Most parts of the window have draggable borders, although you don’t seem to be able to save window layouts. Sound Forge has a single-window interface with various configurable sections that can be set up via the Tools menu at the top right to assign different sections to different areas of the application. And in the interests of being non-partisan, I’d go so far as to say it looks as slick as WaveBurner, Apple’s own wave editor, while feeling lighter on its feet. There’s not a hint of Windows about it – in fact, on first loading it kind of looks like iTunes. The first thing that strikes you is how very Mac-like this app is. Sound Forge Pro Mac is a modest download and installation is as simple as dragging and dropping to your Applications folder, then booting and entering your serial number. This is usually a problem only when an established app leaps from one platform to another, not when development has always been dual- platform, as in the case of many DAWs. Even if functionality is identical, Windows graphical elements don’t sit well with the OSX GUI. Happily, it’s built from the ground up for Apple computers and so doesn’t have that ‘ported’ feel that can be an issue for some users. That seems to be changing now, though, first with Spectralayers and now this, a version of Sound Forge for the Mac. Sony has never seemed particularly keen to jump into the Mac software market, producing as it has done many media- creation packages tailored just for Windows.

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Sound Forge has been around on the Windows platform for many years and is much loved by musicians and audio professionals who use PCs. sound forge pro for mac

Sound Forge has been around on the Windows platform for many years and is much loved by musicians and audio professionals who use PCs.

Sound forge pro for mac