Ardour source edition
Ardour Contributors
Ardour is a multitrack workstation for recording, editing, routing and mixing audio and MIDI.
View details →THE AUDIO MAGAZINE / RESOURCES
Audio Editing – Free Music Software & Plug-ins
Free audio editors for trimming recordings, preparing samples and carrying out focused waveform work. A file editor can complement a full workstation rather than replace it. Check supported formats, destructive-edit behavior and export options, and retain an untouched original when working on important recordings.
These are researched directory entries, not hands-on reviews. Optional purchases, account requirements and limited editions are identified on product pages. Format availability can differ by operating system.
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Audacity
Audacity Team
Audacity combines waveform editing with multitrack recording, effects processing and file conversion.
View details →AudioMass
AudioMass Project
AudioMass is a browser-based audio editor for waveform work, recording and multitrack arrangements.
View details →bubblegum
Your Smile is Art
bubblegum is a graphical pitch editor for recorded vocals and melodic material.
View details →Cecilia
Ajax Sound Studio
Cecilia is an audio-processing environment for transforming recorded sound with configurable modules.
View details →CUETools
CUETools Contributors
CUETools provides utilities for working with lossless audio, cue sheets and disc-oriented archives.
View details →Demucs
Meta Research / Demucs Contributors
Demucs is a music-source-separation project with command-line and Python workflows.
View details →Ecasound
Ecasound / Kai Vehmanen
Ecasound is a command-line audio-processing environment for recording, playback and multitrack signal chains.
View details →Exact Audio Copy
Andre Wiethoff
Exact Audio Copy extracts audio from compact discs with a workflow focused on reliable reading and error reporting.
View details →Kid3
Kid3 Contributors
Kid3 edits metadata across common audio-file formats and supports batch operations.
View details →LosslessCut
Mikael Finstad
LosslessCut performs suitable media cuts without reencoding the entire source.
View details →LUNA Free
Universal Audio
LUNA Free is a recording and mixing workstation for Windows and macOS with unlimited tracks and no time limit or export watermark.
View details →mp3DirectCut
mp3DirectCut / Martin Pesch
mp3DirectCut is a focused editor for supported compressed-audio formats, allowing suitable operations without a full decode-and-reencode cycle.
View details →mp3splt
mp3splt Project
mp3splt splits supported compressed-audio files without requiring a conventional workstation edit.
View details →ocenaudio
ocenaudio Team
ocenaudio is a waveform editor for recording, editing and inspecting audio files.
View details →PaulXStretch
Sonosaurus
PaulXStretch stretches recorded audio into long, evolving textures using spectral processing.
View details →Praat
Praat Team
Praat is a speech-analysis application with tools for inspecting pitch, formants, timing and other acoustic properties.
View details →Pro Tools Intro
Avid
Pro Tools Intro is the permanently free entry edition of Avid’s recording workstation.
View details →r8brain Free
Voxengo
r8brain Free converts audio sample rates and bit depths in a dedicated file-processing workflow.
View details →Shutter Encoder
Paul Pacifico
Shutter Encoder is a graphical media-conversion tool with audio-related extraction and encoding workflows.
View details →SoX
SoX Contributors
SoX is a command-line audio utility for conversion and signal processing.
View details →TagScanner
Sergey Serkov
TagScanner organizes audio collections through tag editing, file renaming and metadata-related batch operations.
View details →Tenacity
Tenacity Team
Tenacity is an open-source audio editor derived from the Audacity codebase with its own development direction.
View details →Ultimate Vocal Remover
Ultimate Vocal Remover Contributors
Ultimate Vocal Remover is a desktop interface for machine-learning audio separation.
View details →Availability, licensing and system requirements can change. Verification refers to official documentation and download availability, not installation or hands-on testing. Check the developer's current terms before installing.