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Sony sells most of its media editing tools
Sony's quest to get rid of unnecessary businesses continues. The electronics giant has sold off the "majority" of its creative software suite to Magix, a German firm that revolves around pro imaging apps. That's right -- Vegas Pro, Sound Forge Pro and other well-known Sony media editing apps are now in someone else's hands. Sony will still offer its Catalyst broadcast and production tools, but Magix will be handling development and support from here on out.
Sony announces new pro audio suite for OS X
It's been a long time coming, but Sony is ready to give the Mac a significant pro boost with the imminent release of Sound Forge Pro Mac audio recording, editing and mastering software. Sony says the software is not a port of Sound Forge for Windows, but was built from the ground up to support OS X. "People who work on audio editing platforms recognize the need for a fresh option in the marketplace, one that's built for OS X as opposed to something that's simply been ported over," said Dave Chaimson, vice president of global marketing for Sony Creative Software. "Our response is Sound Forge Pro Mac, a truly contemporary OS X design." The US$299.00 application includes 64 bit/192 kHz resolution, with 32 simultaneous channels, plug-ins for EQ, Multiband compression, limiting and reverb. A de-clicker feature can automatically remove clicks and pops and many more features that audio professionals have requested have also been included. The Sony suite will be seen by some as competition for Pro Tools from Avid, which pretty much owns the high-end audio editing business on the Mac platform, however Pro Tools is extremely well-established with a wider range of features and plug-ins. Sound Forge is expected to be available later this month. The details on the software haven't been posted to the Sony website yet, but here is a link to the details from the Sony news release.
Sound Forge Pro apparently coming to the Mac
A series of teaser videos have revealed that Sony's popular audio editing and production app, Sound Forge Pro, is finally making its way over to the Mac. There's unfortunately no details on a release date or any other release information, but a site called FinallyOnTheMac.com has been teasing a big Mac release very soon, and it's now been revealed that the release in question is Sound Forge Pro. The site says that the app will be "Reforged, Reinvented, and Refined", but again, what exactly that means is still anyone's guess. At any rate, this is likely good news for audio producers and engineers who've been tied to Sound Forge and would rather use Apple's hardware in their studios. There are more videos set to arrive on the site soon, so we'll know more when those are revealed for sure. [via MacRumors]
