Sony Creative Software is an American

software Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work. At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...

company that develops various media software suites. Sony Creative Software was created in a 2003 deal with Madison-based media company

Sonic Foundry Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ:SOFO) produces software for distance learning and corporate communications. Sonic Foundry, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, and is known for originally developing Vegas Pro and Sound Forge ...

in which it acquired its desktop product line, hired roughly 60% of employees, paid $18 million in cash, and took on certain liabilities and obligations. As announced in May 2016,

MAGIX Software GmbH Magix (or MAGIX Software) is a German software company specializing in video editing, audio editing, Digital audio workstation, DAW and photo slideshow software. The company is based in Berlin, with locations in Madison, Wisconsin, Dresden and L ...

has purchased majority of Sony Creative Software products, including the full Vegas Pro, Movie Studio, Sound Forge Pro, and ACID Pro product lines.

Programs

Catalyst Production Suite Catalysis () is the process of increasing the rate of a chemical reaction by adding a substance known as a catalyst (). Catalysts are not consumed in the reaction and remain unchanged after it. If the reaction is rapid and the catalyst recyc ...

(

video editing Video editing is the manipulation and arrangement of video shots. Video editing is used to structure and present all video information, including films and television shows, video advertisements and video essays. Video editing has been dramatical ...

) * Catalyst Edit (video editing) *

Catalyst Prepare Catalysis () is the process of increasing the rate of a chemical reaction by adding a substance known as a catalyst (). Catalysts are not consumed in the reaction and remain unchanged after it. If the reaction is rapid and the catalyst recyc ...

( video preparation) *

Catalyst Browse Catalysis () is the process of increasing the rate of a chemical reaction by adding a substance known as a catalyst (). Catalysts are not consumed in the reaction and remain unchanged after it. If the reaction is rapid and the catalyst recyc ...

( video browsing)

Formerly owned programs

* Vegas Video (video editing) *

Sony Vegas Movie Studio Vegas Movie Studio (previously Sony Vegas Movie Studio) is a consumer-based nonlinear video editing software designed for the PC. It is a scaled-down version of Vegas Pro. Movie Studio was formerly called "Sonic Foundry VideoFactory" and then "So ...

(video editing), consumer version of Sony Vegas *

Sound Forge Sound Forge (formerly known as Sonic Foundry Sound Forge, and later as Sony Sound Forge) is a digital audio editing suite by Magix Software GmbH, which is aimed at the professional and semi-professional markets. There are two versions of Sound F ...

(advanced audio editing) *

ACID In computer science, ACID ( atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) is a set of properties of database transactions intended to guarantee data validity despite errors, power failures, and other mishaps. In the context of databases, a sequ ...

(

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based music creation), notable for its use of

Acid Loops Acid Pro (often stylized ACID) is a professional digital audio workstation (DAW) software program currently developed by Magix Software. It was originally called Acid pH1 and published by Sonic Foundry, later by Sony Creative Software as Acid Pro ...

SpectraLayers SpectraLayers is a digital audio editing software suite published by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. It is designed for audio spectrum editing, catering to professional and semi-professional users. It was originally published by Sony Creative ...

( digital audio editing)

References

External links

Sony Creative Software's website

Complete list of software

About Sony Creative Software
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