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Posted by cryophonik on Nov-30-2009 21:07:

Sound Forge 10

Anybody here using SF10? I've had SF9 for a while and today is the last day to buy the SF10 upgrade for $100 off (reg. $239; $139 through today). The two new Izotope mastering plugs look interesting, as does the new pitch-shifter, but I can't decide if I think the new features are worth it and probably won't have much time to demo it. Anybody care to share their thoughts, particularly people who upgraded from SF9? Thanks!

Posted by Omega_Blue on Dec-02-2009 10:17:

i don't have it, but from those two updates alone, i wouldn't pay the hundred bucks. pitch-shifter is pretty much perfect in ableton or even traktor scratch so i wouldn't see the need for that- as for the mastering plugs.. meh.

my biggest gripe with soundforge is the stability issues- it crashes often if i'm trying to zoom in/out of a track while it's play.

Posted by tehlord on Dec-02-2009 10:35:

Funnily I looked at SF etc last week as a mastering solution. Is that what you use it for?

I ended up re-importing a stereo render (at about -6db) into cubase and using just Ozone 4 for everything. Ozone 4 is just stunning.

Posted by cryophonik on Dec-02-2009 15:44:

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Originally posted by tehlord
Funnily I looked at SF etc last week as a mastering solution. Is that what you use it for?

Yeah - I use SF for mastering/finalizing and just various .wav editing needs. Sonar has a cool feature where you can open any .wav file in Sound Forge (or Wavelab, Audacity, etc.) and do your editing in-place using its more advanced features.

But, I decided to pass on the SF10 upgrade - it just doesn't seem like much added value over SF9.

Posted by tehlord on Dec-02-2009 15:48:

Aha I see.

I think i'll stick with Ozone and the powercore plugs in a mastering session in Cubase for now. I don't feel limited (no pun) by it and it's features still outstrip my own by quite the margin.

Posted by cryophonik on Dec-02-2009 16:07:

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Originally posted by tehlord
Aha I see.

I think i'll stick with Ozone and the powercore plugs in a mastering session in Cubase for now. I don't feel limited (no pun) by it and it's features still outstrip my own by quite the margin.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that SF9 includes four "Izotope Powered" mastering plugins, which are essentially modules from Ozone - limiter, MB compressor, LP EQ, and mastering reverb. The SF10 upgrade added 2 more modules IIRC, but I don't recall which ones. I got SF9 for some ridiculously low price a few years ago and it was definitely worth it, but if you already have Ozone and your .wav editing needs covered, I'm not sure that it's worth the $400, unless you're doing some serious .wav editing. Audacity is free and covers the most essential tasks.