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Effects toolbar

If you are using the full version of Sound Forge, the Effects toolbar contains buttons corresponding to all Sound Forge’s built-in XFX™ plug-ins.

Acoustic Mirror: adds environmental coloration

Flange/Wah-Wah: mixes a modulated delay

to your existing recordings.

signal with the original signal.

 

 

Amplitude Modulation: applies a sinusoidal or

Gapper/Snipper: removes/inserts sections of

square-shaped periodic gain to the input signal.

silence at regular intervals to create unusual

 

effects.

 

 

Chorus: simulates multiple audio sources from

Noise Gate: removes signals below a set

a single sound.

amplitude threshold.

 

 

Multi-Tap Delay: creates a delay with up to

Pitch Bend: creates a modified sound envelope

eight delay-taps spaced anywhere within 2.5

that corresponds to increasing or decreasing

seconds of the original sound.

the pitch of a sound file over time.

 

 

Simple Delay: adds a delayed copy of the audio

Pitch Shift: changes the pitch of a selection

signal to the file.

with or without preserving the duration of the

 

file.

 

 

Distortion: simulates the overloading of an

Reverb: simulates the acoustics of different

amplifier.

environments.

 

 

Graphic Dynamics: applies compression,

Vibrato: creates periodic pitch modulation in an

expansion, and limiting to affect the dynamic

audio file.

range of an audio file.

 

 

 

Multi-Band Dynamics: allows compression and

Wave Hammer: acts as a classic compressor

limiting to be placed on up to four different

and volume maximizer.

frequency bands.

 

 

 

Envelope: forces the amplitude envelope of a

 

waveform to match a specified envelope shape.

 

 

 

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