| Feature | Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 | | Sound Forge Pro 10 |
| User level |
Consumer |
|
Professional |
| Maximum bit depth |
24-bit, 32-bit float/192 kHz |
|
24-bit, 32-bit/64 bit float/192 kHz |
| Audio recording, editing and processing |
Stereo |
|
Stereo and Multichannel |
| Number of audio effects |
11 Audio Plug-Ins |
|
Over 20 DirectX® Audio Plug-Ins |
| Audio restoration plug-in |
x |
|
x |
| Audio presets |
90 |
|
Over 200 customizable |
| DirectX® audio plug-in support |
x |
|
x |
| VST audio effect support |
x |
|
x |
| ASIO™ driver support |
x |
|
x |
| Media Explorer |
x |
|
x |
| Crash recovery |
x |
|
x |
| Multitask background rendering |
x |
|
x |
| ACID® Loop creation tools |
x |
|
x |
| Video and AVI support |
x |
|
x |
| Normalization |
Peak |
|
Peak/RMS |
| Effects previewing |
x |
|
x |
| Unlimited undo/redo |
x |
|
x |
| Customizable window layouts |
x |
|
x |
| Floating window docks |
x |
|
x |
| Tabbed browsing for maximized data windows |
x |
|
x |
| Performance optimizations (Global media cache) |
x |
|
x |
| Resonant Filter plug-in |
x |
|
x |
| Custom selection grid lines |
x |
|
x |
| Metadata editing via new Metadata windows |
x |
|
x |
| Time display window |
x |
|
x |
| Track-at-Once/Disc-at-Once CD burning |
x |
|
x |
| Windows Media® 9 import/export |
x |
|
x |
| QuickTime® 6 import and export |
x |
|
x |
| FLAC and AAC format support |
x |
|
x |
| Full support for 4GB + files |
x |
|
x |
| Real-time playback meters |
x |
|
VU/PPM |
| JKL audio scrubbing |
x |
|
x |
| Publishing to ACIDplanet.com |
x |
|
x |
| Support for 24fps DV video files |
x |
|
x |
| Drag-and-drop editing between channels |
stereo |
|
stereo and mutichannel |
| Channel Converter tool |
mono and stereo |
|
mono, stereo, and multichannel |
| Gracenote® MusicID™ technology |
x |
|
x |
| Built-in interactive tutorials |
x |
|
x |
| Vinyl recording and restoration wizard |
x |
|
x |
| Microsoft® Windows® 7 compatible |
x |
|
x |
| Vocal Eraser plug-in by iZotope™ |
x |
|
|
| Includes 1,001 Sound Effects |
x |
|
|
| Event-based editing |
|
|
x |
| élastique Pro timestretch and pitch shift plug-in |
|
|
x |
| iZotope™ MBIT+ Dither bit-depth conversion |
|
|
x |
| iZotope 64-Bit SRC sample rate conversion |
|
|
x |
| Musical instrument file processing (.DLS, .SF2, .GIG) |
|
|
x |
| Enhanced Broadcast Wave Format (.bwf) support |
|
|
x |
| Includes Mastering Effects Bundle 2, powered by iZotope |
|
|
x |
| Hardware meters with output gain control |
|
|
x |
| Phase and mono-compatibility meters |
|
|
x |
| Spectrum Analysis tool |
|
|
x |
| Multichannel Windows Media File support |
|
|
x |
| Dolby® Digital AC-3 export |
|
|
x |
| Includes Noise Reduction 2.0 |
|
|
x |
| Application scripting and batch conversion |
|
|
x |
| Playlist/Cutlist |
|
|
x |
| DirectX plug-in effects automation |
|
|
x |
| DirectX Plug-In Manager |
|
|
x |
| Sound Forge project files |
|
|
x |
| Customizable keyboard mapping |
|
|
x |
| Clipped peak detection and marking |
|
|
x |
| VU/PPM meters |
|
|
x |
| Time-based recording and threshold triggering |
|
|
x |
| Prerecord buffer |
|
|
x |
| 24:1 sample-level editing |
|
|
x |
| MIDI triggering/sample transfer |
|
|
x |
| White/pink/brown noise generators |
|
|
x |
| Audio Plug-In Chainer |
|
|
x |
| Wave Hammer™ Mastering tool |
|
|
x |
| Acoustic Mirror™ environment simulation tools |
|
|
x |
| Waveform volume and pan envelopes |
|
|
x |
| Undo/Redo History |
|
|
x |
