You get a selection of high quality effects for processing your recordings, including compression, delay, EQ, reverb and various filters inveterate knob-twiddlers can fiddle with the effects manually, while there are plenty of well-described presets for those less aurally inclined users.

Sound Forge includes a range of tools for precision editing of audio files including a pencil mode which lets you draw directly within the waveform and an envelope mode which is great for adjusting the way effect parameters are applied over a specific passage of audio. The interface is easy to customise and works well, even on a 13” MacBook screen. Find an individual audio file in the browser and it can previewed instantly or right clicked and added to a handy list of favourites. The interface is sparse but well-organised into a collection of clever panels which contain the various editing views, the plug-in effects chain, browsers, file properties, meters and so on that can be arranged and switched on or off with a couple of mouse clicks.

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