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Revision as of 08:36, 5 November 2007

A digital audio editor is a computer application for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio. Editors designed for use with music 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
  • 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.

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 editor software

Creator OS support Is free software? Note
Acoustica Acon Digital Media Windows No
Amadeus Pro HairerSoft Mac OS X No
Ardour Paul Davis Mac OS X / Linux / Unix Yes
Audacity Dominic Mazzoni Mac OS X / Windows / Unix Yes
Audio Dementia Holladay Audio Windows
Audition Adobe Systems Windows No Previously known as CoolEdit
BIAS Peak BIAS Mac OS X No
Creative Wavestudio Creative Technology Windows Bundled with Creative Soundcards.
Fast Edit Minnetonka audio Windows No
Fisson Rogue_Amoeba Mac OS X No
FlexiMusic Wave Editor FlexiMusic Windows No
Goldwave Goldwave Inc. Windows No
Jokosher Jokosher community Linux Yes
Pyramix Merging Technologies Windows No DSP Based version and Native version
MP3 Stream Editor 3delite Windows shareware with source, license unknown Non-destructive audio editor
n-Track Studio FAsoft Windows
QuickAudio Sion Software Windows Yes
ReZound Davy Durham Linux Yes Graphical audio file editor
SndBite Bill Poser cross-platform Yes Editor for cutting a recording into many small pieces.
Sound Forge Sony Windows No Formerly from Sonic Foundry
Soundbooth Adobe Mac OS X / Windows No Intel only
Sweep Conrad Parker Linux / Unix Yes
WaveLab Steinberg Windows No
Wavosaur Wavosaur Team Windows Yes freeware version available
WavePad NCH Software Windows No freeware version available
WaveSurfer Centre for Speech Technology at KTH all major platforms Yes
XO Wave XO Audio Mac OS X / Linux No
Creator OS support Is free software? Note

See also