Dane, Maybe I am wrong, but I thought upgrades were much cheaper under Sonic Foundry or whatever the original company was, but I guess that doesn't matter now. I will look for the VST information.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Friday, May 3, 2019 10:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Has Anybody Tried Sound Forge 13? Yep that pretty much sums up my view on the subject <smile> I’m extremely thankful that the price of sound Forge - and upgrades - has dropped significantly over the 20 years I’ve known the product which is a huge benefit to all. Magix also offer a subscription service for Sound Forge Pro if people would prefer. The subscription service has some great advantages the most obvious being that you are always running the latest version of Sound Forge on your Windows machine. > On 4 May 2019, at 12:53 am, Steve Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dane, > > I guess you are saying in a better way what I was trying to say. I was happy > with the upgrade to Sound Forge 12, but much of the advertised improvements > either were not relevant to me or I did not find to be very usable. What I > have always done could still be done, and I definitely experienced some > performance gains. I suppose I should just upgrade so that if something > changes in Windows that is not compatible I have the latest version. > > Best regards, > > Steve Jacobson > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan > Sent: Friday, May 3, 2019 9:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [all-audio] Has Anybody Tried Sound Forge 13? > > I’m just getting over the shock of Sound Forge 12 <smile> > For $199 I’d be happy to upgrade to Sound Forge 13, if I can continue using > the app the way it is now then I’ll be perfectly happy as I am with 12. > 12 was a huge leap forward as far as I’m concerned. > Not so much for accessibility and usability though everything I had used > previously seems to work. > All the bugs and stability issues seem to have been resolved in the rewrite > and the programme runs noticeably faster so I’m now getting the sort of > performance with Sound Forge 12 for Windows that I am getting - and have > always had - with the Mac version of Sound Forge. > And should Sound Forge ever become inaccessible or to the point of being > totally unusable by those without sight? Well thankfully I have great > alternatives here that I have made myself learn and use if such events do > happen. > The world of technology changes constantly so what works today may not work > tomorrow. > One of my favourite things about Sound Forge is the ability to edit/navigate > by sample if desired. > I’m sure there are other packages around that do this but Sound Forge for > Windows and Mac is one of a few where sample navigation and editing is > completely accessible. > Twistedwave is another package which has very useable sample navigation and > editing. > > >> On 4 May 2019, at 12:28 am, Steve Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> As some of you know, Sound Forge is now owned by Magix, and they are very, >> very aggressive about their upgrades. In addition, their upgrade pricing is >> pretty high even if you respond to their upgrade offer. For example, there >> is currently a limited time upgrade from version 12 to 13 for $199. >> However, they are advertising changes to the interface to let one customize >> the interface more. This could mean there are possibilities to tailor it to >> one's advantage, or they could have changed their interface in such a way as >> to make it less accessible. Has anybody tried this yet? I do get some >> frustrated with promises in new versions of Sound Forge that don't seem to >> benefit me but I have upgraded to take advantage of what I feel are nothing >> more than bug fixes. Yet, I do like the program and I've used it so long >> that I don't really want to change yet. >> >> I would appreciate any thoughts. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Steve Jacobson >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2194): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2194 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/31484176/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
