
See also Tweakheadz labs tips on compression/limiting.

Voxengo also make a nice range of compressor, elephant 2 is a popular one. Wave Hammer 2.0 enables you to make tracks noticeably louder and offers greater control than peak normalization. But most plug-ins have a specific sound, you could try the free compressor and master limiter from kjaerhus for free (some people like them a lot, I like the compressor better than soundforge's and the limiter is super easy to use but is set to limit at -0.2 db with no variation). What version of Sound Forge are you using The latest version (10.d build 503 or higher) of Sound Forge Pro 10 will install both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Noise Reduction, Acoustic Mirror, Wave Hammer, and élastique Timestretch. Wave Hammer 2.0 - Essential for any audio toolkit: Wave Hammer 2.0 is a combination of a classic compressor and a volume maximizer in other words, a perfect tool for mastering. Wavehammer is actually a pretty decent limiter considering it comes in the box IMHO. Multi-band compressors can be useful but they also wreck a mix if placed in the hands of a newbie - by all means experiment but multi-band isn't always the answer but they help to correct bad mixes quite a bit if used properly. Wavehammer is mostly viewed as a limiter, although it incorporates a compressor some people often use their own compressor plug-in and bypass wavehammer's compressor. You should check with the 3rd party first to ensure it will be compatible as some vst's (particularly those with copyright protection keys etc) are not always compatible. You can use many direct x or vst plug-ins from many 3rd party sources, Izotrope Ozone being one example mentioned.

It might be a funny scene, movie quote, animation, meme or a mashup of multiple sources. What you have to remember is that Soundforge is a good tool for editing and mastering but it's plug-ins while being functional and useable to a point, are not going to compare with UAD-1 or Waves plug-ins costing hundreds (and thousands) of dollars. You can take any video, trim the best part, combine with other videos, add soundtrack.
