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Free Audio Editing Software
All four free audio editing software reviewed here are excellent. The best is still Audacity, for being cross-platform and supporting multiple languages and formats. For a better user experience and functionality, WavePad is an excellent choice. For portability, Wavosau is really handy. And for quick editing of recorded voice audio, mp3DirectCut is a real time-saver.
| Application | Audacity 2.0.5 |
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| Download | http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ |
| Description | Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder. You can use Audacity to: Record live audio. Record computer playback on any Windows Vista or later machine. Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs. Edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis sound files. Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together. Change the speed or pitch of a recording, and lots more. (screenshot) |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8, Mac OS X, Linux |
| Language | Multiple including English and both Chinese |
| Remark | Audacity first appeared back in 1999, and is still being developed, so it's no surprise that the program comes packed with features. It is considered the best Open Source audio software. Completely free, no adverts. |
| Application | NCH WavePad Sound Editor (free non-commercial version) 5.55 |
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| Download | http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/index.html |
| Description | With WavePad, you get a clean, modern interface, wide file format support, straightforward editing and lots of special effects. There are plenty of extras, too, including CD ripping and burning, a tag editor, batch processing support (transform lots of files in a single operation), even a text-to-speech module. (screenshot) |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8, Mac OS X, iPad iOS 3.2, Android 2.3.3, Kindle |
| Language | English only |
| Remark | This may be a free edition of a commercial software, yet it is jammed packed with features. The interface is far more intuitive and professional than Audacity, and there is a nice task manager on the right panel to get jobs done quickly. Completely free, no adverts. |
| Application | Wavosaur free audio editor 1.0.9.0 |
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| Download | http://www.wavosaur.com/ |
| Description | Wavosaur is a tiny program (768KB), yet it is amazingly powerful, despite its small size. It can open all the usual file formats; displays the usual waveform view of your file; can trim, cut, copy or paste wherever you like; and has plenty of useful effects (fade in and out, normalize, remove vocals, tweak volume, auto trim, a silence remover and more). Expert users will appreciate extras like the ASIO and VST effect plugin support. And while the interface is a little dated, it's easy to use. (screenshot) |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows 98/XP/Vista/7 |
| Language | English and French only |
| Remark | Just download, extract and run, no installation required. Very fast and efficient. Non-destructive. Does not do reverb, chorus, flange, and compress, etc., they require external VST plug-ins. Completely free, no adverts. |
| Application | mp3DirectCut 2.19 |
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| Download | http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html |
| Description | mp3DirectCut is a tiny dedicated MP3 editor and recorder that allows you to cut, copy, paste or adjust volume without re-encoding (which means there's no loss in sound quality). Using Cue sheets, pause detection or Auto cue you can easily divide long files. (screenshot) |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows, Linux |
| Language | Multiple including English and both Chinese |
| Remark | Tiny program, fairly easy to use. Excellent tool for slicing up audio recordings, such as interviews, into segments using auto pause detection. Or, use it as a multi-take voice recorder. Real time-saver. MP3 encoding requires LAME encoder. Completely free, no adverts. |