Most interesting and thanks for posting. I’m underway with an audio project right now and rather than do it as I normally would do with the Mac I’ve chosen to use Sound Forge Pro 12 with the Windows Desktop PC. Now I have to admit that the Desktop machine - which I nicknamed “Beast” - is an absolute powerhouse using an Intel I7 running at 3.6GHZ with 32GB of RAM, similar specs to the iMac machine I usually work on though. So Sound Forge behaved flawlessly - that’s something I’ve not experienced with Sound Forge for quite some time on the Windows platform but again that’s probably a little unfair to say given I only started playing about with Sound Forge 11 and under Windows 10 I found it to be an absolute dogs breakfast -. Anyway the very nice thing for me was that Sound Forge was as quick on my Windows PC as I find it on my Mac though it would have been quicker for me to perform the editing tasks on the Mac but that’s a personal thing. In short the $249 price for the upgrade to Sound Forge Pro 12 for Windows was worth every cent and I’ve not even scratched the surface yet. And finally I still have heaps of time for those other great products like Sound Studio, Goldwave, Total Recorder etc which all have a place here for their outstanding attributes and there are heaps of good audio Apps for the Mac too so I’m very glad for freedom of choice.
> On 2 Jun 2018, at 9:19 pm, Steve Jacobson <steve.jacob...@visi.com> wrote: > > Dane, > > I upgraded to Sound Forge 12 for Windows a little over a month ago or so, > fairly close to what I thought was going to be the end of the promotional > period here in the United States. I have used Sound Forge for so long with > all of its accessibility issues that I hesitate to change to anything else. > I also have a problem with the install process but don't remember exactly > what that trouble was, but I did manage to complete the process with JAWS. > > I don't have a real benchmark for comparing because I installed Sound Forge > 12 on a new computer that is much faster. However, subjectively, it seems > to me to be more stable when I work with audio files. One fear I always > have is that accessibility will get worse. Originally, I was a CoolEdit > user which became Adobe Audition. Audition 1 and 1.5 were almost the same > as Cool Edit and accessibility was good, but in Audition 2.0 the method of > displaying changed and much of the accessibility was lost. As I understand > it, Audition is fairly accessible again with scripting because some > information is exposed through MSAA and UIA, but back to Sound Forge. What > I have found so far is that the basic screen, menus, and the dialogs I have > used in the past seem to be as accessible as they were before. There are a > number of new processes that I believe are 64-bit that do not seem to be > particularly accessible. However, I have not explored the new functions > with the JAWS Touch Cursor. I have found that some newer interfaces reveal > more using the Touch Cursor than they do using traditional approaches. > Still, I am happy so far that Sound Forge 12 seems to do what I've always > done with it in a manner that is more stable. There are some statements > that indicate latency has been reduced so recording with Sound Forge might > be more reliable. I have not experimented much with that, though, and there > are so many variables that can contribute that I don't know how much I would > count on that. > > I will be very curious to hear about your experiences and those of others as > well. Also, my use has not been real intense yet, so I may uncover things I > don't like, but my first reaction is that accessibility is no worse, > although I don't know that I see that it is better. > > Best regards, > > Steve Jacobson > > -----Original Message----- > From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: Friday, June 1, 2018 8:33 PM > To: all-audio@groups.io > Subject: [all-audio] Sound Forge Pro 12 > > Hi! > > Just wondering had anyone else bothered to upgrade? > > I didn't think I'd qualify for the $249 as I'd left the offer for quite some > though I wasn't toop worried. > > If the price had gone back to the original $499 then I would have been quite > content to keep working with other products including Sound Forge Pro for > Mac which out performed Sound Forge Pro 11 for Windows so let's see how > Sound Forge Pro 12 for Windows goes as I have a benchmark to compare to. > > So the upgrade was reasonably easy accept for the little difficulty I had > activating the product with my serial number, the Screen Readers I use - > JAWS or Narrator - wouldn't read the wizard screens properly. > > I was told that Sound For Pro 12 for Windows was supposed to be more > accessible so we're not off to a good start <smile>. > > For those considering a purchase of Sound Forge you might be interested in > the new Sound Forge Pro 365 which works in a similar way to Office E65, you > pay a quarterly or yearly sum to always have use of the most up to date > Sound Forge version. > > I did consider this option until I discovered that Magix wanted $27 per > month so the figures added up - as far as I was concerned - to make the 365 > version unviable for me thus the upgrade was the option I chose. > > Back to work now but I hope to get some time later today to have a look > around this new App. > > > > > > > > > > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#828): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/828 View All Messages In Topic (3): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/topic/20815327 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/20815327/21656 New Topic: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/post Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/editsub/21656 Group Home: https://groups.io/g/all-audio Contact Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
