Ardour
Get an audio interface. Plug in a microphone and a keyboard. You can add a track and press record. Cut, move, stretch, copy, paste, delete, align, trim, crossfade, rename, snapshot, zoom, transpose, quantize, swing, drag, drop. Import audio and MIDI from your hard disk or the Freesound database. All with unlimited undo/redo. All of these functions can be done in one window. Mute, solo and fader. Floating point fidelity, the most flexible mix architecture in the industry, hundreds plugins, and multiple control surfaces. Ardour's core user base is people who want to record, edit and mix audio and MIDI projects. Ardour is the right tool for you if you need total control over your tools or when other designs limit you, or if you want to spend hours, if not days, on a session.
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Audacity
Open-source, cross-platform audio software that is free and available for free. Audacity is an easy to use, multi-track audio editor/recorder for Windows, macOS and other operating systems. Open source, developed by volunteers. Audacity can record audio using a microphone or mixer or digitize recordings from another media. You can import, edit, and combine sound file. You can export your recordings in multiple file formats, including multiple files at a time. Supports 16-bit (16-bit), 24-bit (32-bit) and 32-bit. Sample rates and formats can be converted using high-quality sampling and dithering. Support for Nyquist, LV2, Nyquist and VST effect plug-ins. You can modify Nyquist effects in a text editor or create your own plug-in. Easy editing is possible with Cut, Copy and Paste, as well as Delete. You can also undo or redo any number of steps in the session. Live preview of LADSPA and LV2 VST effects. Plug-in Manager handles plug-in installation.
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Adobe Audition
Professional audio workstation. The industry's most powerful digital audio editing software allows you to create, mix, and modify sound effects. Audition is a powerful tool that allows you to create, mix, edit, and restore audio content. It includes multitrack, waveform and spectral display. This powerful audio workstation was designed to speed up video production workflows and audio editing. It also delivers a polished mix with pristine audio. The industry's most powerful audio cleanup, restoration, editing, and precision tool for sound effect design, video, podcasting, or video. This tutorial walks you through Adobe Audition's robust audio toolkit, which includes its seamless workflow with Adobe Premiere Pro. Even if you are not a professional, the Essential Sound panel can help you achieve professional-quality sound. Learn how to record, mix, export, and export audio content for a podcast or other audio project.
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Wavosaur
Wavosaur, a free sound editor, audio editor and wav editor software, allows you to edit, process and record sounds, wav files, and mp3 files. Wavosaur includes all the features you need to edit audio (cutt, copy, paste, and so on). You can create music loops, analyze, record and batch convert. Wavosaur supports VST plug-ins, ASIO driver and multichannel wav files. It also supports real-time effect processing. The program doesn't require installation and doesn’t modify the registry. It can be used as an mp3 editor for sound design, mastering, and mastering. Wavosaur's freeware audio editor works with Windows 98, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. For a complete overview of the software, visit the features page. All the classic editing functions: cut, copy, past, paste mix. Paste replace/insert. Paste to new file. Trim/crop. Delete. Undo. Many processing options: mute, channel converter (stereo->mono or mono->stereo), insert silent, change volume, normalize, fade in/out and invert/flip, undo.
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