Sony Sound Forge

You can easily record your own CDs from your digital piano, acoustic piano or instrument without expensive equipment!  You can also edit your recording!

Ideas for recording CDs include:

Make customized backgrounds for recitals
Record a duet part for the student to practice with
Record students' work as a keepsake
Record a themed CD such as a Christmas CD with many students' work
Create audition CDs

For Windows users, Sound Forge is a cost-effective program with all the features you need to accomplish this!  If you are recording from a digital piano, along with Sound Forge, the only equipment you need is your computer and audio cables! 

To record from an acoustic piano, you will also need a mixer or fast track and microphone.  See our website (www.keystoimagination.com) for details of recording equipment. A step by step guide is also available, Getting Started with Sound Forge. *Mac users can use a program called CuBase or Pro Tools.

Sound Forge
Audio Studio

Your Home Studio for Audio Production

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69.95    Your Price    $66.45

Sound Forge Audio Studio software is everything you need to edit and master professional-quality audio on your home computer. Record live instruments and vocals, edit and restore audio, apply studio-quality effects, and convert files with lightning speed. You can even create your own karaoke tracks with the Vocal Eraser tool. Best of all, Sound Forge Audio Studio software is easy to use. With a few basic commands such as cut, copy, and paste, you can produce high-fidelity audio on your PC.

Audio Production Made Easy
 
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Capture & Record
Import music from your own CDs and MP3s, record live performances, capture audio from vinyl, cassettes, and more. Just plug in your microphone, instrument, or playback device and let Sound Forge Audio Studio software do the rest.
 
Edit & Mix
Experience pro-level control over audio editing and effects processing. Mix audio tracks, apply effects, restore damaged recordings, remove vocals, and synchronize audio with video.
 
Save & Share
Sound Forge Audio Studio software has powerful encoding tools so you can save audio and video in popular formats including MP3, WAV, WMV, and QuickTime®. Multiple export options make it easy to burn your own CDs, export audio to your MP3 player, or upload songs to the web.
Capture Your Performance
Capture Your Performance
To record live audio, simply plug a microphone or instrument into your computer's sound card and click Record. Easily capture instruments, vocals, keyboards, and more. You can also import audio from your own CDs and MP3s, or use the Vinyl Recording and Restoration tool to record audio from LPs and cassettes.
 
 
Enhance Audio with Effects
Customize your projects with more than 30 built-in audio effects such as EQ, delay, chorus, and reverb, as well as 1,001 sound effects. DirectX® and VST support expands the number of effects you can apply and increases your mastering flexibility.
 
 
Make Your Own Karaoke Tracks
Sound Forge Audio Studio 9 software includes the Vocal Eraser plug-in. Easily remove vocals from most recordings or isolate vocals. You can also use this plug-in to extract vocals from songs for remixing. The Vocal Eraser plug-in contains presets for various recording situations.
 
 
Edit Like a Pro
Simply drag and drop to expertly balance sound levels, trim unwanted sections, and synchronize audio with video. You can also use Sound Forge Audio Studio software to create your own music loops and samples to use with ACID Music Studio software.
 
 
Integrated CD Burning
CD burning is fully integrated into Sound Forge Audio Studio software so you can easily create professional-sounding CDs. Burn one track at a time or choose disc-at-once (DAO) to burn a disc with full control over the pauses between tracks.
 
Encode Audio and Video
Quickly convert audio files to MP3, WAV, WMA, and other formats including QuickTime® and RealMedia® formats for the web. Such extensive audio support makes it easy to create your own podcasts and streaming media or export audio to MP3 players and other portable devices.
 
 
Learn as You Go with Amazing Tutorials
Our exclusive Show Me How tutorials guide you through the entire creative process. Whenever you need help, just click the Show Me How button and choose your tutorial topic. Helpful text dialogue boxes, pointers, and guides will actually show you what to do and where to click.

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Windows® XP or Windows 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 CD burning), Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later (included on disc)


Technical Specifications

Precision, Stability, Ease, and Speed

$299.95        Your Price    $242.96

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Sound Forge™ Pro 10 software efficiently and reliably provides audio editors and producers complete control over all aspects of audio editing and mastering. Whether in the studio or field, it's the ultimate all-in-one production suite for professional audio recording and mastering, sound design, audio restoration, and Red Book CD creation. New features in Sound Forge Pro 10 include precise event-based editing, integrated disc-at-once CD burning, musical instrument file editing and processing, and pristine audio conversion and time stretching. See all the Sound Forge Pro 10 new features on our technical specifications page.

Pristine sound quality

Sound Forge Pro 10 software supports full resolution 24-bit and 32-bit/64-bit float 192 kHz files for the ultimate in audio fidelity. Capture the subtle overtones and nuances of instruments, vocals, and effect changes. Additionally, Sound Forge Pro 10 software includes industry-leading iZotope MBIT+™ Dither (bit-depth conversion) and 64-Bit SRC™ (sample rate conversion) for the highest in audio quality.

Precise audio editing

Edit mono, stereo, and multichannel audio files (up to 32 channels) down to the sample level. Use familiar Windows commands to cut, copy, paste, mix, and crossfade audio. Perform precise event editing and create fades, crossfades, and mix audio with ease. Drag and drop audio between channels and work on one file while processing others in the background.

Powerful audio recording

Sound Forge Pro 10 software has a complete set of tools for recording audio. Record straight into your sound card or use the Record Timer to begin and end a session at a specific time and date. Alternatively, you can start recording when a certain audio threshold is reached with Threshold Record Triggering. You can also record and edit multichannel audio files as easily as stereo files.

Effects processing

Apply over 40 professional studio effects and processes including Normalize, EQ, Delay, Chorus, Volume, Dynamics, Noise Gate, Pitch Shift, Flange, and Vibrato. Sound Forge Pro 10 software includes high-quality Zplane élastique Pro timestretch and pitch shift plug-in for pristine audio mastering, and the Mastering Effects Bundle 2, powered by iZotope. This powerful bundle includes six professional audio plug-ins: Mastering EQ, Mastering Reverb, Multiband Compressor, Mastering Limiter, Stereo Imager, and Harmonic Exciter.

Includes tools for sound design and mastering

In addition to Sound Forge Pro 10 software, this comprehensive audio production suite includes the Noise Reduction 2 plug-ins to fix common audio problems such as tape hiss, camera hum, clicks, and pops, powerful Spectrum Analysis tools for analyzing audio, and the Mastering Effects Bundle 2 powered by iZotope™, a collection of six professional audio plug-ins. Sound Forge Pro 10 software also includes integrated disc-at-once (DAO) CD mastering for producing Red Book audio CDs.

Audio-for-video

Sound Forge Pro 10 software supports multiple video formats including AVI, WMV, and MPEG-1 and MPEG-2. Precisely synchronize audio and video frame by frame. Sound Forge Pro 10 software includes MPEG-2 templates for writing HDV-compliant files at both 720p and 1080i resolutions, and AVI templates using the CineForm CFHD codec for 720p and 1080i intermediate renders. Also included are templates for encoding WMV 720p and 1080p.


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Microsoft® Windows® XP (SP2 or later), Windows Vista® (SP2 or later), or Windows 7 1 GHz processor 350 MB hard-disk space for program installation 512 MB RAM Windows-compatible sound card DVD-ROM drive (for installation) Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning) Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

 

The Seminar Series: Professional Training for Sound Forge Software

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$99.95        Your Price $89.95

These DVDs provide you with the best and most qualified hands-on experience available for learning Sound Forge® 8 software. Authored by the same people who wrote the software, this unique system provides you not only with a guided and interactive tour through the program, but also with all of the content you'll need to get the most out of this personalized experience. The training also includes a brief introduction to CD Architect and a look at the new interactivity between CD Architect and Sound Forge.     Contents:

Discs 1 & 2 — Seminar DVDs contain five interactive, tutorial-style class sessions.

Disc 3 — Content DVD contains all of the media you'll need to follow along with the classes.