There is the option to automatically re-open the sound files as they were when you last quit Sound Forge and you can also save and load work spaces to disk.

Unlike most editors, Sound Forge allows you to enter and edit the summary information text embedded in Microsoft WAV, and add comments and recording details such as title, engineer and date. Sound Forge 4.0a will recognise sample rates from 2kHz to 96kHz and supports 8-bit, 16-bit, mono and stereo data formats, and the common Internet audio and video file formats RealAudio 3.0, ActiveX Streaming Format (ASF - used by Microsoft's NetShow On-Demand) and the NeXT/Sun AU format for Java scripts. The default soundfile type is Microsoft WAV (including Digidesign Session 8 files) but you can load and convert between a wide range of other file types, including Macintosh AIFF and SND, Amiga SVX and IFF, and RAW. The Forge 4 CD-ROM contains versions for true 32-bit Windows 95/Windows NT4 and 16-bit for Windows 3.1, but the 16-bit version will not perform real-time previews, which rely on 32-bit processing.

Sound Forge is a production powerhouse and includes a vast range of edit and record options.

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