Digital audio editor

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1 For use with music
2 For use with speech
3 Table of audio editing software
4 See also

A digital audio editor is a computer application for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio.

For use with music

Editors designed for use with music typically allow the user to do the following:

Record audio from one or more inputs and store recordings in the computer's memory as digital audio

Edit the start time, stop time, and duration of any sound on the audio timeline

Mix multiple sound sources/tracks, combine them at various volume levels and pan from channel to channel to one or more output tracks

Apply simple or advanced effects or filters, including compression, expansion, flanging, reverb, audio noise reduction and equalization to change the audio

Playback sound (often after being mixed) that can be sent to one or more outputs, such as speakers, additional processors, or a recording medium

Conversion between different audio file formats, or between different sound quality levels

Typically these tasks can be performed in a manner that is both non-linear and non-destructive.

For use with speech

Editors designed for use in speech research add the ability to make measurements and perform acoustic analyses such as extracting and displaying a fundamental frequency contour or spectrogram. They typically lack most or all of the effects of interest to musicians.

Table of audio editing software

Name	Creator	Linux?	Mac OS X?	Unix?	Windows?	Is free software?	Note
Acoustica	Acon Digital Media	No	No	No	Yes	No
Amadeus Pro	HairerSoft	No	Yes	No	No	No
Ardour	Paul Davis	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	multi-track audio recorder
Audacity	Dominic Mazzoni	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audiobook Cutter Free Edition		No	No	No	Yes	Yes	MP3 audiobook splitter
Audio Dementia	Holladay Audio	No	No	No	Yes	No
Audition	Adobe Systems	No	No	No	Yes	No	Previously known as CoolEdit
BIAS Peak	BIAS	No	Yes	No	No	No
Creative Wavestudio	Creative Technology	No	No	No	Yes	No	Bundled with Creative Soundcards.
Diamond Cut DC7	Enhancedaudio.com, Inc.	No	No	No	Yes	No	Noise Reduction, Editing and Audio Enhancement
Ecasound		Yes	Yes		No	Yes	audio recorder
Freecycle		Yes	No		No	Yes	beat slicer
Fast Edit	Minnetonka audio	No	No	No	Yes	No
Fission	Rogue Amoeba	No	Yes	No	No	No
FlexiMusic Wave Editor	FlexiMusic	No	No	No	Yes	No
Goldwave	Goldwave Inc.	No	No	No	Yes	No
Jokosher	Jokosher community	Yes	No		No	Yes	multi-track audio editor
LMMS		Yes	No		No	Yes	Intended as a replacement for Cubase-like software (DAW)
Media Digitalizer	Digitope	No	No	No	Yes	No	Intended to facilitate recording cassette tapes to digital formats
Mp3splt		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	splits MP3 and Vorbis files without decoding (see mp3splt-gtk and libmp3splt)
MP3 Stream Editor	3delite	No	No	No	Yes	No	Non-destructive audio editor
MusE		Yes	No		No	Yes	MIDI sequencer
n-Track Studio	FAsoft	No	No	No	Yes	No
NU-Tech	Leaff Engineering	No	No	No	Yes	No	Available free SDK
Name	Creator	Linux?	Mac OS X?	Unix?	Windows?	Is free software?	Note
Pyramix	Merging Technologies	No	No	No	Yes	No	DSP Based version and Native version
Qtractor		Yes	No		No	Yes	A non-destructive multi-track audio and MIDI Workstation (DAW)
QuickAudio	Sion Software	No	No	No	Yes	No
Reaper	Unknown	No	No	No	Yes	No
ReZound	Davy Durham	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Graphical audio file editor
Rosegarden		Yes	No		No	Yes	MIDI sequencer and multi-track recorder
Snd (link)		Yes	Yes		No	Yes	audio editor
SndBite (link)	Bill Poser	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Editor for cutting a recording into many small pieces.
Sound Forge	Sony	No	No	No	Yes	No	Formerly from Sonic Foundry
Soundbooth	Adobe	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Intel only
Soundscape 32	Solid State Logic	No	No	No	Yes	No	DSP Based version - formerly from Soundscape Digital Technology
SoX		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	command-line multi-track audio editor/processor
Sweep	Conrad Parker	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Total Recorder	HighCriteria	No	No	No	Yes	No	Available for no cost evaluation
Traverso DAW link)		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	multi-track audio recorder/editor/mixer
WaveLab	Steinberg	No	No	No	Yes	No
Wavosaur	Wavosaur Team	No	No	No	Yes	No	freeware version available
WavePad	NCH Software	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	freeware version available
WaveSurfer	Centre for Speech Technology at KTH	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XO Wave	XO Audio	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Name	Creator	Linux?	Mac OS X?	Unix?	Windows?	Is free software?	Note

Digital audio editor

Contents

For use with music

For use with speech

Table of audio editing software

See also