Sound Forge 6.0 - Professional Digital Audio Editor

• Edit, record, process, and encode audio on your PC.
• Cut, paste, move, mix, delete, mute, reverse, fade, and cross fade audio.
• Edit files nondestructively with extreme speed and accuracy - down to the sample level.
• Drop markers during playback or while editing. Create custom marker names and use them for creating regions and loops.
• View, select, and edit your waveforms down to the sample level and snap to sample selections.
• Import and save 32-bit files - even record 32-bit files if your hardware supports 32-bit recording.
• Use multitask background rendering to work on one file while Sound Forge processes another.
• Customize your toolbars to create the interface you want for quick access to commonly used functions.
• Use the new Preset Manager back up, transfer, and organize your favorite presets.
• Dock floating windows, including, Regions List, Playlist, Keyboard, Play Meters, and Time Display, individually or on top of each other.
• Customize your toolbars to create the interface you want for quick access to commonly used functions.
• Use an unlimited number of undos/redos to restore a file to any previously edited state.
• Create studio-quality audio for broadcast
• Synchronize audio and video, frame by frame, to produce quality results for streaming media productions and multimedia presentations.
• Create and edit ACID™ loops with the loop-editing. Permanently assign root notes, number of beats, and tempo to ACIDize new loops.
• Trigger audio playback using MIDI commands from any MIDI software or hardware device.
• Use the Spectrum Analysis tool to analyze waveforms by frequency and help identify noise problems

• Choose from over 35 audio effects and processes with more than 200 presets, including 18 DirectX® Audio Plug-Ins from Sonic Foundry's XFX™1, XFX™2 and XFX™3 series.
• Use the new Audio Plug-In Chainer to chain multiple plug-ins together and hear the results immediately.
• Apply a full range of audio effects, including: Amplitude Modulation, Chorus, Delay/Echo, Distortion, Dynamics, Envelopes, Flange/Wah-Wah, Gapper/Snipper, Noise Gate, Pitch Bend/Shift, Reverb, and Vibrato.
• Use the new DirectX® Plug-In Manager to customize folders and rename audio plug-in's.
• Apply acoustic responses of real environments such as concert halls, caves, and stairways to your audio using the Acoustic Mirror™ plug-in — a $250 value.
• Use Wave Hammer™ mastering tools to limit the dynamic range of your audio, add punch to recordings, and boost signal levels without clipping
• Audition audio effects before you apply them, make "before and after" comparisons and apply what sounds best.
• Use Time Compress/Expand to easily turn 33 seconds of narration into a 30-second spot without altering the pitch.
• Use the Spectrum Analysis tool to perform precise FFT analysis, and display resulting data in two graphical formats. Use the Spectral Graph to monitor input or playback in real-time.

• Rip audio from CDs, transferring music to your hard drive, and save files in MP3, WAV, and WMA formats.
• Create your own audio CDs. Sound Forge includes track-at-once CD burning, allowing you to take your audio projects with you and share them with the world.

• Encode your audio files for the Internet in RealAudio, Windows Media™, and MP3 formats. You can even encode video, insert metadata command markers, launch web sites, display captions, and embed URL flips into your audio and video streams.
• Render audio to just about any file format including WAV, ASF, RM, MP3, WMA, and AVI, eliminating the need for another program to perform file conversions.

• Edit multiple tracks of video on one timeline with a FREE streamlined edition of Vegas Video 3.0, our digital multitrack editor - a $150 value. This exciting tool provides eight tracks of video and performs simple drag and drop operations, allowing you to move, crossfade, and time-stretch audio and video events in real-time.
• Use new video save and render options in Sound Forge 6.0 (fast video resizing, source video resampling, and video stretching).
• Display exact video frame animation above waveforms.
• Import .MOV, WMA, and MPEG-1 and MPEG-2* formats.
• Perform external monitor previewing using DV and IEEE 1394 devices.
• Maintain perfect sync while working with full NTSC and PAL video.
• Synchronize audio and video with sub-frame accuracy.
• Render files to various video and audio compression formats.
• Use the video preview window to monitor video playback.