Digital audio editor
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A digital audio editor is a computer application for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Table of audio editing software
Name | Creator | Linux? | Mac OS X? | Unix? | Windows? | Is free software? | Note |
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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) | ||
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 |
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 | |
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 |
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 |