The official digitalFAQ SoundForge Filter Pack adds more than 100 new filter preset settings to SoundForge. Current version is VERSION 9, created in May 2009.
This was created in SoundForge 6, but has been used and tested in SoundForge 7, 8 and 9 -- SoundForge has not changed much in the past decade. The filter file is inside the ZIP file found below.
How to Download It?
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NOTE: Since Sony bought out Sonic Foundry (the previous maker of SoundForge) a few years ago, Sony has moved the Presets Manager download link several times. Just in case they do it again, I've attached the current version (as of October 2009) to this post, for your convenience. However, I suggest you check theofficial site first before downloading it from this post.
Presets Manager version 1 (V1) is made for Windows 9x based systems, meaning Windows 95, 98, 98SE and Millennium Edition (ME). The EXE installer file is inside a single RAR archive.
Presets Manager version 2 (V2) is made for Windows NT based systems, meaning Windows 2000, XP, Vista and the new Windows 7. The EXE installer file is split across two RAR archives, simply unRAR the first part to extract and re-merge both halves of the file.
How to Install It? (Part 2)
After you install the Preset Manager, and after you download and unzip the digitalFAQ.com Filter Pack, open the Preset Manager software.
Open the filter pack, and then drag the FX Plugin items from the top window (Presets) to the bottom window (System). Close the Preset Manager, start SoundForge and open your audio file.
The filters are now ready for use.
How to Use It?
Finished installing the new filter presets? Installation is definitely the the "techie" part of using SoundForge -- it gets easier from here. Everything else is simply a matter of listening to the audio from your speakers, and learning which dial, dragbar or number changes which part of the audio's quality or sound.
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The Preset Manager was having a problem when I would open the digitalFAQ SoundForge Filter Pack and try to drag it to the bottom window. It would ask me to report the problem, but it is working now thank you for the reply.
I'm having the same problem as "ireland" on 12/4/09.
When Preset Manager is open and I attempt to drag (or use the Copy to System icon; or use the drop down menu) the found digitalFAQ filter folder from the Preset Package file tree window to the System Presets tree window...a lot of the time it will crash the software.
Sometimes it accepts a few of the folders and then crashes on the fourth attempt. If I stop with a successful copy to the System Presets window and exit the PM and then go back into it, the previously copied preset folder(s) then show the folder name as "Not installed 000" in the System Presets window...even though they are listed in the adjacent window to the right.
I have already uninstalled and re-installed the Preset Manager. I have installed SF9 and can call the PM from within it. So far SF9 seems to work.
I'm using Preset Manager version 2.0k (build 114).
Last edited by SSStudio; 12-17-2009 at 02:23 PM.
Reason: additional info
I think I have a problem.
I downloaded the consumer (trial) version of SF9; and the top bar of the installed program says "Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio 9" (ver. 9.0d; build 232).
Under the "Process" menu; under the EQ menu is "Graphic..." and "Simple..." but no "Paragraphic" or "Parametric" listed. The Graphic is "Sony ExpressFX Graphic EQ".
I'm thinking I don't have the SF version I need. Is the Paragraphic EQ only available in the SF9 Pro version now?
I've installed this pack on quite a few computers, including all service pack versions of XP Home, XP Pro and Vista, both 32-bit and 64-bit, and have never run into issues. In all likelihood, there is some sort of local issue on your computer. Consider rebooting and trying again. If you just installed Sound Forge, and have not restarted the computer yet, that could be the problem. Reboots solve most computer problems, believe it or not. Probably 50% of all tech calls would disappear if everybody would reboot before seeking tech support!
The Presets Manager and the Sound Forge programs are independent. Even if no Sound Forge was installed, you could install the presets on your system -- There just wouldn't be any way to use them! I currently have a test system setup, and I first installed the Presets Manager and presets, followed by Sound Forge Studio 9 trial. It works perfectly, no issues.
Quick Note:Try to post JPEG or GIF screen shots in the future. You can use MS Paint for this. The PDF files are kind of large, not convenient to hav to download and view. JPEG images embed in the webpage. See http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/show...ages-1529.html
About the Sound Forge problem...
I don't really know what the problem is. It appears to be something local to your computer. You may need to contact Sony support for some added help. They may have a registry trick or some other suggestion.
If your problem only happened when dragging "the last folder", then see what happens when you only try to drag one. Quit, test it out. Then go back, add another.
In the 6-7 years this presets package has been made available online, I've never once heard of this error. More presets are added every few months, and it has stood up fine as versions progressed from 6 to 10, including the 9 Studio version.
Sound Forge Audio Studio 9 (consumer) does NOT support features that Sound Forge Pro 10 (professional) will.
Therefore, the Preset Manager 2.0 would crash on the attempt to add the DigitalFAQ Sonic Foundry Sound Forge - Normalize - preset folder. This folder is apparently auto-upgraded by SFPro 10 when adding to the system.
The other preset folders, Flange/Wah wah; Graphic EQ; and Paragraphic EQ would not install to the system either, but they wouldn't crash the PM.
Sound Forge Pro 10 found all of the previously "added" DigitalFAQ presets - even though they were previously listed as "Not Installed" under SFAS9.
Many presets are not downward compatible, hence the issues in PM.
SFAS9 only had "ExpressFX" features under the FX Favorites: Sony menu, whereas SFP10 has a fully featured array of Sony fx well beyond the scope provided in SFAS9.
So I uninstalled SFAS9 and installed SFP10 trial and I'm in business!
That's so weird. I have SF9 Studio installed, and it worked without a hitch. I don't get it. Maybe that system still has latent SF6 install info? It did have SF6 on it at one point, although it was uninstalled many moons ago. I'll have to do some testing in a VM, with a clean OS install, and see what transpires.
You don't need SF10. Anything from Sound Forge 6 and up works fine. (Some of the older ones might even work, but I will only suggest SF6 and up.)
You can always locate used versions on eBay, too. I don't see any today, but check back every couple of weeks. Same for Amazon -- older versions are listed, though many or "not in stock" at the moment. This means they likely get listings from time to time.
Academic licenses are another option, if you have friends/family (or yourself) that are in school/college and qualify for the discounts. I did a quick look, and SF10 is about $270, so a prior version may still be the better deal.
I know a number of posters online would suggest downloading the software from torrents "for free", but we try to keep everything legit here. (Just in case somebody out there gets an idea at suggesting this -- please don't!)
SoundForge Audio Filter Presets Pack [DOWNLOAD]
Preset Manager
Linear Mode
