, Noise Gate, Pitch Bend, Reverb, Stutter
Tools
Disc-at-once (DAO) CD burning
Vinyl recording and restoration tool
JKL scrubbing
Gracenote MusicID CD album identification
Track-at-once CD burning
Drag-and-drop CD extraction
Express FX vinyl restoration tool
Statistics tool
Simple synthesis with sweep, DTMF/MF synthesis
Tools for ACID software
Create loops for use in ACID software
Loop-editing toolbar
Assign root notes, number of beats, and tempo
Sample Editing
Sustaining loop, Release loop recording
Real-time record meters
Remote record function
Regions and playlists
Updated marker and region ruler with selection snapping
Regions list
Name markers, loops, and regions
Timing Basis
Absolute frames
Measures and beats
Samples, time, seconds
SMPTE Drop/Non-Drop
SMPTE EBU/Film sync
Time and frames
Audio and Video support and encoding
ATRAC .aa3 format support
Flash (.swf) format import
Save files to popular multimedia and Internet file formats
Windows Media 9, QuickTime 6 import and export, RealMedia 9 export, MPEG-1&2 import
Export to Sony NetMD players
Adjustable video frame rate and frame size
Video frame display above waveform
Edit AVI files with multiple audio streams
Maintain perfect sync while working with full NTSC and PAL video
Audio and video synchronization with sub-frame accuracy
Various video and audio compression options
Support for 24fps native DV video files
Video preview window
Supported Formats
Opens: AA3, AIFF, AU, AVI, SND, DIG, SD, IVC, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, OGG, OMA, PCA, QuickTime, RAW, SFA, VOX, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV
Saves: AA3, AIFF, AU, AVI, DIG, IVC, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, OGG, RealAudio, PCA, RAW, RealVideo, QuickTime, VOX, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV

Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio 9 Specifications:

System Requirements
Microsoft Windows XP or Vista
900 MHz processor
256 MB RAM
150 MB hard-disk space for program installation
Windows-compatible sound card
DVD-ROM drive (for installation)
Supported CD-Recordable drive (for burning)
Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or later (included on disc)