Adobe Premiere Pro is a professional video-editing software suite with an adequate level of audio-editing capabilities. Adobe Premiere Pro is a solution for those who are adding background music and sound effects to an existing video track. Adobe Premiere Pro allows the user to sync their audio with the video going frame by frame. Timing is everything when using sound effects and by using a sophisticated program like Adobe Premiere Pro, it is hard to make an error.
Cool Edit Pro was an earlier name for Adobe Audition, for those who are familiar with that application. Adobe Audition is a high-end professional audio mixing application, especially for sound or audio engineers. Adobe Audition will easy facilitate adding sound effects to background music. Adobe Audition also allows users to edit their audio files and improve sound quality with many options to change how a recording sounds.
Sound Forge is a sound editing and mixing program offered by Sony. It comes in two versions, a basic version "Sound Forge Audio Studio" and a more advanced version "Sound Forge Pro 10." The basic version is more than capable of adding sound effects to background music. The program's functionality is similar to that of Adobe Audition and allows effects processing, recording, editing and encoding. As of 2010, it is the cheapest option, costing only $54.